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Slipknot and Philosophy?  Or how about the Philosophy of Slipknot?  Yes?  No?  Okay, maybe that's going a bit too far with the entire song list that the band has managed to produce.  But there's one song in particular that I'm talking about... "vermillion".  I was listening to my song list earlier and this one came up.  Some of the lyrics have a deeper meaning.  The lines "while I exist through my need" and "she isn't real, I can't make her real" refers to "Cartesian Dualism" and the line "I'm a slave, and I am a master" refers to Nietzsche's master-slave morality theory.

Who would've thought that metal could be so "metal"... right?  We've seen Philosophy used in movies like the Matrix (allegory of the cave and brain in a vat), Batman Begins (retributive justice), but I really like that it's had a big influence on one of my favorite bands, Slipknot.  Seeing works from Friedrich Nietzsche and Rene Descartes used in mainstream music today... well it just kicks ass.  While "vermillion" wasn't my favorite song on the album, I did like how the video was made. 

The images at the top of the post are of the band while they wore their masks from the previous album cycle.  I'm looking forward to see those the masks look later this year.  The mask I have, well just look at the top row, 2nd from the right.  That's the one I have.  I wore it to the last show.  I wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of the death masks that the band wore in the video.        

  Cheers