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Day of the Gusano: Live in Mexico (2017)

Where the lyrics of Day of the Gusano: Live in Mexico take you, and where it was really made.

The concert was recorded in December 2015, but its film version reached cinemas in September 2017, about six weeks before the album was released on disc.

Key places

The Knotfest concert in Mexico City (2015)

Live show Club Campestre de la Ciudad de México — The album captures the band's first concert in Mexico, held at the Knotfest festival in Mexico City on December 5, 2015. The map point is set at the city-level venue candidate, so the exact building is not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Day of the Gusano: Live in Mexico is the second live album by American heavy metal band Slipknot
• It is a live album and a video album, released on CD and DVD
• The album captures the first concert the band played in Mexico
• That concert took place on December 5, 2015, at the Knotfest festival in Mexico City
• A film version was shown in movie theatres on September 6, 2017
• The album was released on October 20, 2017 by Eagle Vision
• In Germany the release was credited to Eagle Vision and Universal Music Group
• The record includes songs from five studio albums: Slipknot, Iowa, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), All Hope Is Gone and .5: The Gray Chapter
• It was the band's first live album since 2005's 9.0: Live

Background

• Original bassist Paul Gray died in 2010
• Drummer Joey Jordison left the band in 2013
• Alessandro Venturella (bass) and Jay Weinberg (drums) are the new members who appear on the album
• It is the first live album featuring Venturella and Weinberg
• It is also the band's last live album with longtime percussionist Chris Fehn
• Fehn was dismissed from the band in March 2019 following a lawsuit

Recording

• The release is based on the full concert recording of the Knotfest performance
• The accompanying documentary shows the atmosphere before and after the Knotfest 2015 festival, along with the live performance
• The liner notes list the members who performed: Corey Taylor (vocals), Craig Jones (samples), Mick Thomson (guitar), Chris Fehn (percussion), Jim Root (guitar), Alessandro Venturella (bass), Sid Wilson (turntables), Jay Weinberg (drums), Shawn Crahan (percussion)

Cover

• The cover shows the head of a goat hanging on a bloodstained wall
• White letters at the top spell out Slipknot and Day of the Gusano

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · de.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, vocalist Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray.
• The band is known for its masks, matching jumpsuits and numbered identities.
• Their self-titled debut album (1999) brought rapid fame, and Iowa (2001) made them more popular.

Members

• Shawn Crahan is the only founding member in the current lineup.
• Corey Taylor has been the lead vocalist since 1997.
• Mick Thomson and Jim Root are guitarists in the current lineup.
• Eloy Casagrande became the drummer in 2024.

Career

• The band released All Hope Is Gone (2008), which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.
• Paul Gray died in 2010 from an accidental overdose.
• The seventh studio album, The End, So Far, was released in 2022.
• The band has sold about 30 million records worldwide.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Tobias Kreutzer of metal.de gave the album 5 out of 10 points
• He called it a loveless hybrid of solid live performance and wooden documentary material
• He wrote that Slipknot puts on a highly professional and, as usual, powerful show
• He added that many other bands have already made more mature, honest and warmer band and fan portraits

Records

• The album entered the German album chart at number 25 on October 27, 2017
• It fell to number 85 the following week
• It then left the German Top 100

Sources: de.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The English title is a translation of the German phrase Tag des Wurmes, meaning Day of the Worm, followed by Live in Mexiko
• The film version was shown in US cinemas on September 6, 2017, before the album came out
• In Germany the DVD and Blu-ray versions were rated FSK 12
• The album includes the full set from the Knotfest concert in Mexico City
• The band's earlier live album was 9.0: Live in 2005, making this release a long gap between live records

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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