Reviews by arewenotben

Not a perfect album but there's moments of such brilliance it feels wrong not to give it the full 5.

Maybe 2.5, starts off well but becomes tiresome by the end. This is very much stadium metal, just with allusions to death/thrash metal - clearly designed for mass gatherings where I'm sure they still excel. I saw Slipknot on their first UK tour (1999/early 2000?) and haven't really kept up with them since Iowa, appreciated the chance to reacquaint myself though

Badly dated production but still there's some good stuff

Although I'm pretty much ideal age to be a fan, this is my first time listening. I hated Oasis in their pomp in the 90s (I was always a contrarian) but the swagger to this album is undeniable. The lyrics are largely nonsense, the music hilariously derivative but some of these tracks make you feel like a god

Some of these suffer from overplaying but this is pretty much wall to wall great

Have a little bit of PTSD of music from this era which makes it hard to listen without prejudice but I enjoyed this a bunch. Very scattershot and possibly could be ten minutes shorter but works throughout

I was always more of a Black Sunday guy, has a few of their classics though

A generous 5 maybe as it's overlong but damn, so good.

meh, imagine this was better at the time

Can see why this was a big hit, very easy listen. Some exceptional moments, some bland bits. Far better than the majority of rock albums on this list

Love how relentless this goes

love it but still find it really annoying

Never listened to this before, despite the ubiquitous singles. Not very good

Haven't listened to this for years and I was expecting to be all snooty that it's their sellout album etc etc but this just slams.

Concentrated perfection

I enjoyed the swagger of their debut on relisten but this is too lumpen and coked out.

Yeah, some good stuff. Generous 4

Smooooth

3.5 maybe - not of all this is good but Venom is an alltimer and there's plenty to like

Going 4.5, wonderfully weird pop