Their first album, self-titled 'Slipknot' went platinum, becoming a first for Roadrunner Records, and indicating a sign of things to come, with a band who went on to change the face of metal music. In 1998 they released a demo with 5 tracks specifically for record labels, and gained lots of interest off the back of these, which lead to the band signing a £500,000 record deal with Roadrunner Records. Since starting in 1995, it took the band just 3 years of hype to get signed by a successful record label. The mise en scene also fits with the genre, with lots of shots of fire, a feature associated with metal music, and a theme of destruction throughout, which is also associated with this genre
The video for Psychosocial is very in keeping with this genre as the edit keeps up with the music, cutting quickly from shot to shot in place with the fast tempo of the music. When the genre first came to surface in the late sixties to early seventies, the music seemed to take great influence from blues music but as time progressed these roots have been forgotten and emphasis has been placed on speed and tempo, attracting a certain type of audience, of whom enjoy somewhat chaotic and energetic concerts. Heavy metal itself is a branch of rock music, in which is generally loud with guitar solo's and aggressive and masculine themes. The topic of the lyrics also tend to be angry and aggressive with dark meanings. The music tends to focus on loud and fast drumming, with down tuned pacey guitar riffs and a range of vocal styles from screaming to singing.
The band are renowned for their heavy sound and frightening image, both characteristics that would be associated with the heavy metal genre. The masks all look quite frightening from the audiences point of view, similar to that seen at Halloween, which all fits in with the genre of music the band make, heavy metal. They wear jumpsuits, and each member has a different unique mask to which they wear at most band events (concerts, music video's). Their success could also of been helped by the unusual costumes the band wear, as they make them very identifiable from other bands. Some would say the success of the band has come from there genre defining music, with aggressive and energetic songs coupled with chaotic live shows. Since the inception of the band in 1995, they have gone on to great success being nominated for and winning numerous awards and going on to sell over 14,000,000 records worldwide. The band hail from Des Moines in Texas, and have made several line-up changes throughout the early years before settling for 9 members, which recently turned to eight following the death of bassist, Paul Gray. The song is taken from the band's fourth album, All hope is gone. The song Psychosocial is by Slipknot, an successful American heavy metal band.
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