Rappers offended by metal music is hilarious and a bit hypocritical, given the lyrics in many, many rap songs.

Taylor explained the song's meaning to The Pulse of Radio: "'The Devil In I' is really about the war inside yourself," he said. "Trying not to give into defeatism, trying not to give into negativity, trying not to give up basically. It's a struggle. It's one of the hardest thing you can do, is to give in to that side of yourself."

My understanding is that these depictions are their own inner fears...

Metal saved my life, hands down. Especially Slipknot. 🤘

As a parent I encouraged my son to attend Knotfest when he turned 18 he attended by himself and loved it in the pit. This year were going to Knotfest together

Snuff is not a scary song. It's actually kinda sad. There is a version where Corey does an acoustic version with no mask that is really good and popular with reactors if you want to be safe. Daddy by Korn is really dark though. Be in a good head space for that one. It still makes me uncomfortable when I hear it. Kind of a one and done I don't want to go back there kinda song. But he is speaking about real trauma so doesn't get much more raw.

It's dealing with the death of a band member who OD'd. This is the anger part of grieving. A noose is a type of slipknot. It's not the only one though. They are used for many reasons. Boats, farming, etc etc

Metal helps release those negative feelings in a healthy manner.

The visuals match the song perfectly because they deal with the bands personal daemons and fears literally looking at the devil inside themselves.

Something I really dislike is when people say "if my child listened to this id be concerned." If you ever watch metal artists do interviews they are the most calm teddy bear dudes you will ever listen to when they speak. Metal music is an outlet for violent thoughts and getting things off your chest. They are so shocking and violent for that reason its designed to get your emotions out of you. (obviously a very small child shouldnt watch the music video that could give a child awful nightmares for a while unless you took the time to explain to them that the video isnt real.)

The thing about people who listen to metal music is we are genuinely really nice people. You hit the nail on the head when you said that we connect to the music because we have had things gone on in our lives. The music is just an extension of our inner self unleashing the pain, rage, hurt...all the negative. Think about the mosh pit , it's full of these people just thrashing about... lawyers, blue collar, white collar workers, people with mental health issues, people just dealing with everyday stuff, people dealing with deeper stuff all together just releasing it all. We all go through something we all have bad days and sometimes we just take it and keep moving over and over, without an outlet a normal person would explode or crumble. The music is our outlet. Music has saved my life literally many times. I have been down so far that my only option felt like death to eacape...my mind and body was like a prison filled with the memories of what my own uncle had done to me and my mother's betrayal taking his side and keeping contact with him. I wouldn't be here but just knowing that Johnathan Davis (lead singer from Korn) had gone through something similar and put out "Daddy" gave me hope that you can make it through, yes there is pain and sorrow but your not alone and it won't define you.

The visuals in this music video are the band facing the fear of the way that each band member fears to to 'be ended' the most

Slipknot played a concert at an old closed down prison in Idaho one time. It was INSANE.

If I walked in on my child watching this, I’d be like “umm excuse me? Why didn’t you invite me?!” then rock out with them 🤘🏼🤣

This songs is genius and there’s so much symbolism in the video as to the boys’ biggest fears. You see Sid chew off his fingers which are his bread and butter, if he loses his hands he loses who he is. Chris Fehn is deathly afraid of birds so you see birds crawling on him. Corey is afraid of being unable to write anymore so he blows himself up. I’m not sure what the significance of Mick Thomson peeling his face off. Or Jim Root blowing himself up. This video is early on when Jey Weinberg and V-Man they get stabbed up by the rest of the band to get inducted into the band. Craig gets attacked by dogs. It’s just deep and beautiful at the same time.

I am sooooooo happppppyyyyy you’re checking this out. My day has been fucken made!

My son was the lead singer/Front man with a Metal Band so I learned to love Metal. Slipknot lyrics saved my son and make me sad. Masks are cool :) The lead singer under the mask is a good looking guy lol. Thanks guys

The different scenes in the video are the band members like real deep fears if I’m not mistaken.. like long nose guy had a fear of birds and i remember reading about how he was actually like terrified making the video. Heavy aggressive music is definitely a way to release pent up shit. This gives all the bottled up negative energy, anger and frustration somewhere to go so you don’t explode. 😬🖤

If you want to hear Corey without all the Slipknot graphics, you can check out Stone Sour. He also has solo stuff, CMFT and CMF2

as a child of the 90s and parent of a 14 year old im waiting and hoping for the day he comes and asks me about slipknot 😅

Idk why but yall got the best sound quality of any reaction videos.

REACT TO SNUFF, you won’t be disappointed. It’s the absolute best song. His live version with just Corey is fucking epic!

Like the music, the imagery is reflection of how they see society.

The second show I ever saw was Slipknot on the Jager tour back in 99. I can attribute their music to part of the reason I survived teenage angst and depression. I am so happy I have that experience so that I don't get upset and stifle my children's own outlets. You never know where the inspiration comes from to live or to keep living. I think there is a certain beauty, brightness and calmness in the darkness. Also, the psychology behind this video is very interesting. You should look up the official explanation, it teaches a lot about perspective, and judging things off from solely the face value of it.

Snuff is a must, it's heavy in a completely different way

I absolutely love the fact that you appreciate THE KNOT! The homeboy CrazyLegs (R.I.P.) turned me on to their first album before he gave me my first tattoo (1999), and I've seen em' live multiple times since! Good stuff!!

Am glad that someone recognized how dark some of the rap was at around the same time, u like what u like and sometimes we just need an outlet

Korn - Falling away from me is a starting point to Daddy. Will appreciate your reaction on it :)

The lead singer of Slipknot has another band called Stone Sour where they don't wear masks. You should react to Stone Sour. Same great sound, no masks. I don't know which song is their most popular...but you should definitely react to their biggest hit. BTW, I kinda of got away from listening to Slipknot as I've gotten older. I forgot how great the double bass is. Their drummer is one of the best with the double bass.

I've been to all kinds of gigs. The friendliest, most loving and inclusive crowd are the rockers/metalheads. I was front row for Slipknot at Download last year. Yes it's crazy but people look out for each other, protect each other in the crowd. If you walked in on your son watching this, concern is the last thing you should be feeling, and relief would be the apt emotion. You know he'll be looked after, have the rest of the metal community treating him as though he's ine of their own children. Metalheads are THE best people on this planet.

The behind the video extra was crazy. the long nose guy is terrified by ravens, all the deaths were their greatest fears that they had to face. Goes with the theme of the song.

Daddy is hard as hell to listen to, but its a must hear. Snuff is beautiful, especially the acoustic performance. And btw the visuals in this video were them facing their fears and introducing the new members of the band (the ones stabbed in)

This 2014 album ('The Gray Chapter') was something of a comeback record for Slipknot... because they had tragedy strike the band in 2010 when original bassist Paul Gray passed away from a prescription drug OD. They named the new album after the late bassist... Then, original drummer Joey Jordison was M.I.A. for the sessions (He was struggling w/ health issues and unwilling to return to Slipknot)... so, they made the difficult decision to fire Jordison (He passed away in 2021) Slipknot recruited drummer Jay Weinberg for the album and bass was recorded by the other members... bassist Alessandro Venturella signed on for the tour and joined the band... Those were the 2 new members in the music video riding around in electric wheelchairs and ended up getting stabbed... Check out 'Killpop' by Slipknot on the same album... Not as explicit visually but a dark song... However, it's a bit mellower and Corey Taylor gave the song an amazing hook and catchy chorus.

I really wish people would just listen to the song before watching the video. The Lyrics are pretty clear on what the song is really all about.

You need to get Corey on the Channel. Such a loving human.

I see it as a bad relationship and how the blame goes back and forth over time and how it eats a person up. Eventually it leads to an internal rage snap. It's a very heartfelt message and warning that it's not going to be taken anymore. Some couples blame each other's faults but he's saying that he simply won't do it anymore.

Thank you for finally getting to this. The imagery I was told or seen I should say is how they would picture themselves dying.

The song is actually about struggling with yourself and wanting to be a better person. "The Devil in I" is your flaws... the devil inside you, the "you" that you don't want to be. The gruesome death scenes are symbolic. Each represents either that particular band member's greatest flaw or one of their greatest fears. Also, in each death scene, the band member is wearing their "old" mask to represent their past self.

Slipknots are also used to start crochet projects

Hey - So the scene in the elevator where those 2 guys were getting shanked. There's background symbolism there. Those 2 guys getting shanked were the 2 brand new members of the band at the time - bassist and drummer - and this was their first song with them. The stabbing...they were essentially being "killed" into the band, after spending the whole video wheeling around in their wheelchairs and seeing the other members doing crazy shit. You don't see them actually playing their instruments with the band at any point in this video until they "get killed" in the elevator. The very next clip once they "die" is the new bassist slapping the bass, followed by the new drummer going crazy on the drums. Boom, they're dead, and now they are initiated members.

This kind of music helps people get the anger out they can scream to this song and it's a release of emotions

"How you gonna Wile E. Coyote yourself?" Hahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahah

I slept through a Slipknot concert once, and I was sober!

I believe in the video they were killing their fears - which were represented by their old selves in order to move forward. If you pay attention to the masks in the death scenes of each one they were wearing their old masks from the previous album.

❤❤❤❤this album this song is off of is my favourite, the grey chapter. This song is one of 3 songs that really pinpointed how they were dealing with the anger, depression and guilt amongst many other feelings after their bassist paul had passed away. This song was about facing those devils inside from the past and dealing with those feelings, not giving into the negativity, feeling what needs to be felt and moving past and letting go of the negative .the video was really crazy but is so indicative of facing ones fear ( literally lol they each die from their own biggest fears ) and essentially a rebirth from it all. They all had new masks if I can recall correctly when this album released tying into the rebirth of them all after having fought against the tragedy of losing their brother basically. So happy yall took a peak at this one much love to you both. ( I'm going off memory from when this song /album released so I might be off a little bit on exact details so dont come for me if I'm wrong, just write the correction so we can all learn, no one has no mfkn time for dickheads ya feel ? )

You NEED a metal head in the studio with you to walk you through this metal journey man. Just like you do for your guests with Ren. Context, and also the order of which songs you listen too, are important.

In the early 80s when I started to pay attention to music...sitting at the stereo trying to record songs off the radio to make mix tapes from, I started buying my first records and tapes. I had to hide them from my parents, one, because they didnt want me spending my money on it.....we were pretty poor at the time,, and two, my friend and I would have to ride our bikes around 10 miles down an old farm to market road to get to the nearest K-mart. One day, I forgot and left my tapes on the kitchen table. When I came home, they were gone, and no one knew anything...no one had touched them, they just disappeared....Mom! In hindsight, I know why she took them. She didnt know the music, but she saw the art on the music, and she didnt like it. Guns n Roses, with skulls, Quiet Riot with a chained up dude and a metal mask, Ozzy as a werewolf howling at the moon, Dio and their Demons, Kiss and their look. Im certain she didnt like the imagery, and was probably scared by the talk in the news about satanism, that scary metal music, Dungeons and Dragons and all that good ol news propaganda. Odd thing is, our family basically had nothing to do with religion or church, wasnt goody two shoes. Maybe it was just the sudden inundation of graphic images that seemed to be a new thing. My parents had their own music that had lewd sexual imagery and things not really considered appropriate for kids at the time, we went to rated r movies. Something about it worried her, yet here I sit, still listening....still no trail of dead bodies, torture or culturally unacceptable perversions. Whoodathunkit?

8:37 Snuff is a deep but chill song. It’s hands down the best ballade by Slipknot with vermillion pt2. And believe me I’ve seen Snuff live and the way Corey Taylor puts his heart into this song give me chills everytime.

I actually remember seeing them play before they were called Slipknot. They were called Meld and saw them actually in many small places and warehouse type shows. They aren’t always my cup of tea but the songs I do like, I like a lot. ❤ If you haven’t reacted to it yet, I highly recommend Vermilion Pt. 2

My son went to first slipknot concert at 10

So here’s the official comments from band members (Corey and Shawn Cranan aka the Clown): Taylor explained the song's meaning to The Pulse of Radio: "'The Devil In I' is really about the war inside yourself," he said. "Trying not to give into defeatism, trying not to give into negativity, trying not to give up basically. It's a struggle. It's one of the hardest thing you can do, is to give in to that side of yourself." The song's music video was directed by Slipknot drummer Shawn Crahan and features the destruction of band members in various ways. Chris Fehn, for instance, is pecked to death by ravens, a fate he requested for himself as the percussionist suffers from a fear of birds. Sid Wilson, meanwhile, eats his arm and fingers in the clip, destroying the things most important for the DJ's role in the band. "Basically, this video is about finding past devils, past things - becoming one with it and then doing away with it," Crahan explained. So basically this is a song about facing and fighting your fears. And not succumbing to them.

Unless you have experienced them live in concert, you have never truly experienced Slipknot. The Drums and the hyping of the crowd is life changing. BEST mash pit ever!

Slipknot are masters of expression of aggressive or dark topics

Most people don’t realize in the video that their old selves are dying of their greatest fears while their new selves (new masks and 2 new members) live on

saw them live with motionless in white, bullet for my valentine & lamb of god years ago, such a good show. naturally left exhausted AF from all the moshing lol

I understand why this guy's can't watch some scenes from this video, but I watch reactions to this clip so many times and i smile when peoples turning out when Sid eating his hands and final scene with Clown is great

What I love about these guys is that they're all about accepting people for who they are. They've received some crazy things from fans, too. I think a femur bone was in the mix somewhere

Hehe, when I was a teen I used to listen to that kind of music, draw dark pictures, and write very dark poems about su*c*dе, nightmares, and the afterlife. My parents saw it but they never tried to do anything with that. Only watched and made sure I didn't try to harm myself or do something like that. They knew - it was my way to express myself, and deal with extreme emotions inside their little teenage girl :) But maybe it's because they are big Rammstein fans and this style of music doesn't surprise them XD I am very grateful they let me be myself and supported me all the time, whatever I wanted to do. Love them

The start of this is my ringtone lol

I love this song, I cannot watch the videos... but it is my understanding each of these things are how each member fears dying. They miss their friend, they are hurting, grieving, pissed off (because it's an emotion that happens). Snuff isn't what you think it is. It's not in the same context of hurting someone in the way you'd think --being called snuff. Korn does have the song Daddy, it was cathartic for Jonathan and many others, but it is very dark.

My 17 year old daughter’s favorite song!

BP….you got it. Song is about the duality of man. The righteous and evil side of all human beings. The Angel on one shoulder and the Devil on the other. Deeeeeeeeep!!! 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪🏼💪🏼😳🤯🤯😂😂😂😂😂✌🏼

This song was also a tribute to paul gray their bassist who passed away

"Basically, this video is about finding past devils, past things - becoming one with it and then doing away with it," Crahan explained

If you do ever get to the song “Snuff” you have to check out the live version with just Corey and an acoustic guitar. It’s heavy for him emotionally, and you get every sense of that in the live stripped down performance.

This song is about facing your biggest fears, and overcome them, i think each member was asked for this video, how their biggest fear of dying would be, and thats what you see in the video.. The devil in i, but im not your devil anymore right..

Being 68 and having grown up as a teenager with Alice Cooper, nothing surprises me or if it does its art. I watched every season of the Walking Dead and I loved it. These videos, like some movies, can be so graphic but once you see how they are made it’s not so shocking anymore. And like you said the song without the video is great. To me there are several ways I could interpret it. It’s like looking at a piece of art in a museum. I love it!

I didn't think I had seen it yet.... so here we go. Every album that Slipknot released saw a new round of masks. In this video, they band is 'killing off' their former selves (masks) in ways that reflect each members fears (dog attack, bird attack, ... etc). While being quite graphic, it is a way for the members to move on from their past selves. 🤘🔥🔥🤘

You guys may know that Corey Taylor is also the lead singer of the band Stone Sour. You also should react to Slipnot’s song Vermillion and Vermillion pt. 2 in the same video.

The two guys in the wheelchairs that they stab up is two members that were brand new members replacing the bassist Paul grey that passed away, and the drummer Joey Jordinson because he had gotten a disease and he wasn’t able to play the drums for quite some time and he died pretty recently about a year or two ago… so it’s kinda like they’re inducting them into the band. Slipknot is the greatest metal band ever… EVER!!!! 9 guys making amazing music they got a DJ he was biting his hand off and at first corey taylor was doing more rap metal but now later in they’re career they’re still super heavy but corey has an amazing voice and they have some acoustic and clean vocal songs that are just amazing!!!

The acts committed in this video were the were the fears of each member on the scariest way for them to die, and the stabbing of the members in the wheel chairs were a tongue in cheek initiation of those members into the band

Love that you consider Jordan the goat. As if I needed another reason to like you and your channel

And this particular video it shows each band member's worst fear

I love the concept of this video, with the guys all facing their own fears. Jim and Corey obviously have deep-seated issues involving explosions.

in the video, each member is showing their fears...fear of being stuck with no food and you have to eat yourself alive...or being mauled by dogs..fear of birds pecking at your head etc. It's all metaphors .

You can't understand without listening to Corey Taylor acoustic, just his voice,it's insane make you cry FR

Corey/Slipknot - Snuff, & Korn - Daddy. Both are great songs, but have very sad messed up stories. Also Slipknot came out with a behind the lyrics video about this song, it's mainly about fears and overcoming them, AND the "shanking" scene is the initiation of the two new members.

I really like how you guys fight with your initial prejudice and take the time to dive into things like this anyway. Please keep doing Slipknot! This one was about struggling with your inner darkness after one of the members OD’d, not really the real devil. The deaths in the video are based on some of their greatest fears. For example the guy who ate his hands was the DJ who doesn’t wanna live without doing music and the the guy with the nose is terrified of birds. Oh and the stabbing was an “initiation” for the new members

6:18 I fucking died laughing LOL

The imagery us about the band members letting go of their old selves, letting go of fear,anger,ego, hate, jealously. They would destroy themselves to become something new.

Very good once over analysis on the lyrics bruv.. See, this is why i love the channel, your understanding of lyricism is remarkable to say the least, Cory Taylor-Cox is an amazingly riddling poet.

Watch the acoustic version of snuff with it's just Corey on stage by himself no mask

Corey Taylor also provides lead vocals for the band Stone Sour.. They are a little less scary and he shows off his clean vocals a lot more

Snuff is absolutely a beautifully sad love song. Metal heads hold it very dear

Bands like Slipknot, Slaughter to Prevail and Falling In Reverse etc_are here to remind us why we Seek The Light, We all have a little Devil in us, sometimes you need to understand that about onese;l in order to remember The Divine that is also in all of us.

Ya Corey's voice is so beautiful whether singing or screaming. The emotion you feel from it is legit life saving. He's an amazing song writer and lyricist and extremely intelligent. You know he's the singer of Stone Sour too right?

TOP NOTCH MUSICIANSHIP !!!! THE VOCALS CAN GO FROM HEAVEN TO HELL IN A SECOND .... THEY ARE THE REAL DEAL BRO !!!

A slipknot is usually used as a fail safe not, one that will tighten to stop something dropping etc.

People have different tolerances and opinions. I can understand how people can feel disgusted or put off by a song like this. I feel the same way about rap artists that glorify the gang life and crime, but I appreciate how music can push boundaries and express the artist’s feelings.

Let me just say this. Slipknot helped me through so many negative situations that I'm not sure how I would be able to handle them. Music generally, but Slipknot especially. The thing how I felt it was that if I was struggling with anger or hate towards someone, I did listen to Slipknot and could pass those feelings through the music just by listening it. No physical violence needed even I felt it was necessary and I wanted to hurt my bullies. I get it, it is not for everyone, but music has such a huge power that, who are we to judge what is good and what is not? The one you don't like, might be the one that saved someones life. Just keep that it mind next time you start judging the new Taylor Swift track we hear already thousand times.

Check out Slipknot performing The Blister Exists on Jimmy Kimmel from 2004. There's a part in the middle that is amazing and usually catches a lot of people off guard

Can't handle watching the video. Catch you on the next video.

One of my favorite songs by Slipknot is also one of their most bizarre - Iowa. Not sure if there's a video but the story behind the recording of the song is interesting to say the least...

This music helps me and a lot of other people process our negative emotions in a non-destructive way. Have you ever been extremely angry about something you can't do anything about? This is music to help you through that time. Edit: Oh, and Snuff would be a lot more up your alley. The video isn't gory at all and the meaning of it is profound. If you haven't yet, I highly recommend Nero Forte.

Cory Taylor’s acoustic version of “Snuff” is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Rip Joey and Paul. I know both didn't play on this (Paul already being dead by now) but both were key members

The live version of snuff is fantastic. I would suggest giving it a listen, its not dark but it does have a very melancholic tone

The videos should NOT be focused on. Staying focused on the music is what this is all about. I'm glad you can hear and appreciate the talent in their music.

Corey has a beautiful singing voice.

Your mentality on the darker songs is understandable. There aren't many songs that make me feel I need a shower after listening, but Daddy is definitely one of them.