[Nick Koan]

I believe, yet once again, this was aimed at a different Nick, but here it goes.

I used to think that Slipknot was just another metal band with a gimick, but I have to say I've got a lot more respect for them lately. They are doing some damn fine stuff. I can't say I like it all, but I think they got a good thing going.

Also, I caught some cuts off Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat, and god damn, that was awesome. You can really hear a lot of the industrial, eletro/noise, funk & prog-metal influences, but with a greater variety and experimentation. I always thought the comparisons to Mr. Bungle's first album were strictly due to the gimp masks, but it sounds like the started fairly similarly (before branching wildly). Of course, the sounds are different enough, but the semi-free form multi-genre blending metal is there.