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"Vermilion" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released as the second single from their third album, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) . When the band plays the song live, they switch from their ordinary masks to " death masks "; each an actual cast of each member's face. [ 6 ]
Vol. 3 is credited as Slipknot's first to incorporate more traditional, melodic song structures, guitar solos and acoustic instruments. The album received generally positive reviews. Slipknot was praised by AllMusic for its "dedication to making it a Slipknot album", [ 4 ] while Q added that the album was "a triumph". [ 5 ]
Simone Simons – lyrics; Lori Linstruth – lyrics (1–9), photography; Arjen Lucassen – music, engineering, production, mixing; Gjalt Lucassen – Latin lyrics on "Aeterna" Jaap Toorenaar – Latin lyrics on "Aeterna" Joost van den Broek – music (10), mastering; Hedi Xandt – artwork, design
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Robert Christgau thought that "the lyrics resolve on home truisms, earned and learned but predictable nonetheless, just like the alt-pop songforms and country-rock groove," and singled out Susan Cowsill for praise. [9]
In 2020, Kerrang and Louder Sound ranked the song number seven and number six, respectively, on their lists of the greatest Slipknot songs. [5] [6] After being nominated six times, the band won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. It was the second track from the album to be nominated: "Vermilion" was nominated in 2005 for the same ...
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A month later, while the band were on tour in the United States, he wrote the lyrics in Vermillion, South Dakota and the song's working title was originally named after it. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] After Slipknot released a song from their third album entitled " Vermilion " and Mercury Rev released their sixth album with a song included on it also called ...