The song now carries a double meaning. Originally, the song was written about a failed relationship that Corey had, he never said who it was but some say it’s his ex wife. When writing the song, Corey didn’t want it to be included on a Slipknot album, he didn’t think it was good enough. Paul Gray, their bassist loved the song and really pushed for the song to make it on the album. Paul unfortunately passed away not long after so the song is special in that it’s a sad love song and a song to remember Paul.

One of the most poignant lyrics I've ever encountered: "It took the death of hope to let you go". Such a great line.

5:58 on the album version Corey belts out a long note right here. Clearly in this version he's too choked up to hit it, and ends up doing a shorter one, but you can hear in the background one guy in the crowd ABSOLUTELY NAIL IT

"Snuff" was created in 2008 and then use by Slipknot to pay tribute to Paul Gray (bass player) who died in 2010. This is why Corey is so emotional during this interpretation.

I love how the whole tone of the song changes with the line "But all of that was ripped apart when you refused to fight". Up till that point he's the bad guy of the relationship. She's too good for him, if you love him let him go, if he's alone he cannot hate, but then she does leave and all of a sudden she's the bad guy now. The whole focus changes to everything she should've done to save the relationship, and him. It's such a good representation of a toxic relationship and the anger that comes out on the refused to fight line hits hard every time.

"Angels lie to keep control" ...hardest line in metal history.

This song is beautiful. Corey sings from his soul. He's also crying towards the end.

I cannot listen to this song without teary eyes. I guess we all can relate. A very honest and human experience.

One of my favorite Corey Taylor songs is the one he did with Dave grohl. It's called "from can to can't". Consider it 😉. I think it shows his range pretty well

Snuff is one of my favorite songs. I cannot imagine trying to sing this live with a huge crowd singing with you word for word

Slipknot (and thus Corey) really hits a special point on me. From the very fist time I heard them, when I was in highschool, I got instantly hooked. And no matter if it's a super heavy or soft song, I just get goosebumps anytime I close my eyes an try to follow the lyrics. I guess most people has had a broken heart at least once. I'm no exception. this song... I remember hearing it for the first time, by accident, right after breaking up with my first girlfriend and feeling REALLY hurt. This song is really profound to me for that reason. Like... It brings me back to a dark past but it's also beautiful and I enjoy it a lot. So... It's sort of like a massochistic experience for me to listen to Snuff. A guilty pleasure, one might say, that has to be carefully dosed or else it can pretty much bring me down.

First slipknot I always recommend is phycosocial because I like seeing the reaction when he switches from his screaming to his singing,always catches people out

Corey is amazing, he can literally sing anything perfectly. This song, especially this video, breaks my heart every single time. 😢💔

This isnt my 1st time seeing this.. I just love the way this song touches you emotionally before youre "pausing" it to calm yourself down (: really nice reaction, love it!

Cory has one of the craziest vocal ranges EVER!

I do hope people are also mentioning his other band Stone Sour as well. Although I believe I read that for now at least the band is disbanded. They still have an excellent catalog of music too!!! 😉❤✌

Well done, Teach. It looked like you were getting a little choked up there in the second verse. I like how he pulled out the rasp to emphasize the mood of the song.

Corey: "love is just a camouflage " Subtitles:" love is just a camera blush"

he is so talented. i was shocked when i found out the Stonesour "Through Glass" was him

Im watching a couple of you know vocalyst, analysts but i got to tell, it`s great to see someone tearing for the joy or feeling the pain of the singer...You are emotional and it`s great, love to see while analysing, you are still a human. Keep it up girl.

“Tastefully” was the word I think you were looking for. Such a moving song and some heartfelt lyrics. Always makes me tear up. Great reaction and a start into your descent into Slipknot.

I was in a metal band about 9 million years ago and our singer said when he scrunched up his nose it was to bring the sound forward and it let him use tension without putting the tension in his throat where he didn't want it. I'm not a singer but that is the best I can tell you. Hopefully someone else has a better way to describe it. Great reaction as always. Metal has always been overlooked as just screaming and making angry sounds but there is so much more to metal.

Fellow Iowan here !! Just found your channel.. Excellent reaction ! Corey’s voice is one of the best! Looking forward to more videos 🙏🏼

omg this was the exact performance i was talking about on the queensryche video. im so happy you caught this, this is the literal song that came to mind when posting it.

As a huge fan of Corey Taylor I love this reaction video you are so point-on with the details it's incredible

I love this performance! Coreys voice is my favorite one of all. Greetings from Germany

Slipknot - "Vermillion 1" "Vermillion 2" and "Killpop" Stone Sour - "Bother" "Through Glass" "Sillyworld" "Zzyzx Rd." and "Song #3" All more "chill" songs that are a good ease into the genre and you're vary likely to enjoy.

my dad died just 1 week ago and this was the song we played and now i came to your reaction, i have to say thanks for this ..

Slipknot is definitely worth giving a listen to, they are technically very good and the energy and emotion can't be denied, but it clearly isn't for everyone. Corey is also in a slightly lesser known band called Stone Sour, which still has that edginess but is maybe a little bit easier to get into if you aren't used to such harsh metal. Fantastic reaction though, looking forward to seeing more :)

I saw the moment the tears welled up in your eyes. Love Slipknot and Corey!

This one makes me tear up every time...

You translate the technical stuff in artistic language. I really appreciate that.

that one dude in the audience nailed that "ooohhhh" too like halfway through Lol

Amazing song and thank you for the reaction video.

Such a powerful song, in my eyes the best song Slipknot have made thus far in their career. And this performance, just Corey with his guitar and feelings coming through makes it even heavier. There is one song I've not seen much around in the "reaction section", an old classic heavy metal ballad I love.. Manowar's "Master of the Wind". (I'd recommend "studio" audio, as most of the live versions out there aren't the best quality)

This song will always be at the top for me. Especially this version of it.

Essa menina é simplesmente PERFEITA! Linda demais, credo. É a cara da Patrícia Pilar mais nova.

corey taylor is one of my all time favorite vocalists so many different techniques and tones he uses to show different emotions. need to checkout slipknot stone sour and corey's solo stuff

My favorite song ever, great video :)

Absolutely stunning

Hi, love this song. Love from Portugal

Beautiful song acoustically. Guy has some range!

This song is so beautiful and emotional. Now, I am very curious about your reaction to actual Slipknot songs.

This song is about the lyrics. Just heartbreaking but very relatable.

This song has some of the heaviest lyrics I have ever heard in regards to a breakup. I met a guy last week who after his four year relationship broke up, he couldn't listen to this song without crying for six months. I just broke up with my 23-year long soulmate... I have a long ways to go. 😭

I believe you should check out their track "People = Shit", a live video. This band is insane and actually has a lot of variety on their albums (rapping, harsh vocals, growls, clean singing, mixed voice, etc). They formed in 1995 and had some members leave and join, but since 1999 it's been a pretty consistent lineup of 9 guys.

A fairly good representation of Slipknot would be 'The Devil in I', but for a reaction, the live version video from Knotfest 2014 might be the best option. The music video is far too distracting, but the live performance is astounding. Keep up the good work!

At the end his slight changes of placement is to help him optimize more projection & sound with the mouth shapes you mentioned . The Vocal coach he uses is/was an Opera Singer.

Corey é único!!!

Another great proformace from Corey is his acoustic sets he done for BBC radio especially the song taciturn

Sitting here in Iowa watching. Where in Iowa were you from. I'm in the Cedar Rapids area. Love your channel.

Work of art

Great song and video. Please do more slipknot... May I suggest vermilion pt 2?..

Loved your reaction! Have subbed to you. Do a reaction video to "LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN" by a Filipino Girl group 4th Impact.

Always liked him in slipknot and stone sour but....After seeing him live in Brisbane in 2023... his voice is absolutely amazing one of the best beside Dave ghrol in my opinion

This song really helped me through a tough break up

🥺 gets me every time...

You HAVE To react to Devin Townsend. His solo performance doing Kingdom at EMGTV is a classic, but Deadhead at PlovDiv is my favorite (though that song at Royal Albert Hall gets most of the reactions)

I'm excited, this should be good 😊

if you want more vocal corey you should have a listen to Song#3 stone sour acoustic version it really lets his vocal side sing in his belting abilities...

The reason he asks the crowd to help is there is a video on KZfaq where he literally breaks down in tears singing this.

Me da mucho sentimiento esa canción:(

what a powerful music

The feelings i get, when I hear it. I reaps me apart inside.

*everyone who suggests ‘Snuff’: _Jim Jeffries voice_ “hohohoo we’re gonna make her cry!”

I am kind of like you, slipknot is far from my normal style. But this one is so deep and relatable that it works. It's also great to hear metal singers that can back it off and make something more melodic. You can still hear some harsher distortion, but it adds to the more clean sound, and for this song in particular adds to that emotion behind it.

Corey Taylor has one, if not the the most versataile voices !!!

Cory had some great songs in Stone Sour too

We can see your emotion on this - this is such an amazing song for people to relate to and it hits everyone right in the heart. Slipknot is very different than this but Corey is awesome!

This has to be the most painful breakup song of all time, seriously. I'm almost 40 and this instantly hits home to the girl I wanted to spend my life with when I was 19. She refused to fight and gave up over something so small. God it hurts every time.

I just fairly recently "discovered" Slipknot. Psychosocial was my gateway song. Some would also say Duality and Unsainted are good next steps. Fyi, don't get used to seeing Corey's face...

Welcome to the rabbit hole of Corey Taylor he's one of kind

Great reaction. If you really want a good idea of his range check out songs like Bother, Gone Sovereign, Absolute Zero, etc. from Stone Sour.

If you want to hear Cory Tayler's voice without so much background noise you should try From Can To Can't. There are some legends playing the music, but his voice is beautiful in this song!

"The Devil In I" is a must... but please do the Knotfest 2014 LIVE version... the video will just gross you out and distract how awesome the song is.

If I could make a suggestion, have a look at a singer named Skin. Mostly known for her work with Skunk Ananzi, but she also performed a song with Sevendust. I believe it was called Licking Cream

Ur heair style so nice.

I think that the little snarl helps you brain focus on something other than the sustained pitch. If you have not done so already, I would love to hear your opinion on the live version of Staind "Something to remind you". It is another stripped down performance like this.

You're Iweegan too! Small world! Me, Oskaloosa.

Listen to some of their other songs on here!!

This song makes me so emotional …. I also like Vermillion Pt.2

I recommend the making of the beautiful song "Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, and Scott Reeder -- From Can to Can't"

Since I couldn't find another song you reacted to from Slipknot yet, I'd like to make a suggestion. Obviously, most of Slipknot's catalog is vastly different than this song, but a good introduction to them in my opinion is Dead Memories. It really features Corey's vocals in a way that is similar to this song. After that, the ones I recommend most would be as follows: Psychosocial, The Devil In I, Before I Forget, and Wait and Bleed.

You have GOT to react to Devin Townsend “kingdom” live at emg tv

He's using his texture emotionally

Corey's voice. It grabs me and holds me. Doesn't matter if it is mellow Stone Sour style song our a Slip Knot rage fest.

Perhaps if you need to be eased into Slipknot, something like Killpop or Vermillion may help the transition before some of their heavier music. Looking forward to more reactions!

I loved this reaction. Everyone associates Corey with just hardcore metal screaming. Then they see this, and realise the true scale of this man's talent.

I recommend Cortney LaPlante Circle with me live 1 take. She's an amazing talent

I've just subscribed I like your content 💗 Please I want the Voice Teacher reacts of Korn Falling Away From Me, a live version ❤ pleaaaaase

Who else was one of the scary kids in Slipknot t-shirts back in high school during the Iowa era in a small Iowa town?!!?

Check out Eddie Vedder doing black acoustic live and rearview mirror live!!

Next listen to duality by slipknot is one of bands best and Corey has another band called stone sour, 2 great song that shows off his voice are #3 and bother.

You should check out the Slipknot version of this song as well.

You should check out Corey Taylor singing “Home/Zzyzx” it’s really good!

You have a lovely smile

Loved the reaction, seemed like you almost broke at around 4:25) i broke ALOT earlier than that the first time i heard it.

No woman no cry 🥲

As most have already written, this song is heartbreaking & Corey is just so pained that it is legitimately hard for him to sing. I think most Maggots (Slipknot fans) are ready & willing to belt this song as a show of support & solidarity. That’s why I do anyways 🤷🏻‍♀️

He had a hard time at this show with this song, cause his best friend and band mate had just died. So singing this song was hard and at the 5 minute mark he actually breaks down and he has to step back for a minute...