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We Are Not Your Kind is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Recorded at EastWest Studios in Hollywood, California with co-producer Greg Fidelman (who previously produced the band's 2014 album .5: The Gray Chapter), it was released on August 9th, 2019 by Roadrunner Records. The title is taken from a lyric in the song "All Out Life", which was released as a standalone single in 2018 and features as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album. We Are Not Your Kind is the first Slipknot album not to feature percussionist Chris Fehn, who was dismissed in March 2019 after suing the group for alleged unpaid royalties. He was replaced by 'Tortilla Man' who was eventually revealed to be Michael Pfaff from Shawn Crahan's band Dirty Little Rabbits.
Background
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After the conclusion of the touring cycle for .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root and percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan began writing and demoing material for the band's follow-up album in early 2017. According to Crahan, the group wrote and recorded a total of 22 songs and 26 interludes, with the plan initially being to produce the band's first double album. Recording began in November 2018, shortly after the release of the standalone single "All Out Life". The album was completed by April 2019 and "Unsainted" was released as the lead single the next month. This was followed by "Solway Firth" in July, "Birth of the Cruel" in August and "Nero Forte" in December.
Track Listing
All tracks are written by Shawn Crahan, Jim Root & Corey Taylor. Additional writers are given below.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Insert Coin" | 1:38 | |
| 2. | "Unsainted" | Alex Venturella | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Birth of the Cruel" | 4:35 | |
| 4. | "Death Because of Death" | 1:20 | |
| 5. | "Nero Forte" | Venturella • Mick Thomson | 5:15 |
| 6. | "Critical Darling" | Thomson | 6:25 |
| 7. | "A Liar's Funeral" | 5:27 | |
| 8. | "Red Flag" | 4:11 | |
| 9. | "What's Next" | 0:53 | |
| 10. | "Spiders" | Venturella | 4:03 |
| 11. | "Orphan" | 6:01 | |
| 12. | "My Pain" | 6:48 | |
| 13. | "Not Long for This World" | 6:35 | |
| 14. | "Solway Firth" | 5:55 | |
| Total length: | 1:03:38 | ||
| We Are Not Your Kind — Japanese Edition[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 15. | "All Out Life" | 5:40 |
| Total length: | 1:09:18 | |
Personnel
Slipknot
Additional Musicians
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Additional Personnel
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Gallery
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Tours
Trivia
- We Are Not Your Kind is the second explicit studio album to receive an official clean edit.[2]
- There are 15 songs that were cut from We Are Not Your Kind, at least seven or eight of the songs are recorded with vocals.[3]
- The model on the album cover is Francesca Fondevila Lucero, she was also in the music videos "The Negative One" and "The Devil In I".
Release History
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | August 9th, 2019 | CD • digital download • streaming | Standard | Raodrunner |
| Brazil | CD | Warner Music Brasil Ltda. | ||
| Russia | Roadrunner • Warner Music Russia | |||
| Mexico | Roadrunner • Warner Music Mexico | |||
| Japan | Japanese | Roadrunner • Warner Music Japan | ||
| US • EU • UK | Vinyl | Limited | Roadrunner | |
| US | March 2020 | |||
| US • EU | August 2022 | |||
| February 2023 |
| Slipknot Releases | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | Slipknot • Iowa • Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) • All Hope Is Gone • .5: The Gray Chapter • We Are Not Your Kind • The End, So Far |
| EPs | Adderall EP |
| Live albums | 9.0: Live • Day of the Gusano: Live In Mexico • Live at MSG |
| Compilation albums | Antennas to Hell |
| Video albums | Welcome to Our Neighborhood • Disasterpieces • Voliminal: Inside the Nine • {Sic}nesses • Day of the Gusano: Live In Mexico |
| Demos | 1995 Demo • Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. • Producer/Engineer Demo • Excerpts From Current Project • 1997 Demo • Battle of the Bands Demo • SlipKnot • 4-Track Demo • Annymous Live Show • 1998 Demo |
References
- ↑ Slipknot "We Are Not Your Kind". Warner Music Japan. Retrieved April 13th, 2022.
- ↑
Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind (2019, Clean Edited, CD). Discogs. Retrieved August 27th, 2022.
- ↑ Harries, Paul (July 30th, 2019). Slipknot Have Another "15 Songs" That Didn't Make the Cut for We Are Not Your Kind. Kerrang. Retrieved September 17th, 2022.
