Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat.
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| Studio album (demo) by Slipknot | |||||
| Released | October 31, 1996 (self-released) July 13, 1997 (re-released) |
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| Recorded | Fall of 1995, SR Audio Des Moines, Iowa | ||||
| Genre | Funk metal Industrial metal Progressive metal Rap metal |
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| Length | 51:05 | ||||
| Label | -ismist Recordings | ||||
| Producer | Sean Mcmahon and Slipknot | ||||
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Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. (MFKR) is the first release by Des Moines based metal band, Slipknot.
Released independently on October 31, 1996, the album[1] was re-released on July 13, 1997 through -ismist Recordings. The album was limited to 1000 copies according to -ismist. The originals are worth anywhere from $500-$800. Since the success of the band's self-titled album, the record was distributed on the Internet through several file sharing systems.
In 2005, the album was supposedly reprinted and available on Amazon.com in limited numbers. This release was actually a bootleg; the album has never been officially re-released.[2] The majority of copies sold on eBay are pirated versions of the disc so buyers have to be extra careful when purchasing the album. Fakes and real copies can be distinguished between through the website matefeedkillrepeat.com.
Notably, the name of the album, and many of the lyrics featured, are direct references to White Wolf's pen-and-paper roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
A petition created by mfkr1.com has started to ask Slipknot to re-release the album.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Slipknot" - 6:55
- "Gently" - 5:16
- "Do Nothing / Bitchslap" - 4:19
- "Only One" - 2:33
- "Tattered & Torn" - 2:35
- "Confessions" - 5:05
- "Some Feel" - 3:36
- "Killers Are Quiet" - 20:42
[edit] Musical Style
Though the basic elements of Slipknot's later sound are present, the album is substantially different from later Slipknot releases. This is the reason why each current member of the band who recorded MFKR, considers it strictly a demo. This is easy to understand due to the fact that five of the eight songs on the album were reworked into five Slipknot songs of today.
The album was recorded before six of the members of the current incarnation of Slipknot joined and three members who appeared on MFKR are no longer in the band today. The only consistent members are Joey Jordison, Shawn "Clown" Crahan and Paul Gray. Due to this, the albums' sound is vastly different; almost incomparable to their later sound. There is an intense experimentation in the album consisting of progressive metal, funk, rap, hip-hop, industrial and technical metal influences. Anders Colsefini, the vocalist on the album, has stated that MFKR is the best album to listen to to get a complete feel of Paul Gray's bass work, though it was "just as amazing on Slipknot". (This bass work is the reason behind the immense inclusion of the funk aspect of the album, which, besides the industrial metal aspect, is the most prominent form of music on the album)
More obviously, the album draws huge influences from Mr. Bungle, particularly in the way that the band plays several different genres of music and also in the concept of disguises which was used very loosely by Mr. Bungle.
[edit] Song Meanings
[edit] According to Anders Colsefini...
- "Slipknot" is about what parts of the dark world I particularly despise.
- "Gently" is about stepping into the "Umbra" or "Spirit World". It's accomplished with the help of any reflective surface.
- "Do Nothing / Bitch Slap" is about getting back at the Left-Wing for trying to take away our guns, and other personal freedoms.
- "Only One" is from the viewpoint of a Garou who plays the part of the peacekeeper most of the time, only to be laughed at by his peers. Finally, he steps up and shows them he means business.
- "Tattered & Torn" isn't really about anything.
- "Confessions" is a letter from a father to a son from whom he's been separated for about 17 years. It arrives about the time of the boy's first transformation.
- "Some Feel" is basically the ranting of a "Leach", or vampire.
[edit] Killers Are Quiet
"Killers Are Quiet" was written by Anders Colsefini about Craig "133" Jones. Jones did not perform on the album but was mentioned on the inside cover.
As Anders would put it, KAQ "is about a 'Pale One', which is a Garou that has been 'embraced' by the Kindred." The pale one, being Jones, is basically described as being extremely quiet and basically mysterious. He is commonly referred to as the most elusive member of the band and it is a rare feat to spot him without his mask. Jim Root has even been quoted as saying "He even scares me. I kind of feel I'm doing a service to the community by knowing where Craig is from day to day."
Jones has been described as a misanthrope and has even been quoted as saying during an interview, "If I wasn't in this band, I'd probably be a serial killer." Anders Colsefini posted this about Jones on the BOC site: "It may seem like a cool thing to hate people in general, but people who don't have a choice in the matter do anything in their ability to change that. I've always felt sorry for Craig, but during my time with him, he wasn't diagnosed with anything. He's the inspiration for my song 'Killers Are Quiet'." He also claimed that "computers are Craig's best friend".
"Killers Are Quiet" is a great expression of SlipKnoT's early experimentation and "musical exploration." The song contains a hypnotic marching drumline throughout, which is heard by itself for the last three minutes or so after a huge explosion of music at around 6:15. This drumline ends with a bang at 10:03, the same baseline continues for another 20 seconds and KAQ officially ends at 10:24.
Machinery sound effects are then heard and eventually repeat in a continuous loop until 15:15, at which point the machinery sound effects completely stop and a hidden track entitled "Dogfish Rising" begins with the low, depressed sounding lyric, "There's a dog loose in the wood."
The machinery effects continue for another 20 seconds or so and "Dogfish Rising" officially begins at 15:40. As stated, the whole song is extremely experimental, "Dogfish Rising" is over five minutes of distorted sound effects and instruments, out of tune guitars, many samples from many different places, about 9 different singers and absolutely non-sensical lyrics.
The song continues to the end of the track where cheering is heard and one member of the band is heard saying, "I'm glad we could finally afford to record this in a real studio." (Probably a joke reference to all the financial and production problems and numerous line-up changes SlipKnoT went through to record the album.) The breakdown of "Killers Are Quiet" is as follows:
- "Killers Are Quiet" - 0:00 - 10:24
- "Machinery" - 10:20 - 15:14
- "Dogfish Rising" - 15:15 - 20:42
[edit] Re-recorded songs
Several songs from Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. were re-recorded and in some cases re-written for later albums.
- "(sic)" is a reworked version of the song "Slipknot". "(sic)" has the same structure as its predecessor, but is much faster, shorter and holds completely new lyrics.
- "Tattered & Torn" was heavily reworked musically and lyrically for the album but containts the same basic structure as well as tempo.
- "Only One" was also heavily reworked into the version on the album which now contains some new lyrics (but has the same chorus and lyrical intro) and, like (sic), is much faster and slightly shorter.
- "Purity" uses the exact same lyrics from a song called "Despise" which was originally recorded for MFKR but, along with numerous others, didn't make the cut.
Iowa:
- The version of "Gently" on the Iowa album is vastly different from the older version. It omits the acoustic guitar intro and has several differences in the music, although it is still essentially the same song. The lyrics remain basically the same.
- "Iowa" (the title track) uses the same riff as "Killers are Quiet", but holds completely new lyrics and is a full 5 minutes longer.
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
- "Before I Forget" uses the same guitar riff from an unreleased song, "Carve." "Carve" was recorded for MFKR but along with the other numerous songs, was not put on and instead was put on an unreleased album entitled "Crowz" before the band's self-titled album. This album was to be an album/remix album because there were to be three tracks from MFKR reworked into versions released on "Crowz". As of now, only members of the band and close personal friends of the band are known to have copies of the album. It can now only be found on the internet or file sharing programs. There however is also a link available at black-goat.com to download the entire album. [1]
[edit] Personnel
- Before the members came up with the idea to give each member a number
- Shawn "Clown" Crahan – Percussion, Backup Vocals
- Paul Gray – Bass, Backup Vocals
- Anders Colsefini – Vocals, Lyrics
- Joey Jordison – Drums
- Josh Brainard – Guitars, Backup Vocals
- Donnie Steele – Guitars (was not credited on album)
- Mick Thomson - Guitars (given credit, did not record album)
- Craig Jones - Sampling (given credit, did not record album)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Welcome to the Official Mate Feed Kill Repeat Website. MFKR1.COM. Retrieved on 2008-01-29.
- ^ Mate. Kill. Feed. Repeat. [IMPORT]. amazon.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
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