I'm not going to claim to know a lot about metal here, because I don't. I let Raz head up Drowned in Sound's metal coverage because he's damn knowledgeable about the whole thing.

However, I do know a good melody, be it played in a twee Lucksmiths/Shapes and Sizes/B&S fashion, or indeed by nine mask-wearing, middle-aged men from Iowa.

Slipknot are a genuinely innovative band, that can write a tune and a fucking half and I'll argue that one to the death.