Alex is a metal head at heart he just needed to be oriented into. I started off as a hip hop head when I was younger then I found heavy metal and rock and it made me feel emotions I never got from hip hop. Love the respect Alex has for both hip hop & metal.
Alex. 3 years ago or so, you didn't even know there was a band called Slipknot, or Linkin Park, Evanescence, and others. You discover this culture around 2018! That doesn't even give you the right to be an amateur. You're an upstart. You were absent, lost in a space-time hole...You have just been parachuted, you have just woken up or come out of a long coma..., you don't "know" Chester for example come on man...but you allow yourself to judge, and play the connoisseur. But to know it, you must have fallen into it too early. You have to have been immersed in it for years, to know its history, to develop the right musical ear (yes, it's about ear, and not about neck muscles to nod for business!)...It's a whole process where there is no room for improvisation or false pretenses...You judge teenagers who discover Linkin Park or Slipknot, etc. while you yourself discovered these bands when you were twice the age of these teenagers! Ok ? It's not even the same as them, it's worse, because at least these kids have the excuse of being born too late ! What is your excuse?
And your generation has heavier metal!! Heavier metal that is just as amazing if not more so. I refuse to believe the people in the video are representative of Gen z.
@@SRabbit2013 It's kind of unfair how good they have it now. I'm going to say that there are probably quite a lot of teens that are into metal, they're just not telling everyone. Growing up for me, it was such a huge taboo to be into this kind of music, especially after a kid went to school with a katana and blamed his actions on Slipknot. More than likely it's just a case of they would get bullied for not conforming to social norms.
That is a great parenting win. I’m so thankful my parents brought me up on metal. What these kids don’t get is most metal songs are about a release of a Emotions in a constructive way. A lot of metal has a very positive message. Unlike a lot of other genres.
"this generation is really in touch with their feelings" yeah, to the point that everything needs to be evaluated about how it's affecting them. they never learn to just let shit wash over them. everything is personal, nothing is just an experience
@@VanAngelicThat's your opinion. Ive been listening to Hip Hop music and metal for over 30 years BOTH, respectfully. A LOT of metal heads or hip hop heads like the opposite. SK8 culture in the 90s afforded both forms of music, plus punk, alternative, etc., There was no 'picking' between metal and hip hop. Nor should there ever be. Both forms of music are incredible and need actual talent. Mumble rap not included.
@@bl4nk5y yeah I grew up on both my dad loves old hip hop back from when he was a kid and my mum is into rock I like both but I prefer rock growing up with different music cultures is actually quite fun
Do these kids not realize this IS them letting it out? This IS a band's therapy. And it was my generation's therapy growing up and sometimes it still is. Most metal and rock bands are done of the sweetest, most down to earth ppl too.
That's exactly what I mean! People who have a dark or painful side and confront it in a form of art are the best people because they are able to let it out instead of hiding it like people who don't let it out. Wish my generation understood what it was like to struggle, just so they would understand...
Maybe that's why our generation is so messed up, we never had proper theraputic activities and outlets. Yeah loud metal, but nothing else really. Unless you wanted to go down the drug path.
Same bro, every time I show people some of my favourite bands they think its weird, loud and "too aggressive" Even with bands that are really quiet (compared to slipknot for example)
I love the evolution of this channel. He started off as a hip hop head, trying to expand his music taste. Now he's s full blown metal head and I love it.
It's been a journey. It's kind of crazy I was on the exact same path at the exact same time. A few years ago all i knew was rap, couldn't have named probably more than 3 metal bands tbh. Now as a full blown metal head these types of videos make me cringe more than anything. I love alex's reactions so much because he fucks with the exact same songs and bands that I do.
The amount of pain we have to suffer by listening to these kids.. Edit: This is my most liked comment I've gotten on yt lol, thank you all! I appreciate you, even if you disliked it! :)
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More painful then the actual pain we suffered growing up, and coping/venting to the music they consider cringe. In all truths it's somewhere between Ironic, and funny. 😂👍🏼 Let's keep on it. 🤘🏼
"Emotion is everything to them." They don't even understand their own emotions, or at least these individuals. Slipknot is about the anger that builds up inside through your struggles and instead of acting out through anger, these songs release that said anger that we have built up. They are the voice that other people don't have. They are a deep band because of their own experiences that is written through their songs. Slipknot will always be immortal. Just look at their past and look into why they do what they do. This all being said, I do enjoy that they like seeing Craig.
Couldn't have said it better. Honestly i gotta give credit to Slipknot and Mudvayne for getting me out of situations where i was depressed or angry and here I am today still listening to both bands. I listen to others like Metallica, Slayer, Deicide, Avenged Sevenfold, Cannibal Corpse, etc.
I hate my generation there so fucking stupid. They have trash taste in music and act like 5 year olds. They also get offended super easy when Im in the same room with people like this it feels like I'm loosing brain cells.
Man- As a Gen Z, I fully grown up around metal because of my parents being metal heads and Slipknot was one of the bands. It is now one of my favorite bands. A lot of this generation is truly missing on absolute masterpieces of music. I gotta thank my parents for introducing me to rock/metal when I was just a lil kid.
I love how now that you've been on your metal journey, you can see the other perspective. You can understand how annoying it is when people just say, "It's noise," "it's screaming," or "who would listen to this." Meanwhile, all these songs have deep meaning, are composed by extremely talented musicians, and just make you want to rock out. Sometimes, I prefer metal not to be mainstream. It helps filter out people with closed minds.
@Dragon Ball fans can't read seriously? Hes been reacting to music videos for years now, has actually been to concerts, trying to learn guitar, bought all kinds of band merch, and introduced friends to it. I think it's safe to say its influenced him quite a bit.
@dragonballfanscantread2383 fuck off with the gate keeping dude. Just cause he isn't into the heavier sides of metal as much doesn't mean he isn't making the journey just like we did. Just got a late start. He'll be there in due time. No need to be a dick while he gets there.
true. I'm 20 year metal fan. I agree. I also listens different types of music. I go in between modern and classics music and old school. but I agree about mainstream to. that how I feel about anime? soon I heard anime became popular do to? demon slayer movie? I was like? god I'm worry. because companies going try attack and make some what bad live apationtion of it. some are good and others bad.
@@anthony3191 I have to agree with dragonballsfans here. Alex seems like a real decent dude and his channel is fun but the VAST majority (most but not all) of the stuff he's checked out from the metal scene is very mainstream "pop" metal. I mean for every Behemoth or Lorna Shore song there's ten Linkin Park or Slipknot sons.
To be fair, a LOT of Slipknot songs could be summed up as Corey being toxic and yelling I LOVED YOU NOW I SET YOU FREE I LET YOU GO I LET IT GO YOU SET ME FREE YOU DON'T KNOW ME YOU DON'T WANT ME I DON'T NEED YOU BUA BUAAA (and I've listened to all their songs, and in Stone Sour it's more or less similar), I know there are songs with deep meanings in this band and in metal in general, but let's face it, a big percentage are just screams with stupid lyrics and often cringey, that although we like it, it's perfect that others don't and they hear only noise and screams, Why does that have to be bad?
Damn I HATED being in high school with all the kids questioning the type of music I listen to. I had a kid ask me why I was listening to “devil music”. I was listening to Megadeth….. That’s how fucked everything is!!😭
The funny part is corey really is one of the most talented vocalists in rock/metal too. He can sing like a damn angel when he wants to...also these kids dont realize that screaming takes way more talent cause you can so easily decimate your vocal cords if done incorrectly.
And that is because they are ignorant children who wouldn't know good music if it bit them in the ass. Corey is one of the most talented vocalists in Rock / Metal, Joey (despite not being a drummer first ( he was actually a guitarist who took the drums up in absence of someone to fit the part) was integral in all the songwriting. Dude is like a fragging metronome and a powerhouse Sure, metal may not be for everyone, but do NOT discredit these artists, who by the way have and MILLIONS, and have been there for many MANY people over the years. These little shits probably can't even blow a flute. I'll tell you one thing they can blow with that attitude tho.....
@@agarthastudio6005 yessir I've listened to them since about 2011 when I was entering junior high my sisters friend showed me and ive loved Japanese music ever since
same. but 20 years old. I love rock and roll and heavy metal since I was kid. still do. also I love those bands. well some when I got high school I listen to them. along other music. that from b movies and stuff I love and watch and discover. I listen music genres same time. anyone also here a steel panther fan? I know they 80s parody metal band. I listen in high school. still do. due band call nsp. also I'm roy obasisan fan and dethklok fan and there some video games have rock and roll and heavy metal music. espically I love cream and some other old rockers. espically metal help me out in my darkest times. even when I was outed. but my first ever metal group was? white zombie. then singer Rob zombie. don't listen. both much as I use to. but I always considered them my first.
@@insectwarriorjojo7780 I also am a big steel panther fan, I also love Ccr and fleetwood Mac but then I am a huge heavy metal and rock and roll fan and I am a fan of white zombie as well
i am a 13 almost 14 year old and slipknot is one of my favourite bands. i saw them live last year in may, it was one of the best experiences of my life. i can assure you, there is a good chunk of gen z that is actually cool.
@@estelalaladcc Nothing wrong with that, just let us be us and you be you. No, I am not a gen Z but my son who plays bass, acoustic, and backup rhythm in a death metal band is. I've seen people his age tell him he should not dress the way he does as its any of their fucking business to. I'm not jumping on a soap box here but your 💀💀kind of made feel like you were pissed at the guy for not liking pop music. If that's not what you were doing, then I'm sorry for calling you out.
@@michaelivan27 atleast you aint a sheep, ive always said like what you like because you like it, not because others do. keep swimming in the sidestream my dude.
@@No_Fuse8771 I also listen to metal, and judgement unfortunately never stops, but it's also weird how some metal fans hate pop music for some reason and think their music taste it's "superior". To judge someone by their taste when u also don't want to be judged. Just let ppl have fun and listen to what's they want, there's no need to use a disgusted face when talking about pop fans, not everyone likes metal and that's ok
It just proves the band's point - everyone talks about their looks and how their music sounds, but not about the message, which explains a lot about today's music industry.
Yeah, the aesthetical Appeal of Guys with no Balls and Girls who need to be told twice a Day, what their Name is. You should show them Fear Factory - this would show them...
If I'm not mistaking the lead singer of slipknot has a five-octave range which is insanely high even for a woman let alone a man. Truly a gifted and very talented musician.
@@thestig007 Most female singers and some male singers are lucky to sing at a third-octave range so his being able to sing at a five says a lot about his voice, ability, and training. Mariah Carey can hit notes comfortably within five octaves and can sing from octave 2 to octave 7. I think seven octaves may be her whistle note. While Dimash Kudaibergen can sing up to a seven-octave range as a classically trained opera singer. Human beings can't even hear a ten-octave vocal range and the man who can do that holds the world record. The lead singer of slipknot is halfway to the world record that only a single human being holds.
Both of my parents when they were younger were hardcore goths and metalheads. They raised me on this type of music. Thank god I didn't end up like these people
This was... a new level of aggravating I didn't know was possible. I have never wanted to stop watching a video more in my life, but it's Alex, and I can't do my boy like that. We must suffer together.
This is what society has done to so called ”men” now. Meanwhile ppl whine about anderw tate.. lol. Weak men create bad times, bad times create strong men, strong men create strong times, strong times create weak men.
I'm a gen Z and this is one of my favorite bands, I have always enjoyed rock, metal, heavy metal, and all types of music like this. I hate with a passion most of the new songs that are being released today, all this pop garbage annoys me. We need more bands like slipknot. I wasn't even alive when some of these songs where released but I enjoy them soooo much.
Im so happy my dad made me grow up on rock (started off with red hot chili peppers and guns n roses as a 5 year old...) that made me love metal as well. Now i'm here with slipknot. I'm SO glad my dad hated mainstream music and made me listen to this absolute beauty and i'm so happy that my mom completely supports me liking this stuff because she understands that some people let their feelings out in this way.
As a gen-z kid, slipknot slaps. Everything metal I love. Im sad that a lot are missing out on metal. For me its an amazing outlet and what keeps me semi sane 😂
I just want to say that Slipknot saved my life as an adolescent. Something bad happened to me as a child and this band was the only way I could survive this life.
That is all music for the most part dipshit. Most songs usually follow a rhyming pattern. That is the level of stupidity I expect with slipknot fanboys.
idk if i can sign on that one. im 22 technically gen z according to a quick google search and i definetly enjoy this more than most stuff produced nowadays. especially platforms like tik tok and such where most snowflakes hang around but people like me def exist and i guess thats just my unlces influence lol. probably also because his brother is a metalhead aswell.
you also gotta differenciate between music back then and music now. today its most people who are getting bought by labels who have to have certain releases and focusing on new gen style artists who actually make good music is harder than in the past. you gotta listen niche if you wanna have real music where the artist 100%identifies with what theyre doing. i can refer to german rap scene where we have really talented people who get ruined by labels to make them popular for the mass (which is important for them because money), then drop out of the label and suddenly making fire releases after that again. all in all, taste's a funny thing
forgot to mention: their reactions are cringe af though.. oof. def not a good idea to let people react who have no clue about the whole culture behind it
It's official, Alex is more a metal head than a hip hop head now, he's fighting in the name of metal, I've been subbed for ages now but I could not be more proud of your musical growth bro. Being able to dabble with so many genres keeps a musician fresh.
@@woJ10 Ironically, I was raised on Christian Rock music like Skillet, Pillar, Decypher Down, and Red. My first actual, fully metal artist was also Demon Hunter (a Christian metal band). Those are the bands that got me into rock, metal, and post-hardcore.
Slipknot is raw energy. They crafted my youth. They are an outlet for all the bullshit in life. If you are going to one concert in your life slipknot is it......... You are not alone.
They are part of the bullshit though. The treated their band mates like shit. Used to like them but Corey Taylor and the bunch are hypocrites. They are what they railed against. Nonetheless, they make high energy music. They’re just hypocrites. I guess you can say that for most people though. So it’s to be expected.
As a 14 year old gen z person slipknot is fire and i love their music and their music has literally kept me from committing self harm. I love how deep the lyrics are and how i can relate to it.
How people havent figured out that cory sings for both bands is beyond me ..just about a week sgo i had a guy ask me at work , have you ever noticed how similar stone sour singer sounds like slip knot , i just looked at him kind of wierd and said ,do you really think so? Wow thats insane and i walked away .lol
As a 43 year old metal head, I remember when I stumbled upon Alex as a full on Hip-Hop dude reacting to our suggested bands... and now, he has evolved into defending our music to the younger generation. It has been such an awesome journey dude \m/
If you call yourself a metal head, then slipknot is definitely not "your" music. Slipknot was one of the nu "metal" pop bands that came onto the scene when actual Metal went largely out of business in the 90s, making music for angsty teenagers. They also paved the way for the later Insert-the-blank-core bands in the early 2000s that popped up everywhere. Just saying, it's quite an isolated pop culture phenomena similar to Grunge and subsequently died in the same way. Luckily, actual Metal received quite the revival in recent years.
@@Asto508 "metal" not a specific sub-genre, just metal. "actual metal" never went out of business, at least not to us. Slipknot is not my favourite band, but they formed a part of my days in rock and metal clubs here in South Africa before I had responsibilities, family and a lowered libido. Ergo... "my music".
@@reallyjoereally4781 Well, you can try arguing the history of music industry business, but you may be simply not too aware of what actually happened in that time era and why those other styles happened to emerge. But yes, "my music" is perfectly fine. :)
@@Asto508 You are correct on that. I am not too much into Slipknot I am more of a Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, and Gwar type of guy. I do believe that Slipknot just too a bunch of bands such as Gwar style and made it popular and ruined it.
As a Gen Z who listen to metal...well,this is my Gen.. Thinking screaming is violent when they are crying when in struggle and stress.. It just a same thing but in different way..Like you listening to you fav artist and express you emotion.Rage when in stress is what emotion metal express
Gen z myself. I grew up listening to a lot of linkin Park, fob, three days grace type stuff. Unfortunately I found heavier music, far beyond slipknot, way later in my life, about 6 or 7 years ago. One of the best things that could have ever happened, I love and appreciate the art behind the genre and pure talent in different bands.
9-13 linkin park, 14-15 avenged sevenfold, 16-17 slipknot, 18-present nine inch nails for me dawg. Listening to other kids blasting Gucci gang up and down the halls of highschool annoyed the hell out of me dawg.
@@unrealbroly1061 ooh same! Except i went from green day to linkin park, to escape the fate, ice nine kills, slipknot and then thy art is murder, carnifex and whitechapel. Slipknot will always be my nr 1 though
I have never laughed harder... when he said "that kid annoys me the most" and proceeded to act out hitting his hand as if it was his head. Very true, the younger generation (im 16 so sadly i am them) is fucked. i love slipknow, i also listen to blackmetal and doom metal all the time.
i remembering falling in love with "Wait and Bleed", Corey's voice is amazing, it's been 16 years since then and i am still listening to them some times especially their "Vol.3: The Subliminal Verses" album! 🌞
i was born in 06 and i love slipknot so much, and i love their faces! it builds character, it makes them special! watching this was extremely painful, i know every one of slipknots songs i’m such a big fan!! all of those people annoyed me very much, i’m very sad now
I was freshman in high school when I first listened to Slipknot. And I remember all of my metal head friends calling them too soft and “posers” mind you we were cannibal corpse, morbid angel fans and Slipknot was “soft”. Crazy how times have changed. I was always very eclectic. My musical taste varied a lot after I started to play guitar.
I first listened to Slipknot in 6th grade, I remember not telling anyone because they would have probably think I was a weirdo, but now idc what others think of my music taste, honestly because I can still respect someone even if they don't like my taste of music.
Psychosocial was the first song that helped me with a bad break up. It allowed me to project all the emotions that I was feeling at that stage,into the song and just release it. It worked so well that my ex wanted to get back together after she saw me,a month later. The AHIG album just has a special place in my heart,no matter what other great albums they put out,that is the one that will always be my favourite
my rough interpretation of the lyrics to duality. the duality of not wanting to be blind to the truth of reality and its corruption. the truth hurts so bad you try to look away, to close your eyes, it helps ease the pain, but it always works its way inside, once your eyes are opened to the truth looking away is impossible. your stuck in duality wanting to know the truth but also wanting to escape from the pain it causes. the pain is maddening sometimes you just wanna give up, you feel powerless, you wish things were different, you wish you could change things, but you cannot kill what you did not create. all you have is your voice and all you can do is say what you see even though you know people wont like it. you don't know if you can take it anymore so you push your fingers into your eyes again to stop the ache, but it never ends, it works its way back inside. i love that song, i feel i can really relate to it more and more the older and wiser i get.
9:56 Fun Fact: Margot Robbie is realy a Slipknot fan. her quote on Jimmy Fallon show in 2016: Singling out Slipknot for particular praise, Robbie continued: “I went to a Slipknot concert and to this day it was probably the best concert I’ve ever gone to. They’re just amazing performers - even if you don’t like metal, I think you would appreciate a Slipknot concert, cause it’s just incredible to watch.” 8:17 Margot Robbie receiving a message from Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor ua-cam.com/video/eqVHah0f-1c/v-deo.html
07' here, I've listened to many different genres, but metal will always have a place in my heart. Bands like a7x, slipknot, soad, metallica, sabaton and get scared get me through my day.
Amen mine raised me on black sabbath and lynyrd skynyrd and dr hook and the medicine show then one day he gave me a kiss album when i was 14 back in 1985 , ive been a rocker ever since , im 51 now ,still rockin hand of doom by sabbath and im diehard into zakk wylde ans the black label society
I saw slipknot when I was 14 years old. I’m 24 now. It makes me sad seeing how most younger people now can’t fathom what good music actually is. These guys not only pour their souls into their music but put on a damn good Preformance. I can’t wait to introduce my future children to bands like slayer, Kubla Kahn, slipknot, and lots of other thrash/ death metal bands.
I swear the girls is the video were more manly than the boys. I took my 11 year old daughter to see Slipknot last spring, it was her first ever concert and she loved it!
Ive been to one of their concerts and it definitely didn't disappoint. When the Maggots start pulsing, hell yeah the crowd goes wild!!! The energy and vibe is insane.
I saw Slipknot when I was 18 years old. I'm 43 now. My baby girls would get upset at night, told my wife I got this, pulled up Slipknot and Mushroom Head, and they slept like angels. Oh, and my oldest daughter wants to wash the ax and have a sip or two.
Yeah, i am 15 years old. I started listening to metal at 11(i guess). My brother also loves metal a lot. Slipknot is our one of the favourite band. Seeing these guys not liking metal(or not) kinda hurts me. My friend also don't like metal😅. However, as one of this generation, i will try, no try, i WILL keep metal alive
im not a fan of slipknot... its just not my genre and i think thats ok. But comparing them to limp bisquit? That there was a god damned bonafide crime worthy of the death penalty.
it hurts to see people of my same generation completely misunderstanding this music. slipknot is my favorite band for sure. this is why i’m such an outcast for my old school 🥲 edit: i got a slipknot shirt at hot topic. my current collection is a hoodie, shirt, and necklace.
I 110% agree with you! "That kid annoys me the most". I couldn't agree more! I seen Slipknot last September and many others and crowd surfed to slipknot too and it was a damn blast but also rough in that crowd too but so worth it! Slipknot and Korn are who really got me into heavier music when I was a kid. 20 years later I'm still rocking out to them!
I seriously don't understand why these kids hate the masks so much. The masks are awesome! I'm a gen z kid and I love this type of music, especially everything in Iowa. That album's a banger!
they pulled up even the most stereotypical teens, they found, to be fair. gain clicks by provocation. but daaang, some of those must have been beaten up back at school 😅 not that i will forcing people for ☝!!!
You have to remember that certain channels NEED content to stir up certain emotions. Meaning they intentionally got the kids who would NOT like it and kept out the ones who would enjoy it. Some are told to react to specific things, so this may have been one of the cases, because masked bands are too common for them to be unaware.
For me metal has been the only relatable genre for my life. The messages, the pain, the recovery, the raw emotion is what I can relate to. Not to mention the band’s actually being nice people and not on a pedestal like most musicians today. For the “accepting” generation they sure have a shallow view on metal and it’s listeners, the irony there is good. Anyway hope all my fellow metalheads are doing well today!
Absolutely hilarious. I almost choked when you said "I WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN" I was with you the whole way dude. One of the best reactions you've done & I've been a subscriber of yours for a long time.
As an elder Gen Z born in 2000, I’m really thrilled to see all the comments of other younger Gen Z’s loving this sort of music. I’m pretty sure I was first introduced to the metal scene as a young kid when I’d play Guitar Hero with my parents, and I’m so glad they showed me the rock/metal they loved when they were in their teens ❤
My generation was 2000 we had to grow up fighting tooth an nail for everything. NO WE ARE NOT GEN Z. IM SAYING THIS BECAUSE I GIVE A FUCK ABOUT OUR FELLOW YOUTH. We all know what is going on my friend. I could go on about the current situation with our homelands but that doesn't mean you have to be apart of this "gen z"
I’m a gen z kid and I grew up listening to Slipknot, Rob Zombie, drowning pool, etc. I try my hardest to introduce people of my generation to metal and I learned you have to start them out to softer metal, like breaking Benjamin.
I don't think Breaking Benjamin counts as metal; but yes, you gotta start with softer rock then get to hard rock, then that middle place between metal and rock and then metal, and then extreme metal. XP Sometimes random bands that are heavier will pop out and grab someone real fast though because something about the way they do their songs hits right.
Personally, I discovered this band when I was 13 (it's been 5 yrs) and I absolutely loved them, but I've also seen people of the same age as me telling that metal is horrible when they didn't even try one song
Something to expect, then: Those who do not listen to Metal will blame horrible things on Metal. They will judge you, and they will believe the music CAUSES anger/animosity, when in reality it is an outlet.
As a millennial, I loved this band in high school, always got me hyped, when I felt down and lazy, that's the thing about slipknot, it wakes you up there energy, and if you read the lyrics, those can get to you as well
I am a Gen Z and seeing people in my generation act like this makes me feel straight up embarrassed, I listen to all types of Metal/ Hard rock, Slipknot, Korn, Dream theater, Avenged sevenfold and tons of others - we all like our own types of music and thats fine but when people start shoving their opinions down my throat is when I have a problem. :d
@Dragon Ball fans can't read Everything's a curve, since a curve can be anything. So them being on one that is not like at least another one is a possibility... probably.
I haven’t seen this video before. I died a little inside. Side note, my 5 year old daughter has better taste in music than these kids. Her favorite band is Rammstein and she cried when I went to a Slipknot concert without her
I've been a metal fan ever since I was 10 back in 1994. I went to Ozzfest 99' and I had no idea who these guys were. It was mid-day in summer heat and these guys come on stage. I'll be honest, I took one look at them and scoffed. I turned to my friends and said lets go to the main stage because Pantera was one of the headliners. We were walking away and Corey screams, "THIS IS YOUR NEW NATIONAL FUCKING ANTHEM, SURFACING!" Imagine a pissed off angsty 15 year old hearing that song for the first time. Blew...my fucking...mind. It was the tour that got them famous. I stayed to meet them and buy their record. They were so fucking cool to every fan like me who stayed. I was so shocked to see how tall and then how short some of them were, especially Joey Jordison. The drums sounded like they were coming from a giant. And I'm only 5'6, but I towered over him. Corey too is maybe an inch taller than me. They were all so gracious. Probably one of my favorite concerts of all time. It was also the first time I ever saw or heard System of a Down as well. That Ozzfest was stacked. Slayer, Rob Zombie, Deftones, Godsmack, Pantera, Fear Factory, Primus, Kittie, Static X, Hed PE, and of course Ozzy himself with Black Sabbath. Just a heavy metal heaven. These kids in this video? Fuck em'. Listen to your dumb shit that's around today. They'll never know how great this one day was to me.
As a gen z myself (2002) I do not credit any of the kids in the video and believe they need to be classed into the next generation. I grew up listening to 99% of the bands you listed and I can solely say that a large % of gen z are avid listeners of the same bands/artists and then some and all shouldn't be classed with whom were in the video...also I'm glad you mentioned primus because my mom went to highschool with them back when they went by "Blind Illusion" and went to their first show they played in their garage, I've met the drummer a few times myself actually, as well as a member of Suicidal tendencies
As a 16 year old I am so sorry for everything that my generation has done. Just know, there are some sane anomalies to that condition. I love rock and metal best type of music.
i am also 16 and i agree i am also sorry for what we have done. not all of us are like that, ive grown up so far with korn, slipknot and the list goes on.
How can they shit on acc good music like Slipknot im so confused. Wtf does that Lucas kid think he is doe, he was shitting on every song bro. What kinda shit does he even listen to?
check out avenged seven fold, system of a down, skillet, evanescence those bands are pretty much all that was on in the early 2000s, i call it wwe metal now the evolution of that turns into "djent" (pronounced jent) bands include jinjer volumes gojira sion (sion is what killswitch engage wouldve become, even has the same vocalist) and i'll throw in bullet for my valentine just because its a bit more emo than djent and i think its a good gateway into that side of metal
@@uwusauce666 Unfortunately you've no clue about what you're talking about. None of the bands you named are using djent elements apart from volumes. Jinjer- Prog/Groove Volumes- modern metalcore w djent elements Gojira- Groove/Prog Sion- Metalcore and just a side project of Jared Dines and Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage ex vocals) Bullet For My Valentine are just metalcore.Nothing djent'y about them.Never has been. Listen to Bring Me The Horizon older songs (Pray For Plagues for example) and tell me what they sound like :D Or Periphery, After The Burial, Veil Of Maya...they have djent going on. Not what you named. Sorry. Expand your horizons buddy.
Same! I once had to write an essay about the "best music band" and i chose slipknot, also told the teacher that its my type of music, and if she doesnt like it then sorry for her :)
I'm surprised these kids didn't have a full on panic attack; they want everything in life to be so sanitized and soft and they want their art to be paint by numbers, they don't want to have to think about anything and anything that tries to make them think, they try to cancel.
this comment is the definition of cringe. this show is scripted. there have been previous "actors" saying this is scripted. do you really think if they said how they felt, and said they like it, it'd bring attention and views?
Dude started his channel as Hip-Hop Head and he’s here now defending Slipknot to a younger generation. Proud of you Alex, you done good!!
well he was a Metalhead before he knew it.
Converted by the gods of Metallica and Slipknot
@@darklordbobSmoke i always felt like it was a7x that converted him =-)
And "Is this even music" or "i hear only trash" are the worst things we hear
Alex is a metal head at heart he just needed to be oriented into. I started off as a hip hop head when I was younger then I found heavy metal and rock and it made me feel emotions I never got from hip hop. Love the respect Alex has for both hip hop & metal.
"That kid annoys me the most" I felt that ❤️
same
That kid got on my nerves! These kids are all such damn feminine woosies, what the hell happened to men? Just a bunch of crybaby panzee's....
I want that kid to get drafted into the military tbh 😅 I just need him to have an absolute culture shock
Yea that's the universal consensus
@@AmateurHour_ This shit made me laugh so hard dude goddamn lmfaooooo
"It just sounds like screaming." When a Gen Z sounds like a Boomer. Everything is circular.
Comment of the day 🤣😂
Ugh that thought is depressing.
I've come so far, I'm behind again..
Time is a flat circle.
Very true. But at least the boomers didn't act like sissies.
Metal is therapy, it's releasing all your stress and anger into music. It's one of the reasons why metalheads are so joyus.
Well said my friend
@@TerryGreat-c6p very
Most chill people on earth. No wonder why pop listeners are always over dramatic and futile.
Some are and some are not
"He's out of line, but he's right"
As a Gen Z myself I do not claim these people in my generation. I freaking love slipknot!
i go with u
Alex. 3 years ago or so, you didn't even know there was a band called Slipknot, or Linkin Park, Evanescence, and others. You discover this culture around 2018! That doesn't even give you the right to be an amateur. You're an upstart. You were absent, lost in a space-time hole...You have just been parachuted, you have just woken up or come out of a long coma..., you don't "know" Chester for example come on man...but you allow yourself to judge, and play the connoisseur. But to know it, you must have fallen into it too early. You have to have been immersed in it for years, to know its history, to develop the right musical ear (yes, it's about ear, and not about neck muscles to nod for business!)...It's a whole process where there is no room for improvisation or false pretenses...You judge teenagers who discover Linkin Park or Slipknot, etc. while you yourself discovered these bands when you were twice the age of these teenagers! Ok ? It's not even the same as them, it's worse, because at least these kids have the excuse of being born too late ! What is your excuse?
Same
Yup. And those fruity kids are the most annoying.
these people haven't been hit with reality yet
As a 20 year old Gen z person, I'm so happy I became a metalhead. Metal music truly saved my life.
Slaughter to prevail - demolisher
And your generation has heavier metal!! Heavier metal that is just as amazing if not more so. I refuse to believe the people in the video are representative of Gen z.
Same
Same
@@SRabbit2013 It's kind of unfair how good they have it now. I'm going to say that there are probably quite a lot of teens that are into metal, they're just not telling everyone.
Growing up for me, it was such a huge taboo to be into this kind of music, especially after a kid went to school with a katana and blamed his actions on Slipknot. More than likely it's just a case of they would get bullied for not conforming to social norms.
My 17 year old daughter's favorite band is Slipknot. I find this to be an ultimate parenting win.
oh yea
thanks
me and my friends are 18 years old. We can belt out slipknot and avenged sevenfold lyrics like nothing. However, we still hate our generation.
You did gone done gooood yo.
That is a great parenting win. I’m so thankful my parents brought me up on metal. What these kids don’t get is most metal songs are about a release of a
Emotions in a constructive way. A lot of metal has a very positive message. Unlike a lot of other genres.
"this generation is really in touch with their feelings"
yeah, to the point that everything needs to be evaluated about how it's affecting them. they never learn to just let shit wash over them. everything is personal, nothing is just an experience
Alex has the best metal story arc on the internet, went from hip-hop head to full blown metal head. Bless you dude
Classic story of a person's musical taste evolving for the better
It’s takes 9 people to create that, not even damn music, kid your not even a real human.
He prob grew up on both and other forms of music. A true musician can find a good song anywhere.
@@VanAngelicThat's your opinion. Ive been listening to Hip Hop music and metal for over 30 years BOTH, respectfully. A LOT of metal heads or hip hop heads like the opposite. SK8 culture in the 90s afforded both forms of music, plus punk, alternative, etc., There was no 'picking' between metal and hip hop. Nor should there ever be. Both forms of music are incredible and need actual talent. Mumble rap not included.
@@bl4nk5y yeah I grew up on both my dad loves old hip hop back from when he was a kid and my mum is into rock I like both but I prefer rock growing up with different music cultures is actually quite fun
Do these kids not realize this IS them letting it out? This IS a band's therapy. And it was my generation's therapy growing up and sometimes it still is. Most metal and rock bands are done of the sweetest, most down to earth ppl too.
Slipknot is and always will be my anger management class.
That's exactly what I mean! People who have a dark or painful side and confront it in a form of art are the best people because they are able to let it out instead of hiding it like people who don't let it out. Wish my generation understood what it was like to struggle, just so they would understand...
Maybe that's why our generation is so messed up, we never had proper theraputic activities and outlets. Yeah loud metal, but nothing else really. Unless you wanted to go down the drug path.
@@outrageous-alex Yeah, it's sad how a lot of people end up...but I try not to generalize, give me an inkling of hope for the world lol
Kids these days don't express their anger. They express their sadness in a melancholic way. Sign of the times mate
As a guy born in 2004 I grew up with Slipknot, I hate that most of my generation will never understand and experience this great music
Happy Birthday 🗿
Mayb you should teach my 17 year old daughter to like metal 🤗🤗
Only problem! We live in Denmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰😳😳
Same bro, every time I show people some of my favourite bands they think its weird, loud and "too aggressive"
Even with bands that are really quiet (compared to slipknot for example)
Same bro
@@sethofchaos very true man, I’ve been on a major Koe Wetzel kick lately, he melds rock and country, 2 of my favorite genres into one great genre
„I just don’t hear Music“
„I..I will STTTRRIKE you down“
I felt that.
I love the evolution of this channel. He started off as a hip hop head, trying to expand his music taste. Now he's s full blown metal head and I love it.
could not agree more.
It's been a journey. It's kind of crazy I was on the exact same path at the exact same time. A few years ago all i knew was rap, couldn't have named probably more than 3 metal bands tbh. Now as a full blown metal head these types of videos make me cringe more than anything. I love alex's reactions so much because he fucks with the exact same songs and bands that I do.
Once you go bla.. i mean metal, you never go back 😝
Oh f
Damn, I didn’t realize that’s who this was!! It’s been a bit since I’ve seen his videos- awesome
Once you go Metal, you never go back 🤘😂
The amount of pain we have to suffer by listening to these kids.. Edit: This is my most liked comment I've gotten on yt lol, thank you all! I appreciate you, even if you disliked it! :)
These kids are the perfect reason to get a vasectomy
I feel that pain and I'm 14... Fuck
Those kids do not represent the gen Z. They are NPCs to be honest
@Villainy Outsider short for non-player character. NPC (/ɛnpisi/; each letter separately; also known as the NPC Wojak), derived from non-player character, is an internet meme that represents people who do not think for themselves or do not make their own decisions; those who lack intrapersonal communication.
More painful then the actual pain we suffered growing up, and coping/venting to the music they consider cringe. In all truths it's somewhere between Ironic, and funny. 😂👍🏼 Let's keep on it. 🤘🏼
As a Gen Z myself I love slipknot and nothing will change that. I just discovered them last year but their music is wonderful.
same dude
Same I’m 13
I love them too
Glad yall love em
Good to know there's some hope in today's youth.
I was born in 2008 and I grew up with heavy metal because of my dad showing me all these bands when I was younger, so glad he did that for me
"Emotion is everything to them."
They don't even understand their own emotions, or at least these individuals.
Slipknot is about the anger that builds up inside through your struggles and instead of acting out through anger, these songs release that said anger that we have built up.
They are the voice that other people don't have. They are a deep band because of their own experiences that is written through their songs.
Slipknot will always be immortal. Just look at their past and look into why they do what they do.
This all being said,
I do enjoy that they like seeing Craig.
Couldn't have said it better. Honestly i gotta give credit to Slipknot and Mudvayne for getting me out of situations where i was depressed or angry and here I am today still listening to both bands. I listen to others like Metallica, Slayer, Deicide, Avenged Sevenfold, Cannibal Corpse, etc.
R. I. P joey jordison
Well said 👏
Like, it's the whole point of listening to Slipknot. They don't understand, they're so typical gen Z dudes, i'm disappointed by them.
I hate my generation there so fucking stupid. They have trash taste in music and act like 5 year olds. They also get offended super easy when Im in the same room with people like this it feels like I'm loosing brain cells.
Man- As a Gen Z, I fully grown up around metal because of my parents being metal heads and Slipknot was one of the bands. It is now one of my favorite bands. A lot of this generation is truly missing on absolute masterpieces of music. I gotta thank my parents for introducing me to rock/metal when I was just a lil kid.
Me too
Same
Samee
And I'm fine with different taste in music... But the vid in question the folk are so like... single-minded? Really small range of people of our gen
my dad is a metal head so i also grew up around it
I love how now that you've been on your metal journey, you can see the other perspective. You can understand how annoying it is when people just say, "It's noise," "it's screaming," or "who would listen to this." Meanwhile, all these songs have deep meaning, are composed by extremely talented musicians, and just make you want to rock out. Sometimes, I prefer metal not to be mainstream. It helps filter out people with closed minds.
@Dragon Ball fans can't read seriously? Hes been reacting to music videos for years now, has actually been to concerts, trying to learn guitar, bought all kinds of band merch, and introduced friends to it. I think it's safe to say its influenced him quite a bit.
@dragonballfanscantread2383 fuck off with the gate keeping dude. Just cause he isn't into the heavier sides of metal as much doesn't mean he isn't making the journey just like we did. Just got a late start. He'll be there in due time. No need to be a dick while he gets there.
true. I'm 20 year metal fan. I agree. I also listens different types of music. I go in between modern and classics music and old school. but I agree about mainstream to. that how I feel about anime? soon I heard anime became popular do to? demon slayer movie? I was like? god I'm worry. because companies going try attack and make some what bad live apationtion of it. some are good and others bad.
@@anthony3191 I have to agree with dragonballsfans here. Alex seems like a real decent dude and his channel is fun but the VAST majority (most but not all) of the stuff he's checked out from the metal scene is very mainstream "pop" metal. I mean for every Behemoth or Lorna Shore song there's ten Linkin Park or Slipknot sons.
To be fair, a LOT of Slipknot songs could be summed up as Corey being toxic and yelling I LOVED YOU NOW I SET YOU FREE I LET YOU GO I LET IT GO YOU SET ME FREE YOU DON'T KNOW ME YOU DON'T WANT ME I DON'T NEED YOU BUA BUAAA (and I've listened to all their songs, and in Stone Sour it's more or less similar), I know there are songs with deep meanings in this band and in metal in general, but let's face it, a big percentage are just screams with stupid lyrics and often cringey, that although we like it, it's perfect that others don't and they hear only noise and screams, Why does that have to be bad?
"That kid annoys me the most" I feel you bro😂😂😂
as a guy who is 14. Slipknot will always be in my heart, it is sad that the most part of my generation will not understand this.
Continue to rock on man!
Look into bands like Mudvayne, Amon Amarth, Killswitch Engage and Trivium !
Damn I HATED being in high school with all the kids questioning the type of music I listen to. I had a kid ask me why I was listening to “devil music”. I was listening to Megadeth….. That’s how fucked everything is!!😭
Same, I feel you man
Check out unearth, persefone
16 y/o fem right here, slipknot is my childhood i used to fall asleep to them as an infant
The funny part is corey really is one of the most talented vocalists in rock/metal too.
He can sing like a damn angel when he wants to...also these kids dont realize that screaming takes way more talent cause you can so easily decimate your vocal cords if done incorrectly.
And that is because they are ignorant children who wouldn't know good music if it bit them in the ass. Corey is one of the most talented vocalists in Rock / Metal, Joey (despite not being a drummer first ( he was actually a guitarist who took the drums up in absence of someone to fit the part) was integral in all the songwriting. Dude is like a fragging metronome and a powerhouse Sure, metal may not be for everyone, but do NOT discredit these artists, who by the way have and MILLIONS, and have been there for many MANY people over the years. These little shits probably can't even blow a flute. I'll tell you one thing they can blow with that attitude tho.....
YESSIR. Those little shits need to go listen to some stone sour and or snuff.
Yeah, you will shred your throat if you don't learn how to scream right... believe me.
Have you heard Dir en Grey? The vocalist, Kyo is amazing. You'll fall in love.
@@agarthastudio6005 yessir I've listened to them since about 2011 when I was entering junior high my sisters friend showed me and ive loved Japanese music ever since
im 19 years old i’m really grateful that my dad showed me metal music when i was a child cuz i can’t imagine my life without that genre rn!!!
Got the same story bro. Keep moshing 🤙🏼
Not a big fan of most metal, but can't say no to some Slipknot
Bro same
And now he has come full circle and is getting overly pissed at people trolling the fanboys.
22 and my dad the exact same thing. Very grateful 🙏🏻
2:19
"That's just literally screaming"
He is really the definition of a person who would say "Metal is just noise".
I’m a teenager living in this horrible generation and I love all of these metal bands, like Metallica, megadeth, anthrax, Motörhead, etc
You're not alone, the metal community welcomes you.
Looks like not all hope is gone (pun intended) with your generation. We welcome you into the metal family.
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
same. but 20 years old. I love rock and roll and heavy metal since I was kid. still do. also I love those bands. well some when I got high school I listen to them. along other music. that from b movies and stuff I love and watch and discover. I listen music genres same time. anyone also here a steel panther fan? I know they 80s parody metal band. I listen in high school. still do. due band call nsp. also I'm roy obasisan fan and dethklok fan and there some video games have rock and roll and heavy metal music. espically I love cream and some other old rockers. espically metal help me out in my darkest times. even when I was outed. but my first ever metal group was? white zombie. then singer Rob zombie. don't listen. both much as I use to. but I always considered them my first.
@@insectwarriorjojo7780 I also am a big steel panther fan, I also love Ccr and fleetwood Mac but then I am a huge heavy metal and rock and roll fan and I am a fan of white zombie as well
I was born in 07 but I still love Slipknot 😂 not all hope is gone
You were born in 2007???? You're old enough to be able to use the internet???
My god, what have I become? I'm probably due to retire soon 😥
@@_Davepocalypse i was born in 2008 and i’m almost 15 now :’)
@@ploopymaster oh god. I'm so old!
@@_Davepocalypseim from 2006 and 17🥲
More power to you, Ace!
i am a 13 almost 14 year old and slipknot is one of my favourite bands. i saw them live last year in may, it was one of the best experiences of my life. i can assure you, there is a good chunk of gen z that is actually cool.
I’m gen z too, and I do agree there are a few sane gen z left, sadly most are into pop 🤮
@@michaelivan27 and what's wrong w that? 💀💀💀💀
@@estelalaladcc Nothing wrong with that, just let us be us and you be you. No, I am not a gen Z but my son who plays bass, acoustic, and backup rhythm in a death metal band is. I've seen people his age tell him he should not dress the way he does as its any of their fucking business to. I'm not jumping on a soap box here but your 💀💀kind of made feel like you were pissed at the guy for not liking pop music. If that's not what you were doing, then I'm sorry for calling you out.
@@michaelivan27 atleast you aint a sheep, ive always said like what you like because you like it, not because others do. keep swimming in the sidestream my dude.
@@No_Fuse8771 I also listen to metal, and judgement unfortunately never stops, but it's also weird how some metal fans hate pop music for some reason and think their music taste it's "superior". To judge someone by their taste when u also don't want to be judged. Just let ppl have fun and listen to what's they want, there's no need to use a disgusted face when talking about pop fans, not everyone likes metal and that's ok
Dude, you are so held back from what you really want to say. I feel that!
It just proves the band's point - everyone talks about their looks and how their music sounds, but not about the message, which explains a lot about today's music industry.
Gen-Z stuff. It's always the aesthetics first.
Yeah, the aesthetical Appeal of Guys with no Balls and Girls who need to be told twice a Day, what their Name is. You should show them Fear Factory - this would show them...
If I'm not mistaking the lead singer of slipknot has a five-octave range which is insanely high even for a woman let alone a man. Truly a gifted and very talented musician.
He's one of the few singers with that range. I think Dani Filth is also on that list.
@@thestig007 Vitas and Dimash are also up there as well but they are classically trained opera singers.
@@thestig007 Most female singers and some male singers are lucky to sing at a third-octave range so his being able to sing at a five says a lot about his voice, ability, and training.
Mariah Carey can hit notes comfortably within five octaves and can sing from octave 2 to octave 7. I think seven octaves may be her whistle note. While Dimash Kudaibergen can sing up to a seven-octave range as a classically trained opera singer.
Human beings can't even hear a ten-octave vocal range and the man who can do that holds the world record. The lead singer of slipknot is halfway to the world record that only a single human being holds.
HIS name is Corey MF Taylor...of SLIPKNOT and Stone Sour
He's also the singer of stone sour
“Drummer going in every time” Rest in Peace Joey 🖤
Straight up and down! 😤
Yea…. He was lucky he said not one bad thing about Joey.. 😂 I think the teens react page and stuff would have been trending
Both of my parents when they were younger were hardcore goths and metalheads. They raised me on this type of music. Thank god I didn't end up like these people
They may not rock the look, but I assure you they are still metalheads :-)
This was... a new level of aggravating I didn't know was possible. I have never wanted to stop watching a video more in my life, but it's Alex, and I can't do my boy like that. We must suffer together.
Very relatable XD
I wanted to slap the shit outta this dumb sissy omg a mask that's fake scares me it needs to be abolished bish grow a set uk
This is what society has done to so called ”men” now.
Meanwhile ppl whine about anderw tate.. lol.
Weak men create bad times, bad times create strong men, strong men create strong times, strong times create weak men.
Right
Same
As a 15 year old who turns 16 soon. Slipknot will always be my favorite band. Fell in love with them when I first heard them and never let me down
I love them also and I'm 16, I don't get how they find them scary
25 here buddy keep on rocking you maggot!
same here dawg
I'm 15 too 🥳🤪 maggots for life
I’m 32, they’ve been my favorite band since I was 11 🤘🤘
I'm a gen Z and this is one of my favorite bands, I have always enjoyed rock, metal, heavy metal, and all types of music like this. I hate with a passion most of the new songs that are being released today, all this pop garbage annoys me. We need more bands like slipknot. I wasn't even alive when some of these songs where released but I enjoy them soooo much.
Mushroomhead is up there too just a lil incognito
same here man
we all here brother.
You give me hope, young one.
Bless you!
Im so happy my dad made me grow up on rock (started off with red hot chili peppers and guns n roses as a 5 year old...) that made me love metal as well. Now i'm here with slipknot. I'm SO glad my dad hated mainstream music and made me listen to this absolute beauty and i'm so happy that my mom completely supports me liking this stuff because she understands that some people let their feelings out in this way.
“Why do they all sound like the same person?” I think we all know why, Alex. 😂
Tadpole banks 😂
🤣😂😂
Or the school system failing these kids.... just sayin
Or it was scripted. 😒
Gheyyyyy
As a gen-z kid, slipknot slaps. Everything metal I love. Im sad that a lot are missing out on metal. For me its an amazing outlet and what keeps me semi sane 😂
Metal is very soothing for the soul I must say!
Metal is what keeps me alive bro I feel you😂
Me and my friend are metalheads and so is my cousin and my dad so im lucky.
There is hope then
It's not for everyone and everyone shouldn't enjoy metal. But we appreciate those who do
This wasn't painful, this was aggravating...
Agreed
Totally agree! I was ready to jump through the screen and bitch slap Jaxon! 🤣
I was rage texting a friend while watching this video. 😂
Anyone named 'Jaxon' should just be slapped anyway. And then his parents should be slapped.
Their reaction makes me wanna commit a crime
As 2002 kid, these mf pissed me off so fucking much.
I'm a young gen Z and I love Slipknot so much and metal and rock music has taken me trough rough times❤
Same
Same
Very awesome 😎
Awesomeness, glad we passed the torch to some of yall.
same
I just want to say that Slipknot saved my life as an adolescent. Something bad happened to me as a child and this band was the only way I could survive this life.
theres always one fucktard saying a band saved their lives.
That's funny you wrote that. I'm 44 when their 1st album came out I was in college. Their 1st album was my therapy and definitely kept me out of jail.
Ditto
Every track from Slipknot was and is poetry.
They should have them react to Stone Sour to see their faces and reaction when they find out that's the same singer for Slipknot as well
That is all music for the most part dipshit. Most songs usually follow a rhyming pattern. That is the level of stupidity I expect with slipknot fanboys.
When Alex started punching the couch, he became my spirit animal.
As a late member of Gen X, this is the music that shaped us. These young kids are softer than wet cotton candy.
they could not fight out of bonds made from soaking wet toilet paper. it would be to strong for them
idk if i can sign on that one. im 22 technically gen z according to a quick google search and i definetly enjoy this more than most stuff produced nowadays. especially platforms like tik tok and such where most snowflakes hang around but people like me def exist and i guess thats just my unlces influence lol. probably also because his brother is a metalhead aswell.
you also gotta differenciate between music back then and music now. today its most people who are getting bought by labels who have to have certain releases and focusing on new gen style artists who actually make good music is harder than in the past. you gotta listen niche if you wanna have real music where the artist 100%identifies with what theyre doing. i can refer to german rap scene where we have really talented people who get ruined by labels to make them popular for the mass (which is important for them because money), then drop out of the label and suddenly making fire releases after that again. all in all, taste's a funny thing
forgot to mention: their reactions are cringe af though.. oof. def not a good idea to let people react who have no clue about the whole culture behind it
No, they just have better taste in music than you. Slipnot sucks.
As a representative of the Gen Z generation I am proud to be saying some of us, including me, love slipknot.
Me and some of my friends too. These Gen Z are the ones that give the rest of us a bad look.
I absolutely concur my brother
same
i love slipknot too and as a gen z kid, i do not claim these kids in the video
I'm apart of this. I grew up with this
Duality was also how I fell in love with slipknot, as a drummer I loved the variations of fills and unique sounds that they created
Joey was a beast
Same! Joey is the reason i started playing the drums.
for me it was psychosocial, but duality is really good
Duality was it for me
Agreed bro very fun song to play💯
2:40 Imagine he said "nickelback has music"
It's official, Alex is more a metal head than a hip hop head now, he's fighting in the name of metal, I've been subbed for ages now but I could not be more proud of your musical growth bro. Being able to dabble with so many genres keeps a musician fresh.
As a part of Gen Z, this is one of my favorite bands, and the band that got me into metal music
Many of us gen z love Slipknot
Good to know that there are other sane gen z's out there
Thank God I'm a metalhead while being from Gen Z
@@woJ10 Thank Satan
@@woJ10 Ironically, I was raised on Christian Rock music like Skillet, Pillar, Decypher Down, and Red. My first actual, fully metal artist was also Demon Hunter (a Christian metal band). Those are the bands that got me into rock, metal, and post-hardcore.
Slipknot is raw energy. They crafted my youth. They are an outlet for all the bullshit in life. If you are going to one concert in your life slipknot is it......... You are not alone.
Slipknot on Friday, Iron Maiden on Saturday and time travel to when GnR played a great concert on Sunday. That's a weekend that'll make you ache.
Ozzfest 04.
Keen for Knotfest 🤘🏼
Pantera beats slipknot
They are part of the bullshit though.
The treated their band mates like shit.
Used to like them but Corey Taylor and the bunch are hypocrites.
They are what they railed against.
Nonetheless, they make high energy music.
They’re just hypocrites.
I guess you can say that for most people though.
So it’s to be expected.
Man I feel the same. I'm 38, I grew up with this band, these kids voices are like nails on a chalkboard.
Absolutely agree with you. I fuckin hate those kids. If one of them were my child, I would give it away. Awfull🤡💩😩
As a 14 year old gen z person slipknot is fire and i love their music and their music has literally kept me from committing self harm. I love how deep the lyrics are and how i can relate to it.
Now have them listen to Stone Sour....and then point out its the same singer.....blow thier soy boy minds.
Same
same ong
How people havent figured out that cory sings for both bands is beyond me ..just about a week sgo i had a guy ask me at work , have you ever noticed how similar stone sour singer sounds like slip knot , i just looked at him kind of wierd and said ,do you really think so? Wow thats insane and i walked away .lol
You give us hope for the new generation!
As a 43 year old metal head, I remember when I stumbled upon Alex as a full on Hip-Hop dude reacting to our suggested bands... and now, he has evolved into defending our music to the younger generation. It has been such an awesome journey dude \m/
If you call yourself a metal head, then slipknot is definitely not "your" music. Slipknot was one of the nu "metal" pop bands that came onto the scene when actual Metal went largely out of business in the 90s, making music for angsty teenagers. They also paved the way for the later Insert-the-blank-core bands in the early 2000s that popped up everywhere.
Just saying, it's quite an isolated pop culture phenomena similar to Grunge and subsequently died in the same way. Luckily, actual Metal received quite the revival in recent years.
and all the emo kids i knew turned into hipsters lol
@@Asto508 "metal" not a specific sub-genre, just metal. "actual metal" never went out of business, at least not to us. Slipknot is not my favourite band, but they formed a part of my days in rock and metal clubs here in South Africa before I had responsibilities, family and a lowered libido. Ergo... "my music".
@@reallyjoereally4781 Well, you can try arguing the history of music industry business, but you may be simply not too aware of what actually happened in that time era and why those other styles happened to emerge.
But yes, "my music" is perfectly fine. :)
@@Asto508 You are correct on that. I am not too much into Slipknot I am more of a Cannibal Corpse, Carcass, and Gwar type of guy. I do believe that Slipknot just too a bunch of bands such as Gwar style and made it popular and ruined it.
As someone that is part of Gen Z, we're not all like this. Like you said, some of us like this kind of music.
These kids are all such damn feminine woosies, what the hell happened to men? Just a bunch of crybaby panzee's....
same. fellow gen z metal fan here.
You not alone dude me too
i'm a gen z myself! And, i grew up listening to slipknot!
Sameeeee I love slipknot
As a Gen Z who listen to metal...well,this is my Gen..
Thinking screaming is violent when they are crying when in struggle and stress.. It just a same thing but in different way..Like you listening to you fav artist and express you emotion.Rage when in stress is what emotion metal express
Gen z myself. I grew up listening to a lot of linkin Park, fob, three days grace type stuff. Unfortunately I found heavier music, far beyond slipknot, way later in my life, about 6 or 7 years ago. One of the best things that could have ever happened, I love and appreciate the art behind the genre and pure talent in different bands.
9-13 linkin park, 14-15 avenged sevenfold, 16-17 slipknot, 18-present nine inch nails for me dawg. Listening to other kids blasting Gucci gang up and down the halls of highschool annoyed the hell out of me dawg.
@@unrealbroly1061 ooh same! Except i went from green day to linkin park, to escape the fate, ice nine kills, slipknot and then thy art is murder, carnifex and whitechapel. Slipknot will always be my nr 1 though
me too mate, good to know something similar happened to soomeone else
You're not allowed to say "way later in life" yet.
@drexlspivey4754 damn, imagine being a cunt
I have never laughed harder... when he said "that kid annoys me the most" and proceeded to act out hitting his hand as if it was his head. Very true, the younger generation (im 16 so sadly i am them) is fucked. i love slipknow, i also listen to blackmetal and doom metal all the time.
But you miss spelt Slipknot and Black Metal is two words like Doom Metal
It's all metal my dude. But you rock 🤘🤘
the generation is fucked bc they purposely picked out kids that dont like this type of genre ??? ...huh
i remembering falling in love with "Wait and Bleed", Corey's voice is amazing, it's been 16 years since then and i am still listening to them some times especially their "Vol.3: The Subliminal Verses" album! 🌞
That was the song that got me into them freshman year :)
Wait and bleed is also got me listening to them Its my favorite in the self titled album
I got a full on hip hop listener to switch to metal because of wait and bleed
Wait and Bleed is my favorite Slipknot song. It just hits all the right buttons for me.
i was born in 06 and i love slipknot so much, and i love their faces! it builds character, it makes them special! watching this was extremely painful, i know every one of slipknots songs i’m such a big fan!! all of those people annoyed me very much, i’m very sad now
I was freshman in high school when I first listened to Slipknot. And I remember all of my metal head friends calling them too soft and “posers” mind you we were cannibal corpse, morbid angel fans and Slipknot was “soft”. Crazy how times have changed. I was always very eclectic. My musical taste varied a lot after I started to play guitar.
I first listened to Slipknot in 6th grade, I remember not telling anyone because they would have probably think I was a weirdo, but now idc what others think of my music taste, honestly because I can still respect someone even if they don't like my taste of music.
Slipknot is an introduction to metal for children and teens. It's just a fact
Agreed, I think these kids would suffer from PTSD if they had to listen to Deicide, Death, Morbid Angel, Mortuary, Or Obituary 😂
@@bubbytumby8509 Na, that was Rob Zombie.
I miss those days, glad I am a Millennial and not a Zoomer.
Psychosocial was the first song that helped me with a bad break up. It allowed me to project all the emotions that I was feeling at that stage,into the song and just release it. It worked so well that my ex wanted to get back together after she saw me,a month later. The AHIG album just has a special place in my heart,no matter what other great albums they put out,that is the one that will always be my favourite
my rough interpretation of the lyrics to duality. the duality of not wanting to be blind to the truth of reality and its corruption. the truth hurts so bad you try to look away, to close your eyes, it helps ease the pain, but it always works its way inside, once your eyes are opened to the truth looking away is impossible. your stuck in duality wanting to know the truth but also wanting to escape from the pain it causes. the pain is maddening sometimes you just wanna give up, you feel powerless, you wish things were different, you wish you could change things, but you cannot kill what you did not create. all you have is your voice and all you can do is say what you see even though you know people wont like it. you don't know if you can take it anymore so you push your fingers into your eyes again to stop the ache, but it never ends, it works its way back inside. i love that song, i feel i can really relate to it more and more the older and wiser i get.
9:56
Fun Fact: Margot Robbie is realy a Slipknot fan. her quote on Jimmy Fallon show in 2016:
Singling out Slipknot for particular praise, Robbie continued: “I went to a Slipknot concert and to this day it was probably the best concert I’ve ever gone to. They’re just amazing performers - even if you don’t like metal, I think you would appreciate a Slipknot concert, cause it’s just incredible to watch.”
8:17 Margot Robbie receiving a message from Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor ua-cam.com/video/eqVHah0f-1c/v-deo.html
"Robbie Reyes" Aside from Slipknot, she enjoys Bullet for My Valentine as well
Btw Alex have seen that piece from the Fallon show when reacted to Loudwire's "TOP 10 MOST SURPRISING CELEBRITY METALHEADS!!"
2:07 *i push my fingers into my EYEEESSSSSSSSS*!
It’s the only thing
I listened to cradle of filth aged 12. I still do to this day being 36. Its the music of my youth and i never stopped loving it.
bro cradle of filth is damn good
Love Dani Filth's range of vocals 🤘
me with graveworm, literally have never stopped listening to them
07' here, I've listened to many different genres, but metal will always have a place in my heart. Bands like a7x, slipknot, soad, metallica, sabaton and get scared get me through my day.
SOAD is my favorite 🥹
My dad raised me up from this type of music I thank him for not letting me end up like these kids 😂
I feel you bro my dad did the same thing these tards in the video need to be forced to listen to more metal
Amen mine raised me on black sabbath and lynyrd skynyrd and dr hook and the medicine show then one day he gave me a kiss album when i was 14 back in 1985 , ive been a rocker ever since , im 51 now ,still rockin hand of doom by sabbath and im diehard into zakk wylde ans the black label society
Ain't a father to be found in none of these kids homes. They all sound like their mommas.
Same.
@@CBourn48223 nah don't blame it on being fatherless, I was raised by all women and I love slipknot
I'm a GenZ teen (16) and frickin love these awesome genres. So this hurt to watch (they're reactions).love
I saw slipknot when I was 14 years old. I’m 24 now. It makes me sad seeing how most younger people now can’t fathom what good music actually is. These guys not only pour their souls into their music but put on a damn good Preformance. I can’t wait to introduce my future children to bands like slayer, Kubla Kahn, slipknot, and lots of other thrash/ death metal bands.
I swear the girls is the video were more manly than the boys.
I took my 11 year old daughter to see Slipknot last spring, it was her first ever concert and she loved it!
Ive been to one of their concerts and it definitely didn't disappoint. When the Maggots start pulsing, hell yeah the crowd goes wild!!! The energy and vibe is insane.
I saw Slipknot when I was 18 years old. I'm 43 now. My baby girls would get upset at night, told my wife I got this, pulled up Slipknot and Mushroom Head, and they slept like angels. Oh, and my oldest daughter wants to wash the ax and have a sip or two.
Yeah, i am 15 years old. I started listening to metal at 11(i guess). My brother also loves metal a lot. Slipknot is our one of the favourite band. Seeing these guys not liking metal(or not) kinda hurts me. My friend also don't like metal😅. However, as one of this generation, i will try, no try, i WILL keep metal alive
im not a fan of slipknot... its just not my genre and i think thats ok. But comparing them to limp bisquit? That there was a god damned bonafide crime worthy of the death penalty.
it hurts to see people of my same generation completely misunderstanding this music. slipknot is my favorite band for sure. this is why i’m such an outcast for my old school 🥲
edit: i got a slipknot shirt at hot topic. my current collection is a hoodie, shirt, and necklace.
Na you're not an outcast, everyone else just sucks
As a gen z aswell, im dissapointed in my fellow gen z's (not everyone but yknow the groups im talking about)
It's ok as someone that was younger when slipknot was on the rise we were considered outcasts for liking them and this type of music.
IDENTIFY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE JIM
@@Kakyoin__Noriaki296 I am too
I'm so proud of what Alex has become, from a hiphophead to a truly majestic METALHEAD.
As someone who is gen z i love slipknot and any kind of metal i didnt like it when i was younger but ive grown up to love metal and rock.
This was one of my favorite reactions from you. The pure frustration on your face was hilarious (sorry to enjoy your misery =( ).
I 110% agree with you! "That kid annoys me the most". I couldn't agree more! I seen Slipknot last September and many others and crowd surfed to slipknot too and it was a damn blast but also rough in that crowd too but so worth it! Slipknot and Korn are who really got me into heavier music when I was a kid. 20 years later I'm still rocking out to them!
This gave me a stroke. please think about learning some kind of punctuation
@@lanelillard5815 ...She has punctuation. 5 Forms of it actually. Grammar Nazis just want to hate on anything
@@lanelillard5815 you must be weak
I seriously don't understand why these kids hate the masks so much. The masks are awesome! I'm a gen z kid and I love this type of music, especially everything in Iowa. That album's a banger!
they pulled up even the most stereotypical teens, they found, to be fair. gain clicks by provocation.
but daaang, some of those must have been beaten up back at school 😅 not that i will forcing people for ☝!!!
Iowa is the best one
Long live you. I feel Iowa is the best album.
Iowa is my favorite also but they have so many good songs
You have to remember that certain channels NEED content to stir up certain emotions. Meaning they intentionally got the kids who would NOT like it and kept out the ones who would enjoy it.
Some are told to react to specific things, so this may have been one of the cases, because masked bands are too common for them to be unaware.
hahahah!!! "Is that a DEAD animal?" .... "yeah... same as the one you eat 7 times a week".. OMFG what a reaction .. it kills me hahaha
Been listening to Slipknot since middle school. I’m 35 now and just finally saw them live summer of 22, was incredible
Where was it ?
For me metal has been the only relatable genre for my life. The messages, the pain, the recovery, the raw emotion is what I can relate to. Not to mention the band’s actually being nice people and not on a pedestal like most musicians today.
For the “accepting” generation they sure have a shallow view on metal and it’s listeners, the irony there is good. Anyway hope all my fellow metalheads are doing well today!
Same to you fellow METALHEAD.
Doing well here; hope you're doing well, too~ \m/
yeah... bc they purposely picked out kids like this. lord have mercy.
I feel your pain Alex. Watching this has taught me one thing for sure. I am no longer a young man and this is definitely not my generation!
as one of the younger gen z im glad i grew up on metal and rock
edit: holy shit this was painful
Absolutely hilarious. I almost choked when you said "I WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN" I was with you the whole way dude. One of the best reactions you've done & I've been a subscriber of yours for a long time.
As an elder Gen Z born in 2000, I’m really thrilled to see all the comments of other younger Gen Z’s loving this sort of music. I’m pretty sure I was first introduced to the metal scene as a young kid when I’d play Guitar Hero with my parents, and I’m so glad they showed me the rock/metal they loved when they were in their teens ❤
My generation was 2000 we had to grow up fighting tooth an nail for everything.
NO WE ARE NOT GEN Z. IM SAYING THIS BECAUSE I GIVE A FUCK ABOUT OUR FELLOW YOUTH. We all know what is going on my friend. I could go on about the current situation with our homelands but that doesn't mean you have to be apart of this "gen z"
I'm born 2005 17 yrs old and love 80s-90s music rock-metal
@@soulextract640 1997 - 2012 is gen z. you are gen z.
2005. I love power metal and 70s glam rock
@@BigCMiner power metal.. check out pagan's mind
I’m a gen z kid and I grew up listening to Slipknot, Rob Zombie, drowning pool, etc. I try my hardest to introduce people of my generation to metal and I learned you have to start them out to softer metal, like breaking Benjamin.
BB is rock/metal band. They do both altrock and altmetal. This band can be used to introduce rock enjoyers to Smith heavier
BB is my favorite band. Although they are not that heavy like Slipknot but they always rock \m/
Same (generation-wise) ... or the White Stripes
I don't think Breaking Benjamin counts as metal; but yes, you gotta start with softer rock then get to hard rock, then that middle place between metal and rock and then metal, and then extreme metal. XP Sometimes random bands that are heavier will pop out and grab someone real fast though because something about the way they do their songs hits right.
"yes the same ones you eat 7 times a week" IM DYINGG HELP 😆
Personally, I discovered this band when I was 13 (it's been 5 yrs) and I absolutely loved them, but I've also seen people of the same age as me telling that metal is horrible when they didn't even try one song
Something to expect, then: Those who do not listen to Metal will blame horrible things on Metal. They will judge you, and they will believe the music CAUSES anger/animosity, when in reality it is an outlet.
This is so painful. I’m proud my kids (21,19,&16) have been raised to appreciate Slipknot
As a millennial, I loved this band in high school, always got me hyped, when I felt down and lazy, that's the thing about slipknot, it wakes you up there energy, and if you read the lyrics, those can get to you as well
I am a Gen Z and seeing people in my generation act like this makes me feel straight up embarrassed, I listen to all types of Metal/ Hard rock, Slipknot, Korn, Dream theater, Avenged sevenfold and tons of others - we all like our own types of music and thats fine but when people start shoving their opinions down my throat is when I have a problem. :d
It's fascinating how nothing has changed in the 25 years Slipknot has been around, goes to show they really were on a different curve.
@dragonballfanscantread2383the dragons what
@Dragon Ball fans can't read Everything's a curve, since a curve can be anything. So them being on one that is not like at least another one is a possibility... probably.
I haven’t seen this video before. I died a little inside. Side note, my 5 year old daughter has better taste in music than these kids. Her favorite band is Rammstein and she cried when I went to a Slipknot concert without her
I watched this with my Gen Z daughter...she knew every song and head banged like a champ.
That’s awesome. Have a Happy New Year, mate.
@@B0mber44 Same to you.
Absolute Chad
That's because you're an awesome parent! My son knows all kinds of genres of music and loves metal. He wants his first concert to be Ice Nine!
What's her reaction to music she doesn't like/understand?
“It’s the middle part where they lose me” BOY PLEEEAASSSEEE
I've been a metal fan ever since I was 10 back in 1994. I went to Ozzfest 99' and I had no idea who these guys were. It was mid-day in summer heat and these guys come on stage. I'll be honest, I took one look at them and scoffed. I turned to my friends and said lets go to the main stage because Pantera was one of the headliners. We were walking away and Corey screams, "THIS IS YOUR NEW NATIONAL FUCKING ANTHEM, SURFACING!" Imagine a pissed off angsty 15 year old hearing that song for the first time. Blew...my fucking...mind. It was the tour that got them famous. I stayed to meet them and buy their record. They were so fucking cool to every fan like me who stayed. I was so shocked to see how tall and then how short some of them were, especially Joey Jordison. The drums sounded like they were coming from a giant. And I'm only 5'6, but I towered over him. Corey too is maybe an inch taller than me. They were all so gracious. Probably one of my favorite concerts of all time. It was also the first time I ever saw or heard System of a Down as well. That Ozzfest was stacked. Slayer, Rob Zombie, Deftones, Godsmack, Pantera, Fear Factory, Primus, Kittie, Static X, Hed PE, and of course Ozzy himself with Black Sabbath. Just a heavy metal heaven. These kids in this video? Fuck em'. Listen to your dumb shit that's around today. They'll never know how great this one day was to me.
As a gen z myself (2002) I do not credit any of the kids in the video and believe they need to be classed into the next generation. I grew up listening to 99% of the bands you listed and I can solely say that a large % of gen z are avid listeners of the same bands/artists and then some and all shouldn't be classed with whom were in the video...also I'm glad you mentioned primus because my mom went to highschool with them back when they went by "Blind Illusion" and went to their first show they played in their garage, I've met the drummer a few times myself actually, as well as a member of Suicidal tendencies
As a 16 year old I am so sorry for everything that my generation has done. Just know, there are some sane anomalies to that condition. I love rock and metal best type of music.
i am also 16 and i agree i am also sorry for what we have done. not all of us are like that, ive grown up so far with korn, slipknot and the list goes on.
Don't be sorry, be better...🙂
Stop apologizing, that is Gen Z mentality.
How can they shit on acc good music like Slipknot im so confused. Wtf does that Lucas kid think he is doe, he was shitting on every song bro. What kinda shit does he even listen to?
I started listening to Slipknot about 3 weeks ago and it was one of the best decisions in my life
check out avenged seven fold, system of a down, skillet, evanescence
those bands are pretty much all that was on in the early 2000s, i call it wwe metal
now the evolution of that turns into "djent" (pronounced jent)
bands include
jinjer
volumes
gojira
sion (sion is what killswitch engage wouldve become, even has the same vocalist)
and i'll throw in bullet for my valentine just because its a bit more emo than djent and i think its a good gateway into that side of metal
Slipknot is tame once you go down the metal rabbit hole. Slipknot sounds like soft rock to me now. 😂
Lamb Of God, Lorna Shore, Slaughter To Prevail, After The Burial, Parkway Drive damnit there is so much :D
@@uwusauce666 Unfortunately you've no clue about what you're talking about.
None of the bands you named are using djent elements apart from volumes.
Jinjer- Prog/Groove
Volumes- modern metalcore w djent elements
Gojira- Groove/Prog
Sion- Metalcore and just a side project of Jared Dines and Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage ex vocals)
Bullet For My Valentine are just metalcore.Nothing djent'y about them.Never has been.
Listen to Bring Me The Horizon older songs (Pray For Plagues for example) and tell me what they sound like :D
Or Periphery, After The Burial, Veil Of Maya...they have djent going on.
Not what you named.
Sorry. Expand your horizons buddy.
Congrats. Enjoy the ride.
I’m 14 and I absolutely love Slipknot. My favorite members are Craig, Chris, and Sid.
My soul hurts watching this…Slipknot is such an amazing band I wrote essays about the genre and the band and just this hurts to watch🫠
Same! I once had to write an essay about the "best music band" and i chose slipknot, also told the teacher that its my type of music, and if she doesnt like it then sorry for her :)
As a Gen Z myself i cant do anything else except feel personally attacked by my own generation for actually listening to older rock and metal
I felt that
I can feel u bro
Right??!! Like I don’t claim these people for our generation 😂
i feel you bro
Yo all my kids feel the same and your gen.
Alex: Angrily but softly touches the Slipknot poster.
Also Alex: Goes ham on the couch
I'm surprised these kids didn't have a full on panic attack; they want everything in life to be so sanitized and soft and they want their art to be paint by numbers, they don't want to have to think about anything and anything that tries to make them think, they try to cancel.
this comment is the definition of cringe. this show is scripted. there have been previous "actors" saying this is scripted. do you really think if they said how they felt, and said they like it, it'd bring attention and views?