10 Heaviest Slipknot Anthems So Far

Serving as the eighth song on 2001’s Iowa, Left Behind is underrated nowadays, but was an anthem for those who grew up in the nu-metal era. Its position on live set-lists tends to dwindle between tours, but it still has the power to send chills down the spines of lifelong maggots worldwide.

This song is just so impactful on numerous levels. Firstly, it was a big hit on Kerrang! and similar alternative stations around the same time as Linkin Park’s In The End and Papa Roach’s Last Resort, solidifying it in the nostalgic hearts of all the kids who lived through this oh so angsty period.

Then there’s the lyrics themselves.

This track was written by Corey Taylor to document one of the darkest periods of his life, when he was living on the streets and sleeping under a bridge in Iowa, feeling completely abandoned.

Finally, there’s the video showing a teenage loaner living in a dilapidated house and suffering from bullying, with local boys throwing rocks through his window. It’s likely these visuals resonated with a lot of Slipknot fans who grew up feeling different, alone, unwanted, perhaps left behind?