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The End, So Far (2022)

Where the lyrics of The End, So Far take you, and where it was really made.

Early vinyl and cassette copies were misprinted with a different title, The End For Now...., and the singer later blamed a missed double-check.

Key places

Recorded at Henson Recording Studios (2022)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — Discogs credits list Henson Recording Studios as a place where the album was recorded. The listing gives only the city, Hollywood, so the marker sits at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recorded at The Hideout (2022)

Recording site The Hideout — Discogs credits list The Hideout as a place where the album was recorded. The listing gives only the city, Henderson, so the marker sits at city-center level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot
• Released September 30, 2022 through Roadrunner Records
• Runs 57 minutes 31 seconds, the band's shortest studio album to date
• First studio album featuring percussionist Michael Pfaff, who joined in 2019
• Final album released through Roadrunner, the label the band signed with in 1998
• Final studio album with sampler and keyboardist Craig Jones, drummer Jay Weinberg and DJ Sid Wilson before their departures
• Dedicated to former drummer Joey Jordison, who died in July 2021

Background

• May 2021: percussionist Shawn Crahan said the band was making new music
• June 2021: Crahan said a new album would hopefully come out in 2021 and that the band would part ways with Roadrunner after its release
• November 2021: the band teased new material on the website thechapeltownrag.com
• November 2021: single The Chapeltown Rag was confirmed and debuted live at the Knotfest Roadshow in Los Angeles on November 5
• December 2021: Corey Taylor said mixing was planned for January, with a hoped-for April 2022 release
• February 2022: Taylor said recording had finished and mixing was underway, describing the record as a heavier version of the 2004 album Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
• July 19, 2022: album announced with second single The Dying Song (Time to Sing)
• August 5, 2022: third single Yen released
• August 22, 2022: nine special editions announced, each with a band member pictured on the cover

Recording

• Recorded at Henson Recording Studios, with The Hideout also credited as a recording location
• Mixed at Joe's House Of Compression
• Joe Barresi credited as recording and mixing engineer; Bob Ludwig credited as mastering engineer
• Recording was finished by February 2022, according to Taylor's interview with Eddie Trunk

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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

• Metacritic: generally favorable reviews, with a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 10 critics
• Kerrang! (Luke Morton): said the album works more as an album than a selection of songs; welcomed the new direction of the opening track Adderall, which is synth-driven with all clean singing, while noting the album keeps the band's trademark heaviness
• NME (Andrew Trendell): gave four stars out of five; compared the new direction to David Bowie, Tool and Stone Temple Pilots; said heavier tracks Hivemind and Heirloom would comfort older fans
• Blabbermouth.net: noted the new musical style; said singles The Dying Song and The Chapeltown Rag delivered heavy riffing, while Adderall and Medicine for the Dead showed the versatility and evolution of the band and of vocalist Taylor
• Consequence of Sound (Cervante Popé): said the album has enough exploratory elements to keep the band from sounding stale while staying true to the sound that made the band's fans
• AllMusic (James Christopher Monger): was divided; said the album may not be a home run but shows the band is still in contention

Records

• Debuted within the top ten in more than ten countries worldwide
• Reached number one in Australia, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Switzerland and the United Kingdom
• United States: debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, the first album of the band not to debut at the summit since 2004's Vol. 3
• United States: sold 59,000 copies in the first week, with 50,500 from pure sales
• United Kingdom: outsold the reissue of George Michael's Older by 340 units; the band's third UK number one after Iowa (2001) and We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
• United Kingdom: sold 14,068 copies in total, 12,083 from pure sales and 2,005 album-equivalent units from streaming

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

Trivia

• The original vinyl and cassette releases were misprinted with a different title.
• In a Reddit AMA, Corey Taylor said The End, So Far was always the intended title and blamed the misprint on someone who did not double-check with the band.
• Before the album was announced, the band teased new material on a website, which led to speculation about a new single.
• Nine special editions were announced, each featuring a different band member on the cover.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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