29. Slipknot – “We Are Not Your Kind”

Given a bit of space and perspective I think we can all agree that 2014’s “The Grey Chapter” was a bit of a miss-step for the seemingly unstoppable Slipknot. Thankfully they have dusted themselves down and gone back to what they do best, namely pushing boundaries and being very pissed off about everything. They left behind the contemplation and soul searching of the “The Grey Chapter” and returned to angry, gnarly, loud, in your face scream-alongs. Yes, there is experimentation here but mostly it is Slipknot in their prime. Fast, aggressive, disruptive and confrontational. They maybe a mainstream proposition nowadays (they have been an answer on University Challenge and Corey was on QI) but they have not compromised an inch. This is ugly, anti-establishment and non-conformist. What else do you want from an album that topped both the British and American charts?