Slipknot- Dead Memories (good video review)

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. The band consists of nine members their names are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor. Slipknot is well recognized by their unique masks.

These are the lyrics for the song.

Sitting in the dark, I can't forget.
Even now, I realize the time I'll never get
Another story of the bitter pills of fate
I can't go back again
I can't go back again
But you asked me to love you, and I did.
Traded my emotions for a contract to commit
And when I got away, I only got so far
The other me is dead
I hear his voice inside my head
And we were never alive
And we won't be born again
But I'll never survive

With dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart


You told me to love you, and I did.
Tied my soul into a knot and got me to submit
So when I got away, I only kept my scars
The other me is gone
Now I don't know where I belong
And we were never alive
And we won't be born again
But I'll never survive

With dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead visions in your name
Dead fingers in my veins
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart
Dead memories in my heart

This video is about a person that is really lonely and someone obviously broke his heart. I really like this song because it's raw and different. I like the instrumental value and the way the song flows together. I think that the video is perfect for the song because it introduces that he is lonely and is looking for a way out but, he runs into complications and he doesn't know what to do but run. I like how it shows a glimps of every band member. The video has really unique angels and unique props used. I like how it is twisted and sad at the same time each person also keep trying to pull him back and make him stay. I like the emotion portraied in this video. The graphics are really well done and the video was well done.

I like how the music flows with the video, it helps the viewer unsderstand what is going on. It says the he won't go back and when he is digging at the starting it's almost like he dug himself to hell and that is where he is now. He is stuck in hell and he is running from everything. The way that he drops into the room was really cool and how he goes through eatch room and they are all different. It makes you think what it would be like to be him in the moment. What it would be like to be there and seeing the guy climbing on the wall around you. What would you think? Would you be scared? Would you being mortified? It's questionable to think about.

He is ls looking through the window and it's black it's almost like he can't go anwhere and that scares him so he resortes to the door. In the second room he goes in and sees the jesus looking guy around tounds of women and they are pampering him and I think that he must feel sad about this because he got hurt and is really upset about this. In the third room he goes in and it's all inverted. He walks up to this guy and he is just standing there, I'd call him needle head because he has them sticking out all over the place. He puts something into the needles and it makes a cool effect. The fourth room is a room full of mirrors and he looks frightened and in the lyrics it says that he doesn't know where he belongs and it makes sence. While he is looking around the guy breaks the mirror so he cannot see him and he then falls into the next room. In this room there is the scary clown guy and he is walking around with a baseball bat and a whole bunch of women. The women keep trying to hold him back yet again. The sixth room is the metal face guy, he is standing at the end of a narrow room with a door and he is as big as it. I think that this intimidates him because he cannot get past. He tried but fails at first. Then he makes it through to the seventh room where the guy with the white face is in a room with women and feathers and they are standing and looking at eachother and they are confused. It kind of makes you think of heaven rather than hell. Then he goes into the last room with the guy and the long nose and he is lighing candles and there is writing all over the walls. They are looking at eachother and then he blows out the candle. It's like it was a dream but it actually happened. Then he is back to digging the hole and he comes out of the hole and back into th world. It is a really good video.

Oblivion- Mastodon

Mastodons is a Greek word meaning beast, this is where the band got their name from. Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. They formed the band in 1999, consisting the members bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor. The band formed when the drummer Brann and the guitarist Bill moved to Atlanta meeting the other band members at a High On Fire Show. They realized they had the same interest in music and shortly after formed the band. They currently have three albums released Leviathan (2004–2005), Blood Mountain (2006–2008) and Crack the Skye (2009–present).


This song starts slow and then starts to build up. It has good instrumental value, and good use of different harmonies. The starting only starts with the lead guitar and the rhythm guitar using a great harmonic melody and then the drums come in. At about 31 seconds into the song the vocals come in, the vocals are clean throughout the whole song. They have a good mix between singing and playing and the instruments are not over done. I think that this song is particularly good, but the solo could be better.

The solo in this song is more calm then I would like it to be and is really short. It is really simple, if they put in come sweeping I think it would bring more to it and make the song more interesting. They do the same cords over and over again, it is very repetitive. The lyrics are very repetitive as well they only have two verses throughout the whole song and the wrest chorus. I don't think that this song really makes sense because he is talking about falling into oblivion and then he is talking about falling from grace? It doesn't really mix.

Overall I like this song because it has a good vibe from it. I like how the instruments mix and flow throughout the song. It is not really my type of music I generally like more heavy metal music, but it is good. I think that they did well with the starting the most. How it fades in and the instruments are introduced into the song, this gives it a good effect. If I were to rate this song I would give it 3 stars out of 5.