- ♪ I've felt the hate rise up in me ♪
♪ Kneel down and clear ♪ ♪ The stone of leaves ♪
- Wait, am I supposed to be like recognizing who this is?
'Cause I don't know who this is. (laughs)
- Slipknot, they are some freaky people.
- They have scary masks on.
- Their masks freak me out way too much.
- I kinda like his voice, but what is this face?
- ♪ I felt the hate rise up in me ♪
- Oh, okay, oh!
Is this The Purge?
- ♪ Inside my shell ♪ ♪ I wait and bleed ♪
- I'm okay with metal,
but heavy metal is like a bit much for me.
- I mean, it's cool. It's not my vibe.
- Not my cup of tea, but...
- ♪ My eyes are red and gold ♪ ♪ The hair is standing straight up ♪
- Wow, it seems so lit, okay, I'm not gonna lie.
Like everybody here seems to be having a good time.
- I don't know who that is. (laughs)
- Um, who is, who are they?
- (React) You just listened to Wait and Bleed.
- They're scary, like, I don't get the masks.
- I just was hearing screaming.
- It wasn't like horrible.
- Heavy metal and death metal, and anything after that,
it gets too much.
- I am so excited to listen to Slipknot for 30 minutes.
Woo!
♪ (rock music) ♪
- When I go to Halloween Horror Nights,
this is what all the people are wearing.
- Ugh!
- Wow, those are, oh no, honey!
Not the brain!
- ♪ I've known faces that have ♪
- This is like ugly. Like, this is not even...
Ew!
- If I was eight years old, and I saw this on TV,
I would probably pee my pants.
- ♪ Find me wrapped in glass ♪ ♪ And slowly soaked in lime ♪
- Wrapped in glass? Hold on!
- Psycho, he's gonna do something cray cray.
(screams)
- A lot of their style comes from like horror movies,
and horror-esque elements.
- Like Hollywood Horror Nights.
- ♪ I ignore you ♪
- This is not even damn music.
- ♪ I feel it all slipping away ♪
- Okay. (laughs)
- That was literally just screaming!
- I don't like it.
Don't yell at me, like, I listen to Taylor Swift.
- On my drive here, I'm listening to like slow reggae music.
Definitely a switch up.
- It would be really beneficial for all heavy rockers
to take a therapy class.
- I don't know what was going on in that music video,
but it was like a whole horror film.
- The only parts that were color was like blood,
which totally works for their style of music.
- Limp Bizkit has music. They have music.
This crap, that's just screaming. What is that?
- Slipknot!
Sometimes you just gotta shh.
♪ (rock music) ♪
- They just start on 10.
- See, again with the headbanging. It's still going!
- ♪ Go ♪
- The checkered Vans.
- They're not showing the masks. I'm kind of a fan of that.
- Okay, this one's okay. Never mind.
- It was going good until they showed a damn skeleton.
- ♪ Stapled shut ♪
- Okay, I like this one more. I don't know why.
- ♪ Bizarre but right at home ♪
♪ Claustrophobic ♪
- I'm sorry, I don't hear music. I just hear screaming!
- Alright, is it gonna show like them,
or is it only gonna show like their hands and their shoes?
- ♪ I wear you like a stain ♪
- They must have like a little bit of concussion.
I feel like your brain is going a lot of shaking.
- Okay, Willow Smith.
- My drummer boy is going in every time!
- ♪ Fray the strings ♪
- They're using the same clips.
- I don't know if that's mean, but it screams Hot Topic to me.
- ♪ Listen ♪
♪ I am a world before I am a man ♪
- Okay, these have more understandable lyrics.
- I am a world before I am a man.
Poetic.
- Hey, at least this one, they're not wearing creepy masks.
- ♪ Before I forget that ♪
- I think that has been the best out of the three.
- I'm telling you, these lyrics, they have some depth.
Stapled shut? Claustrophobic?
- Of the songs that I've heard before, this one sounded the most palatable.
- It was a little more sing-songy,
rather than like, hardcore screaming.
- He seems like a very angry boy.
I think he needs to let it out, and I'm happy that
he's able to do it, and make money at the same time.
- (React) You liked that one?
- Uh...
- ♪ I push my fingers into my eyes ♪
- Into your what?
- (React) His eyes.
- Oh my God!
- ♪ It's the only thing ♪ - Oh my God.
- ♪ That slowly stops the ache ♪
- Ooh, marathon.
- Okay, what is happening?
- Oh, we're getting calmer vocals this time.
- ♪ Take ♪
- Ugh, crap, the masks are back.
- Not the masks again.
- Oh, these masks are even scarier.
- This is definitely that 2000s style.
- There's a lot going on.
Oh, okay.
- Yeah.
♪ (rock music) ♪
Okay!
- I think this one's okay, too.
- Why is everyone shirtless? No one wants to see your boobs!
Put a shirt on, love.
- I'm getting major Halloween vibes.
- ♪ I've left behind ♪ ♪ This little fact ♪
♪ You cannot kill ♪ ♪ What you did not create ♪
- My man is kinda spitting.
This lead singer is a poet.
Poetry doesn't sell in the 21st century,
so what is he gonna do?
He's gonna distract it by having his little bandmates
play loud crazy music,
but my boy is talking about his inner struggles,
and he's doing it while screaming
and putting his fingers through his eyes!
I don't know what that's about.
- (React) This song happens to be the top listened song on Apple Music.
- What!?
- You wanna know what I heard the whole time?
(screams)
All hope is gone, it said? Perfect way to start.
- This is definitely what I see in my nightmares.
♪ (rock music) ♪
- I'm honestly really terrified of this.
- I'm trying to figure out what's going on.
- All I'm getting from this is like fire, skulls, scary masks.
- I feel so stupid, like nodding my head,
because like what the [censored]?
- Was that a dead animal?
- What is up with the nose?
- ♪ I did my time ♪ ♪ And I want out ♪
- Okay.
Okay, I've heard this song, I've heard this song!
He's like (growls)!
- ♪ This soul is not so vibrant ♪
♪ The reckoning ♪
- Yeah, I could like... - ♪ The sickening ♪
♪ Packaging subversion ♪ ♪ Pseudo-sacrosanct perversion ♪
- The reckoning!
(React laughs) What?
- I hated that!
- That might be somebody's actual Heaven,
but to me, like, that is what I think I'd see in Hell.
- I can't get behind the lyrics in the song.
- Are you gonna tell me that's damn singing?
That's singing to you?
- ♪ Undo these chains ♪ - Oh, perfect.
- Spiky guy.
- What is up with this guy,
and the damn spikes sticking out of his head?
- Is this like Handmaid's Tale?
- It starts slower.
- A little bit more sad. Not exactly head bangy.
- Oh, dude has a nose, 'cause he's an owner of crows.
- ♪ Swallow, but nothing's forgiven ♪
- I like this one!
- Is he in a straight jacket?
- ♪ You and I can't decide ♪
- At least this one, he's actually singing.
- I love that they've stayed true to their like vibe.
- ♪ Some of us are destined ♪
- This one, I like a little bit more.
I can hear more of his vocals.
- ♪ To be outlived ♪
- Oh no, this is the song that they start the mosh pits to,
'cause it slowly ramps up.
- ♪ Step inside ♪ - Okay.
- Oh, never mind, there it is.
- They tricked me.
I thought we weren't headbanging, but here we are.
- I could never have a calm moment with this group, they,
oh my God! Oh my God!
- Ew!
- Oh! What's happening?
- He's eating an arm!
- Again, a lot of their visuals have to do with horror.
- That's almost as bad as putting your fingers through your eyes!
Why are you, oh, honey, no!
Oh, you got the wrong one!
- How is this appealing to people?
- For them, it's getting their feelings out into a song,
wanting to get out their frustrations,
but to a person hearing it,
they can interpret it in a different way.
- Now I'm questioning how his concerts are?
Does he just eat arms live? Like, is that what he does?
Should I just go to a concert to find out?
I should do that, huh?
♪ (choral music) ♪
- A choir.
- Hmm.
I don't know how I feel about that.
- I don't know what this is, I'm scared!
- ♪ I'll never kill myself ♪ ♪ To save my soul ♪
(Lucas laughs)
♪ I was gone ♪ ♪ But how was I to know ♪
- Oh look, a lady with no mask!
- I like her, she's cool.
- (laughs) She looks like Margot Robbie.
- ♪ Sink so low ♪
♪ I'm finally holding on ♪ ♪ To letting go ♪
- Yeah, this one sounds more like Fallout Boy.
- This is just spooky.
- I don't like that!
- I could listen to this part.
But then again, I don't know how the rest of the song is.
- Like, this would be like a cool movie,
if I knew what was going on.
- This is giving me very much cult vibes.
- Aw, I told you he needed a hug. Oh what?
- ♪ I'm finally holding on to ♪ ♪ Letting go ♪
- What?
- Oh, oh, I'm scared!
- There it is.
- We came from such a sweet place!
- (laughs) It's like an anime opening.
- Headbanging.
- Spike face, I'm rooting for you, but you keep messing up!
- This damn spike guy is the one
that gets me every time.
- ♪ Denial is the darkest ♪ ♪ When you live in a hole ♪
♪ Why does the hell ♪ ♪ Make you feel so cold ♪
- We were going a few steps forward, but then...
- It turns to this!
- I liked this one, 'cause I was able to hear their voices
and how melodic they could be.
- I really can't talk,
because I'm gonna offend so many people.
- I would never kill myself to save my soul.
Understandable.
You needed a hug, understandable.
The cult formation, a little questionable.
And then we just start screaming,
and having these crazy symbolisms, and these signs.
♪ Maybe you've been down too long ♪
- Hmm.
- ♪ Think hard, you bastards ♪ ♪ You're gonna tell me why ♪
♪ If I don't get an answer ♪
- Look at him go! (laughs) I'm sorry. (laughs)
I like that part.
- It hurts my eardrums!
- ♪ You're gonna tell me why ♪
- Be so for real.
- Oh my gosh.
- What happened? Where did we go?
- This music video needs like an epilepsy warning.
- Oh, I like this part.
- ♪ And the flesh ♪ ♪ Is barely more than bone ♪
♪ When no one else is listening ♪
- Oh my gosh, oh! What's happening?
What is up with the weird crawling?
- Hey, we have a diamond face. What happened to spike boy?
- ♪ Put your hands into the water ♪
- Put your mouth into the water?
- I'm having mixed feelings.
- Again, there's my best friend!
- Spike boy!
- Yeah, this one, I could listen to.
- Ew, what is going on?
- Oh my God! Wow!
How do they not lose their voices?
- How old are these people? That's what I wanna know.
Like, do they have like grandkids doing this?
- Ooh, the pause was dramatic.
- My voice already feels strained just listening to that.
- They intrigued me at the beginning, and at the end,
but they lose me in the middle every time!
- With this one, I hear the melodies in it.
It's a little bit intense, but at least I can hear it.
- I did not catch one word. (laughs)
- I can see why people would be excited to listen an album like that.
Not my type of people, that's for sure.
- (React) They actually have an upcoming album
dropping on September 30th.
- Wow, I will not be checking it out,
but congrats to y'all, I'm so happy you made a comeback!
- Their music has definitely become a huge favor
for a lot of different people.
- In 5th grade, I was like really emo.
I feel like back then, I would have ate this up.
- Maybe that's their form of relaxing,
is to listen to this kind of music, and that's what music is for.
- They're trendsetters, clearly.
As of now, we had an influx of pop incorporating metal,
like the Olivia Rodrigos, even in rap,
we have a lot of artists like Playboi Carti,
or like Rico Nasty,
that use those beats and elements,
of just like rage and expression.
- I can definitely see why it's still popular today.
It's very intense, and people like that.
- They won't be added to my Spotify playlist,
but at least now, I can say, wait,
what is that screaming in the back?
Is that Slipknot?
- Slipknot, if you're watching this, I love you.
But like, I'm being very honest, okay?
I wanna know how you guys sit down in your business meetings
and be like "let's eat an arm."