Their groundbreaking debut, Slipknot, was certified triple-platinum, that album's 25th anniversary boxset is flying off the shelves, and their Grammy-nominated hit, "Duality," passed one billion streams on Spotify. Here at The Nu Metal Agenda we did a deep dive to find which is their best album. Something's in the air–and it's spread from Iowa all the way to New Jersey where technical death metallers Cognitive just released a blistering cover of Slipknot's classic "People = Shit."
The surprisingly faithful cover finds the song shifted into a lower register, wrapped in a dark, modern sheen and delivered with machine-like precision. The band shed light on the decision to cover the nu metal anthem:
"Here we go again mother fuckers! We have been hard at work writing our next album and prepping for tour but decided to spend some time having fun and recorded a cover of ‘People=Shit’ by the almighty Slipknot! We wanted to have fun with something that wasn't exactly death metal, but still in the extreme realm! The world is an awful place, and humanity doesn't make it any better, so to us the Slipknot math and song title added up correctly!"
The band is currently touring with Nile, Cryptopsy, and The Last Ten Seconds Of Life in support of their 2024 album Abhorrence released via Metal Blade Records.
9/16 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Monarch
9/17 – Hampton, NH @ Wally’s
9/18 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Hall
9/19 – Lititz, PA @ Mickey’s Black Box
9/20 – Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz
9/21 – Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
9/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Mercury
9/24 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary
9/25 – Hobart, IN @ Hobart Art Theatre
9/26 – Madison, WI @ The Annex
9/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Studio B at Skyway
9/28 – Belvidere, IL @ Apollo Theater
9/29 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Bigs Bar
10/01 – Billings, MT @ Pub Station
10/03 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/04 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
10/05 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
10/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/07 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater
10/09 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s **
10/10 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s **
10/11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hi-Fi Annex **
** without The Last Ten Seconds Of Life
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