I think there's a lot of death metal or doom metal dudes that somehow or another find a groove in it.
I've always loved aggressive, hard, noisy, yet melodic bands, and at the same time I've always loved 'Blue' by Joni Mitchell.
'Far Beyond Driven' was a record that was probably ahead of its time, and to this day, it still sounds as fresh as just about any other band that's out there. It was a record that was pushed to another level.
The metalcore has been left behind. It's not something that any of us find enjoyment in listening to, so it's obviously not the direction we would write songs in.
Death metal has now become exclusively about being evil, Satanic and playing full speed ahead. It's not what I'm into at all.
I was always very into heavy metal, and heavy metal is full of emotion and extremes, and I think that's the same in dance music.
When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction.
There is nothing whatsoever friendly about Slipknot. Corey may have a singing voice, but it's always been done with so much passion that it's always been brutal.
Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
After a post-Bill Berry softening with albums like 'Up' and 'Reveal,' R.E.M. seems to be toughening up again; on the strength of the first single, 'Discoverer,' the band's new record looks to continue with the same muscular rock and roll that defined its last album, 'Accelerate.'
Take a ride on heavy metal, it's the only way that you can travel down that road.
I read interviews saying women can bring a femininity to a song, a delicacy, but some women make really aggressive music.
When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.
The album was very agressive. It kicks you right in the balls.
My taste changes radically all the time, and I listen to whatever feels good. Another thing is that I'm in the studio so much of the time, and I listen to so much loud, aggressive music for work, that for pleasure, I'll listen to something else.
I was around nine when a babysitter snuck 'Who's Next' onto the turntable. The parents were gone. The windows shook. The shelves were rattling. Rock & roll. That began an exploration into music that had soul, rebellion, aggression, affection.
I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.
When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.
The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '90s. I don't think I was ever very good at pop music and as soon as I stopped trying, and started to write more the things I loved, it became much heavier and more aggressive.
What better to get all the anger and stuff out for what I do in Slipknot than to play the drums? You're punching everything, really fast, concentrated.
Artists are overcompensating with this aggressive, energetic, hyperstimulating music - it's like someone shaking you. But it can't move people on an emotional level.
I just like heavy music in general - from heavy rock and heavy metal and heavy rap and heavy everything. I've always been attracted to it.
I love heavy music. I keep Flume nice and melodic, so I save the angry, testosterone-fueled heavy stuff for What So Not. I think it's a good defining thing for the two projects.
I was always searching for something bigger, faster and better, and Slayer came up with that.
I’ve started thinking about pure electronic music again. Something very melodic, very aggressive.
