10 Best Metal Music Videos Of All Time
3. Duality - Slipknot
Metal is a genre that owes a lot to the sense of mayhem, with the loud guitar riffs and bellowing vocals being perfect fodder for moshing. At the dawn of the 2000's, Slipknot were one of the kings of heavy music, with songs that were the audible equivalent of what happens when you combine Red Bull with pure unfiltered aggression.
The band were reaching a commercial peak with the record Vol. 3 and wanted to make a video for the song "Duality." They found a house in the middle of nowhere and asked the owners if they could use it for their performance spot. After securing the tight-knit space, the band got a bunch of their fans down to the sight and proceeded to tear the place to the ground, with everyone losing their minds at once.
When the band were finished, the structure was torn to bits and the 9 owed the homeowners quite a bit of money, but the footage was more than worth it. In filming the intensity of the band's performance, the video stands as one of the greatest examples of metal and its most maniacal. By teetering on anarchy's edge, Slipknot came out on the other side with something unprecedented.