They are mainstream sellouts If they had no masks and stage show of evil clowns humping drums and whatnot, people wouldn't even know who slipknot is. They are a lame emo band being passed off as metal. This list is a clear example of how bad top tens in TheTopTen website can be. More than 3/4 of the arguments here are not valid, and it is clear and obvious this is just a hate list. Slipknot gets all this recognition for making bad, lame music. There are modern metal bands like Havok, Evile, Municipal Waste, or Gama Bomb. Disagree. They are just trying to do new things. Just because they make melodic songs, doesn't mean they are selling out. Their early stuff was popular anyway, so they'd have no need to sell out. I disagree but that's just my opinion

Their music isn't good I have listened to lots of Slipknot's work, and I could only find 1 or 2 songs that I actually enjoyed. People claim them to be the best but they don't stack up to bands like Slayer or Anvil. All Hope Is Gone was pretty average, but even that had some good songs, such as the title track, Sulfur and Snuff. Their music may not be very technical, and their guitar work is nothing special, but they make some pretty decent stuff. I love Slipknot and even I have to say their music isn't the greatest. Their guitars aren't anything special at all. But there drum beats make you want to head bang and Corey Taylors vocal range is great. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and you can't say something is bad backing it up with facts I don't get why people think slipknot gives metal a "bad name" It's different, deal with it.

They give metal a bad name Wrong. Although I think of Slipknot as my least favorite nu-metal band, the nu-metal thing wasn't bad and neither were they for that matter. Fans of the band will likely listen to something else metal-sounding too. For example I like Slipknot, Metallica, and Tool and they are three different types of metal bands, and I'm fine with that.



Also The Blister Exists is an awesome song. No. Slipknot added to metal. Slipknot is their own genre. No band sounds exactly like Slipknot and they have their own sort of rawness. They have and will mark a place in rock and metal history People listen and/or look at Slipknot and assume all metal is like that, and then go around talking about how bad metal is. That is true. Though I am actually a fan of Slipknot, I do agree that in some respects they have done damage to the genre Yeah... Because they are not metal... They are some weird math-rock/screamo hybrid in masks. Their music is AWFUL and has no "groove".

Their fans think they're the heaviest band ever They are heavy for their genre (Alternative Metal and Nu-Metal), but compared to death metal, they aren't that heavy. - Lem I've been a Slipknot fan for a year and I can tell you, they're not the heaviest band out there. Sure, the heaviest for Nu Metal but not everything else. It's true they can't compare to Slayer and Mayhem. I do hate the fans who think they're the heaviest metal band that ever existed - SirSkeletorThe3rd Ya anyone who thinks that needs to get a life. Behemoth and mayhem are like 500 million times heavier. I mean I like Slipknot but hell no, they aren't the heaviest. There are 100's of bands tons of times heavier. Like when I download a Slipknot album my phone only gains like 2 lbs heavier. When I download a behemoth album, I need to get a 6 ton block to lay my phone on because it's too heavy to carry ok! I actually like the first couple albums of slipknot - FerrariDude64

They have 9 members Slipknot shows us a very new side of metal that has created a whole new sub-genre within metal that I have never witnessed before. The fact that they have 9 members plays a key part in how the music is formed as it adds power and a very alternative rhythm that is not imitated in any other metal band I have listened to. I like the idea of having more members than a conventional metal band would have to create new and interesting music - such is Slipknots contribution to the metal world It takes work to get 9 members to work together, meanwhile single singers just have music playing in background Slipknot's musical aspect of their songs sounds like there are 3, maybe 4 members. There are 9... A singer, 2 guitarists, a keyboardist, a DJ, 2 Percussionists who sit there and hit one drum, a set drummer, and a bassist. With all those "musicians" it still sounds very basic and generic. Dream Theater can make twice the musical sound Slipknot has. - ryanrimmel They have so many members so they can make their live shows incredible and to stop using backing tracks for samples etc. The more drums there are the heavier, the more powerful and the more furiously massive it sounds. Also, Clown (Shawn Crahan) and the nose one (Chris Fehn) don't just hit one drum, they've had their own drum sets since the start. - partyonpeterick What are you guys jealous pricks!

The masks Right.. The masks are what Slipknot are all about, its what makes them so unique. It contributes a theatrical dynamic to the music that adds to their sound and makes them very entertaining and interesting to watch. Their masks and music is so disturbing... I Love It The masks aren't for hiding the identities idiots That's a dumbass reason to hate a band. I guess we should also hate Gwar and Kiss because they dress up in costumes The masks are awesome! But that's really all I can give to them, I like some of their songs(The devil in I, psychosocial and dead memories) but that's it. I haven't found that many of their songs though. - TheClownFromOmegle

Fans are opinionated I think their fans are opinionated however there are exceptions. I really really like Slipknot actually, but I don't really like nu metal much. They don't really sound like nu metal honestly. Comparing them to drowning pool, god smack, and Korn, which are all mainstream nu-metal bands. They are their own genre, which is why I like them. They have that raw sound to them. I think it would be ok to say they are the best band for what they do. Like I mean, comparing them to Metallica or Whitechapel wouldn't be fair, because they are completely different types of metal respectable in their own ways so, I don't think it would be wrong if someone said Slipknot is their favorite band because that is their opinion. Someone might not think Metallica is any good, but you might think their the best. It all depends on your taste. Personally I'd put Slipknot in a top 10. Truly, aside from history, Slipknot has a raw sound that other bands don't have. Core metal is raw sounding but it's all ...more Slipknot is my favourite band and I also use the official slipknot app to meet other fans (aka-maggots) and we are not opinionated. Just because they are our favourite band it does not mean that we think they are the best or the heaviest. We get something out of their music that other music does not portray to us. I know a lot of slipknot fans that listen to Iron maiden, Metallica, Slayer and many more. Myself I listen to slipknot, Avenged Sevenfold and stone sour mostly (I'm only 17 so I'm not into the older classic bands as much although I respect them for what they do). Most people who hate on slipknot probably go in the YouTube comment section to see what their fans are like but you should not trust that toxic place. I can understand if you dislike a band or their fanbase, but don't stereotype a band of their fans please. They are claimed by fans to be better than Metallica, Iron Maiden and even Sabbath, where as I'd have Slipknot as being maybe the 90th best metal band ever. They do not let people tell them otherwise. - ryanrimmel I see what you mean. MOST people who are into Slipknot are nu metal fans and won't listen to anything else. My favourite band is Iron Maiden. - IronSabbathPriest I listen to Slipknot and my favorite band is Slayer! I also listen to Ghost, Iron Maiden, and Carach Angren. But yeah, most of their fans are only into Nu Metal, sadly it's true, I was one of their fans... - SirSkeletorThe3rd

They have a DJ in the band Linkin park, limp bizkit and I think deftones has a dj in the band so whats the problem? - Th3Zm0nst3r This is literally a guy dressed in a Walmart Halloween costume making weird and unnecessary noises to the music. - ryanrimmel How does Slipknot get a DJ? O_O That's the worst reason why everyone hates Slipknot. - DynastiSugarPop Who wants a DJ in a band seriously? What are they trying to pull although I like 2-3 songs...

They aren't original This is the most ridiculous thing I have seen here. This list is beginning to contradict itself massively. 9 members, masks and a DJ and you're talking about originality?! This band sounds nothing like anything I have heard, they have a unique place in metal. You just went on about the fact that they have nine members and a DJ, now your saying their unoriginal. If that was a normal thing to have in a band like them you wouldn't even be pointing that out. I haven't heard anything original about them, they use generic, bland riffs and tunes. - ryanrimmel They have masks = they're original. What a stupid logic.

There's a band called GWAR and they also wearing masks just saying'

And they were a decade before Slipknot.

And they have absolutely not unique sound, they sound like any other early '00s band.

Corey Taylor is not a good metal vocalist 10 Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Stone Sour (His other band). Corey isn't meant for screaming in Slipknot or anything. He has a good voice which he shows in Stone Sour, but in Slipknot he ruins it. This is just wrong. Corey Taylor is a fantastic vocalist with an amazing range. This guy is STUPID MORON! He is the MOST SWEARING VOCALIST IN THE WORLD! IMMORAL MAN! Her voice is like a Fred Durst. This guy is very swearing.

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They are just a pop rock group 11 They are metal, you're ignorant for thinking that you have to scream to be metal Yeah combine fall out boy to slipknot. see what makes a different - Th3Zm0nst3r Slipknot is mall core 12 year old music. Just "heavy, gimmick" pop music like avenged 7 fold, 5 finger death punch all awful bands. Shouldn't even be in a discussion with actual metal bands ie skeletonwitch amon amarth entombed exmortus etc. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard 😂. I'm assuming the only people who even voted this were grindcore and deathcore fans. Just because they aren't "brutal" doesn't mean they aren't actually metal. Slipknot does not = 5 Seconds Of Symmer

They're overrated 12 I like some of their songs and I do think they are quite original, but some fans (who I know in real life) keep making them bigger than they are. They're good but overrated if you ask me. Yeah, their fanbase is way to huge for a mediocre band like that... The reason they have a lot of fans is because not all people like to hear creaming into the microphone Their fan base is huge because they're good, dumbass.

They made Donnie Steele play backstage 13 Watch Undertakerfreak1127's video about this and you'll see what I mean (I love Slipknot, but they went too far). Ya, honestly that did kinda suck They are worst band ever sorry

They ripped off Mushroomhead 14 No they didn't, the band started back in 1996, they had masks then, but a couple different members.

They treat Paul Grey like he's a hero despite of his death being caused by a drug overdose 15 If your friend, the one that pulled you through thick and thin, died from an overdose how would feel? Don't you ignorant liars insult Paul Gray! He got the band to where they are now, and so what if he died from drugs? He died, and at the loss of a friend, I see why. Kinda obvious. What the hell that's not even how u spell his last name it's GRAY not grey. With an A you dumbass. And I will torture anyone who says anything bad about Paul Gray Bruh, when you are living the life of a rockstar, that's normal. Look at Ozzy, I mean seriously. They just cared about him a lot and he died. Just because someone died from drugs doesn't mean their a bad person.

They try to be satanic 16 They're not actually satanic though. It's just for shock value. People even listen to the song to act badass and they need to be afraid. Idiots like these never saw. People listened Iowa too much. - Userguy44 Bastards are using it

Their brainless fans act like Joey Jordison is the greatest drummer of all time when there are far superior drummers out there 17 John Bonham, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, Buddy Rich, Bill Ward, Ian Paice, Dave Lombardo, Stewart Copeland, Charlie Benante, Mike Portnoy, Ginger Baker and Danny Carey just to name a few Out of all the dumb reasons on this list this is the dumbest for sure Seriously? Is this real? We don't think joey is the best at all. He's not. Dick. Ok I'm not one of those people and ya I completely agree though I like Slipknot very much

18 It is always catalogued as a satanic band

Rap and metal don't mix well 19 A lot of their songs touched on this mix of genres and I believe it works really well. Songs like Surfacing, Diluted, Left Behind and Duality are awesome with this mix Depends, The Negative One And Spit It Out Were very Near Rap And There Platinum Sellers lol THey are not rap retards Its not even metal

Their fans 20 ThEstela are the most retarded reasons to hate a band simple as that. Most butthurt fanbase ever. Fucc the fans 1st. Butthurt huh? Usually when you like something and people hate it for stupid reasons, you get angry. 2nd. Fucc you. 3rd. He probably thinks you’re an unholy ass loser because they ARE good. - LordOfLight

They sound awful live 21 Watch spit it out live its sounds terrible. The best metal vocalists are jens kidman, and randy blythe. Lol. No. Yes they do and the people who commented below me are losers Wrong

They're a nu-metal band 22 Ok I read all your arguments they are all just bad arguments the drums are bad their are much better drummers out there its all opinion and also rip offs of mushroomhead maybe they are maybe there not but my opinion is slipknot is just better than mushroomhead like I never heard of mushroomhead before either just cause slipknot out done them lol only opinion because I know sum mushroomhead fan will be raging or whatever and the worth argument of all there mainstream like who cares you hipster I think of this isn't a reason. - 05yusuf09 Haha say that to Corey. - Userguy44 This is a good reason

Their fans think anyone who doesn't like them are metal elitists 23 Slipkock sucks and gives a bad name to badasses like limp bizkit