10 Darkest Rock Albums Of The 90s
8. Slipknot - Slipknot
Most of the OG Slipknot fans probably would like to look back and laugh at their self-titled debut. As much as they tried to come off as sinister, the whole thing may just seem a little bit adolescent when you have to compare it to something like Iowa just a few years later. At the time though, this was about as extreme as any nu metal band would dare to get.
Ignoring the actual masks and jumpsuit get up that they wear onstage every night, the songs on this record are enough to chill you to your core, like the internal mind games going on in a song like Surfacing to the almost scream along chorus to a song like Eyeless. Compared to the usual guitar shredding we would get later, the riffs from Mick Thomson on here just feel like you've entered a torture chamber with the door sealed shut behind you.
Hell, the biggest hit on this record Wait and Bleed is all about a man that has a recurring nightmare about committing suicide, only to find out that his dream has come true and he has no hope for survival. The fashion may seem a little bit dated when looking back on it, but considering how many of these songs are still in the band's setlist, there's no expiration date on truly evil music.