SLIPKNOT - The End, So Far 2xLP (Clear Vinyl)

Label: Roadrunner

Hell hath no fury quite like a fresh Slipknot record. Three years on from 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’, the heavy metal titans are back; serving as a masterful foray into the guts of all things heavy, ‘The End, So Far’ is a rip-roaring dose of sharp structures and bruising breakdowns.

Seven albums in, Slipknot are continuing to twist our expectations; this is a release that strives to tie together all-out ragers with exciting new space-rock qualities and moments of slow, sombre tension. ‘The End, So Far’ is ambitiously diverse – for better and for worse.

There’s no shortage of blisteringly heavy tracks on ‘The End, So Far’. Lead single ‘The Chapeltown Rag’ absolutely rumbles in your bones, while ‘The Dying Song’ is overflowing with grit, pairing gristly breakdowns with a ferocious belter of a chorus. Overall, ‘The End, So Far’ is a remarkable punch of sharp, sobering heavy metal. Slipknot yet again thrive in their signature darkness.