The Saddest Metal Song of All Time?
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2023
- Corey Taylor wrote a ballad about his divorce, but the song grew to encompass yet another tragic loss. This is the story of Slipknot's "Snuff," one of the saddest metal songs ever.
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Snuff is a classic. One of the greatest metal ballads of all time.
Agree
@@ravenblood9727 I said "one of the greatest". Not the greatest.
@@tenzing2090 holy shit you did lol 🤣 my bad.
Alongside Nothing Else Matters
Absolutely.
Snuff became an instant classic for me. I was going through some heavy stuff at the time and Slipknot had been my goto for stress relief. Well after hearing snuff and all the struggles everyone went through for the album it really resonated with my soul
What sort of stuff were you going through
MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALWAYS MY BROTHER 🐺 WOLF
@donut man I resonate with this. Both Vermilions can be applied to not just women, but other things. I listened to it a few hours ago
Dead Memories, too. Such an underrated song.
It would have been foul if snuff wanst in this.
It may not be their heaviest song musically, but it’s one of the heaviest songs emotionally. I’ve listened to this song several times and I always get chills listening to it. You can hear Corey Taylor’s heartbreak in his voice and is well crafted.
He started breaking down in one live, when he decided to sing it as just corey, and its honestly so sad and snuff will always strike me in a way no other song can
It's a sad song. I've heard way darker and sadder songs. I kind of regret that. Vocaloid has much darker lyrics than metal.
@@metalhedash2946 This was at one of his solo gigs (Koko London in 2016); and yeah, watching him choke on some of the lyrics drove a new emotional nail into the song for a lot of us
I dont get it. Doesn’t even make sense
No shit it's not heavy musically speaking
When slipknot goes soft they mean it and that always makes the songs sincere and unique.
When they write a song thats soft, its usually gonna hit harder in a different way from their heavy stuff.
Corey Taylor can do anything
They go soft in the hardest way possible. It's something I've always appreciated about them.
All this “soft” and “hard” talk in here got me ROCKED up babyyy😂
Then the follow it with Sulfer. Only legends can do that!
Snuff and Vermilion part 2 are just something else for me, and i'm not even a huge Slipknot fan (i like them but they are not among my favourite bands). However, these two songs are so emotional and heartfelt that they are probably among my favourite ballads. The lyrics are so relatable to me
These two and Danger Keep Away
They have a few more slow songs and I enjoy all them all.
I can't get through either of those songs without crying
Lol I was gonna say pretty much the exact thing
Yes. Those two songs are my faves! Always playing them even in my 40’s
While Snuff does sound more like a Stone Sour song than a Slipknot song, that doesn't change how great it is.
Same with Vermillion Part 2
I kind of agree but like Vermillion part 2 and Snuff are soft enough to be Stone Sour but definitely dark enough to be Slipknot
that you can not delineate Stone Sour and Slipknot shows that the issue is with you not with the song
I’d rather have the Slipknot that goes through a cycle that starts with anger, then anger leads to sadness, then sadness leads to acceptance. The lyrics matter, voices matter, how you orchestrate to play a certain song in a band matters. I don’t care if people don’t like it. If they don’t like it, they are being too optimistic.
It's not slipknot or stone sour thats just Corey Taylor
RIP Joey and Paul. You will always be #1 and #2! Maggot for life. 🤘🤘❤
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Wait they actually were #1 & 2?
@@jag-stang29 thank you!
Snuff came out just after my fiance passed. I still can't listen to it today. It was the only thing that was strong enough to pull me out of my shock and make me feel again.
Sorry for your loss. Hopefully you are doing better now 💪
It took the death of hope to let you go…this lyric hits me every time in so many ways
Same. Considering getting it tattooed when i have the money
Give me more than 2
Every. Single. Time. 😓
"You sold me out to save yourself"
These words saved my life.
This past year at Knotfest I saw Slipknot perform this song for the first time in 13 years. Still... Years later Corey sings this song with the same pain and sincerity as he first did. Not one person in the arena wasn't crying.
I’m going to knotfest this Friday… I can’t wait to finally hear it live
@@Sleerogue ... You will LOVE it! Be prepared to cry. The raw emotion that is in Corey's voice as he sings it is very real. You can tell that he's still grieving those he's lost.
I agree Corey’s emotional singing snuff brought me to tears😢I saw his solo tour in 2016, Clearwater Fl I met him after the show and we spoke about our losses, his losing Paul & me losing my sister. It was emotional, I told how much his music helped me heal. I’m forever grateful for that talk.☺️🤘🏼@@aubalena
Brrooooo I just got put of a relationship almost a year ago, but the break up was rough. She was my first true love , this was my go to song. This song is 100% how I felt
It’s been a year as of last week for me, shit sucked ass but we get through it all through the power of music
@Weston Rivafd yeah my ex also loved slipk ot and they came to my city last year and I went without her and when they played this song it definitely gave me the feels
L0l relatable.
Hang in there man. It feels like the most awful pain at the moment but it does pass. My first girlfriend suffered from depression and eventually ended her own life and it was absolutely devastating to me. Eventually time passed on and I healed the best I could from it. 2 more rocky relationships later I found the love of my life and have been married to her for 7 years. You can do it! This song helped me a ton thru those times.
My girlfriend of 5 years broke up with me 2 months ago. I already had the engagement ring too. I still can’t properly address everything but this song is helping me a lot.
“I only wish you weren’t my friend, so I could hurt you in the end” always hits like a gut punch
It’s weird because Snuff came out after Vermillion Pt 2 and people were still shocked to hear a Slipknot “ballad”
I would say more, it's strange that after "The Subliminal Verses" which had "Vermillion pt2", "Circle", "Danger keep away" to say that people were shocked to hear the Snuff
@@MikhailKislitsyn I did think about Circle as well
Snuff no matter what anyone says is 1 of the heaviest tracks ever
RIP Joey and Paul. Absolute legends
That live acoustic version is absolutely soul crushing.
Attempted taking my own life to this song twice in high-school. Hearing Corey Taylor perform this song live on his solo tour was literally heartbreaking. Made me realize if I had taken my life one of those times I wouldn't get to feel the raw emotion from one of the greatest musicians on this planet. Truly a masterpiece and my favorite band my entire life. I love Slipknot. They've saved my life numerous times.
Don’t go anywhere! 😊
This is the last song that i cut myself to tbh
I like heavier songs but Snuff helped me cry out my own pain and anger when heartbroken. Weeks and months playing on repeat. It took forever but when my tears dried out, the song became just a masterpiece from a rock band I love and I can finally appreciate it by itself.
I'm grateful Paul saw its potential.
RIP Paul and Joey.
Very very true. It hurts but after listening to it I felt so much better.
I remember when I first heard this song... I just started getting really into slipknot, so I was taken back by the 180 degree turn this song took.... But with instrumentals and the wonderful performance from Cory, I fell in love with this track instantly... One of my all time favorite songs, period.
Same
The thing with Snuff, is that the song isn't just sad rythms and lyrics, it literally makes people feels that heavy emotions, and understanding both things make us enjoy and feel the song heavier emotionally and musically
Relationships aren't easy... how about the kind of honesty it took him to write that and put it out there... that's true courage...
Interesting point about Paul. It’s crazy how that song took on a new and bigger meaning when Paul passed. RIP to the legends Paul and Joey
Snuff breaks me almost everytime I hear it. It got showed to me by the first person I ever came to love. And now I can only think of her when I hear it
1:56 Jesus Christ, that quote from Corey hit so damn hard, I literally JUST went through something like that a few months ago. To everyone reading my comment right now, remember that there's always better things to come on the other side of the heartbreak. God bless your souls and stay safe out there! :)
EDIT: Also, the song Snuff in its entirety hits just as hard. Honestly, it's just one of their best songs in my opinion. The line, "It took the death of hope to let you go," is so depressing, yet I feel like everyone can relate to it on some level. Just another example of how Corey perfectly puts his emotions into words.
Thanks man, needed to hear that 💚
Everytime i pick up my guitar, the first song that come to my mind is the very SNUFF... everytime when i'm with my friend we never missed out SNUFF.. best song ever greatest song ever.. thank you SLIPKNOT.. thank you Corey.. RIP 2. PAUL
You can hear how personal Snuff is. The pain I felt, hearing it, I cried. Thank you Corey. For being so brave. I was around when it came out, massive tears, from everyone who heard it....
Can we all take a moment for Paul and Joey they are true art
My favorite slipknot song.
Man, the first four Slipknot albums are truly untouchable. Fucking masterpieces!
I think a good portion of us Maggots can say that Snuff brought us back from dire emotional trauma. I had the pleasure of seeing Corey perform it acoustic live a few years ago. His performance not only gave me chills, but I couldn't hold back my own emotional reaction.
Which Snuff is by no means a musically heavy song, the lyrics are so heavy and powerful, in my opinion it’s such a great song for Slipknot. I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of it. And seeing Corey play it life during his acoustic shows, makes it even better because you really can hear the emotion it elicits
👆💬 🎊🎉🎁;
Snuff is amazing. It‘s so sad, that it makes me cry almost every time I listen to it, but it is comfortable. It‘s a sad, but comfortable feeling, melancholic to me. Somehow it also feels like a hug from a friend if you‘re both sad & crying, but supporting each other to handle it.
The song is truly beautiful
Absolutely beautiful song
This song accurately described the end of my last relationship and to this day breaks my heart whenever I listen to it
Snuff is one song I've showed to all my friends. Everyone I've listened to music with in my life, knows Snuff. And they remember me for it. I have too many memories associated with this song. Legendary. Truly, a gift.
Snuff is just perfect
as usual Paul and Joey were leading the songwriting charge...nothing more needs to be said
This song seriously hits me right in the feels every time. Anyone who has been into a deep relationship can relate to it I think.
Snuff is like Nutshell in a way you feel their pain !
I’ve always thought this
Snuff is such a heavy and emotional song. Always will be one of my favorites.
I always enjoyed this song but when I saw them play this live it became a favorite. I could see just how much it meant to them and it immediately became a personal favorite
I saw the title in the notification and instantly thought "it's gotta be Snuff."
If you haven’t already, go listen to Corey’s acoustic version of Snuff. It’s even more haunting with his raw emotion portrayed in a live setting and makes it even heavier when the crowd starts singing along with him lyric for lyric.
I never really cared for this song till a few months ago. My best friend at the time kinda got me into it. Later the same friend broke my heart and now it's my favorite. The song is perfect in every way and I've cried more time's to it then I can count
Snuff is so amazing. Every time i sing it i break down in tears. Unless you've been through the pain, then you'll understand
This song still makes me cry at times. I really feel the emotion he sang.
I had just gone through a similar situation
I can relate
I will always love her
It's my favourite song ever and I wish they would play it more often but I know that only Corey wants to play this song. Amazing ballad that shows how good music can Corey write.
Only Corey wants to play it? What?!
@@KingOfBlades27 he said that he want to play it more often but other members don't want
@@syntezjaofficial4240 But why?
@@hiroshiwatari4620 that's good question but only band members know the answer
@@hiroshiwatari4620 i'd imagine it's hard to fit it into a setlist for their live shows. (I don't know this, just an opinion) there shows are intense, fast, and brutal. Slamming on the breaks for a slow ballad may mess with the flow. Or I'm an idiot. I'm probably just and idiot.
when I first heard snuff, I was surprised because I was used to the heavy metal music with slipknot, but I really like it.
and when this song came out when my parents were going through a divorce, and I would hear it every day because it remined me of them.
Snuff is an awesome song, and it will never get old.
This was a song of my girlfriend and I that i was with for many years, it was an "our song" type of thing as it encapsulated our tumultuous relationship and that if we ever broke up this would also be our breakup song..... the song took on a whole new meaning when she died of a drug overdose... still brings me to tears.
I am currently divorcing after 23 years . We literally grew up together and went through the highest of highs and lowest of lows in that time. This song is tough to hear. The words play on repeat in my mind.
I was obsessed with Snuff and even now I feel every part of that song. I love this song and it has helped me through a lot.
Snuff is a beautiful heartbreaking masterpiece.
R.I.P Gray & Joey your always missed & loved !!!!!
For me it's savatage's "when the crowds are gone" the screamed vocals after the solo always make me tear up it's the best ballad I've ever heard. In the words of Jon Oliva (former savatage singer) the meaning of the song is:
"It's the life story of a musician who has been trying to become successful all his life. In vain, of course and so finally he breaks down. However, that's not the main issue, because this can happen in many different ways. Suicide, an overdose of drugs... I've seen it happen around me, so I know what I'm talking about. And that goes for our producer, Paul O'Neill, who helped me write the lyrics, as well. He also knew musicians who went down because of the lack of success. The musician that this song is about spent his whole life composing one song, that was meant to be his absolute masterpiece. Finally, he completes the song, but then he's too old himself to accomplish anything with it. He's past the height of his glory. Then finally when the song gets airplay, it is too late, because it is at his own funeral."
Classic metal will always rip Nu Metal a nu asshole every time.
I remember when I heard this song for the first time,my heart melted ...
Loved doing that panel with Corey at Texas Frightmare. That’s me sitting next to him. Really cool guy and really sincere answers.
My personal Top sad metal songs
Dirt - Alice In Chains
Get born again -Alice in chains
Fade to black -Metallica
Snuff - Slipknot
-All apologies nirvana
This song hits on so many levels it's insane
I lost my best friend 2 years ago, 2 months after this passing, this song came on when I was celebrating my birthday so I was around a lot of people and I just had to run to the bathroom to cry
So sorry for your loss, this song does hit in that place where it makes you feel that string emotional charge, i still cry everytime I hear it still hits me hard even now Joey's gone 😭
I've been a fan since I first heard wait and bleed in the 90s and continue to be a fan to this day. This song just shows another side to them and I love it.
"It took the death of hope to let you go"
I love this song so much, it's so relatable and got me through so much, fun fact Snuff is actually my ringtone
Snuff is one of the heaviest songs of all time, it touches the weak spot, where is sore, usually you can't express the things you are feeling, but that song express everything you feel when you are in that situation, and one being able to translate those feelings into words, that's what we used to call "poet".
I remember the first time I heard this song. It really hit me hard when I listened to it, because it reminded me of a friend who betrayed me when I did nothing but love them like family.
It was also the song that introduced me to Slipknot, and Slipknot paved the way for me when I went to listen to other genres of Metal. It was thanks to them that I got into listening to stuff like Death Metal and Black Metal.
Those so-called “Metal Elitists” can say whatever they want about Slipknot, calling them “not real Metal” or whatever. For me, Slipknot will always be the greatest band ever.
Only those who truly don't understand the beauty of art, don't understand how amazing exploring new new levels of ones craft can be. Like seriously, I love this Album Snuff came from. It's my very first album and when I became crazy about the band. Now that I'm aware of the Meaning of this track, I love this song, album and band even more. Like seriously this takes heart to put so much of yourself into your craft. Gonna jam to this album today. Slipknot's still an amazing band today. Don't care what anyone says.
agree !
I was going through a similar thing when this came out. I was with this girl, who I considered the only one for me, we couldn't get enough of each other, we were together against everything, each chemically attracted to the other, almost like magnets, shared everything, and hated being apart. The last couple years together, we developed an addiction to a bad letter of the alphabet, and decided to take turns getting clean, I was on a maintenance dose, over a few months got her clean, then as I was going through absolute hell, she cheated on me, I wanted to forgive her, I wanted things to go back to how they were, but I also knew I had to take a stand, I was sick physically, and emotionally, while I suffered alone, she moved on, and I let her. I didn't have the strength to fight, but I hoped she would realize what she'd given up, only to find out that it didn't mean as much to her as it did to me. I had to live with my decisions, and let the one person in this world I knew I loved, move on without me. That was years ago. I died inside to do the right thing, we're both ok now, but too much happened to even be friends after that. It's incredibly hard to trust anyone after you go through such an intense relationship, you move on anyway, fuck it.
Snuff is one of greatest most emotional songs of all time I'm a old school maggot ,been fan since the beginning and it never swayed me from that remember losing Paul like yesterday Rip Paul Grey And Joey Jordison my friends 🤘🏼
Snuff was the only thing to make me cry since my break up, I needed it. Love the 9 ❤
15 years old me : "this is not slipknot!"
12 years later : *cried while listen to snuff after broke up with my ex
I only recently discovered this song as I was never a slipknot fan. 2 weeks later my mother passed away unexpectedly. This song, got me through it.
Hearing Corey explain the song and hearing the lyrics really makes me feel seen going through this breakup
Snuff never fails to set a tiny tear in the corner of my mind. My Cancer Journey changed ME!
This was really well done. Editing, all of it. Kudos
I cannot relate to the concept of needing all songs by an artist to be heavy, soft, or whatever descriptor you want to use. Music is great for the wide variety of styles and emotions it can convey. This is a great one regardless of how it sounds compared to the rest of the catalog.
This song means so much to me really helped me though some dark times, it's Cory laying his soul on the line can feel the pain in every line delivered and resonates with so many men who have gone though the same thing "took the death of hope to let you go!"
Even the most emotional songs and be the most heaviest metal songs and I love how Cory puts so much heart in his music with slipknot
I love "Snuff." I sang it at karaoke the day I filed divorce and again the day after my divorce was final. It helped me get through it!!!
Always makes me cry. Every time.
Chills everytime I hear just 2 seconds of that song. Rip #2
Snuff kept me alive, long time ago and still today
Snuff is such a sad song... It's the type of song I listen to late at night while staring at the ceiling
Been listening to them since day 1 and while I love their heavier stuff, Snuff is a fantastic song and one of my favorite Slipknot songs.
Please do more of these song stories. Really well done thank you!
This song will hold up for as long as music is a thing. Timeless
Snuff tears my heart out every single time. It came out at the time I was going through a slow, dragged out, hostile divorce and I was just dying inside
This is the deepest and most beautiful song I have ever heard. Evey time I hear this song it feels like some clutches my heart till is stops beating.
Great song. Great video.
I had the privilege of meeting Paul at a signing before a show in Brisbane, Australia. I shook his hand after he signed my Iowa album and said "thanks mate, see you tonight".
He was the only member of Slipknot that showed up to the signing that day. So glad he did. I'll never forget meeting him.
Snuff was the song that introduced me to slipknot when I was a young kid. I was given a hand me down ipod shuffle and $15 to load some songs on it for my birthday. Listened to that song everyday, still love it
Snuff was the song that got me into Slipknot, for years I had a friend who was a big fan of the band and he tried for many years to get me into their music but I didn't seemed to understand why he liked it so much, to me it just sounded like noise, until Snuff came out, at the time had broken up from a relationship and I felt so emotionally connected to the song that immediately became one of my favorite songs, after that I started to listen to more of their songs with another perspective and quickly became a fan of the band.
Such an underrated song! Every time I hear it, it gives me goosebumps
Whenever I feel bad, and have a mental breakdown I play snuff on loop until I calm down. So snuff was there for me for most of the time, snuff has a really special place in my heart.
Sometimes an artists greatest work can come with a change of pace. The Cranberries doing a harder song with Zombie as apposed to their usual soft rock to express anger and sorrow over war was equally masterful.
Always on the edge to crying when listening to Snuff
there's a mashup here on youtube of snuff and beautiful girls by sean kingston, honestly i can't hear the original anymore without singing YOU'RE WAY TOO BEAUUUUTIFUL, GIRL
it do be slappin tho
Fade To Black will always be the most classic metal ballad in history in my opinion🤘
Agreed 🫡
It's up there. Cemetery gates is #1 imo.
@@tenzing2090 that’s an excellent one too, Mouth For War is probably my favorite Pantera song though considering it’s the first Pantera song I ever heard on a radio station Colorado 31 years ago, I remember thinking I had never heard anything quite like it, been a Pantera fan ever since!!🤘
I can't chose between fade to black and snuff . Both of them are just beautiful
I never understood the meaning of Snuff until I went through my first real heartbreak
Snuff actually brought me to Slipknot, and I haven't looked back yet
Paul made Slipknot great. Him, Joey, and Jim are musical geniuses imo. Paul and Joey will forever be missed. Maggot since '99. 🤘