"The Devil in I" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as a single from the band's fifth album, '' .5: The Gray Chapter'' (2014). It is the second single for the album and the first to be released to radio and music channels, with the previous single "

The Negative One "The Negative One" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released on August 1, 2014, it was the band's first new song since the death of bassist Paul Gray in 2010 and the 2013 firing of drummer Joey Jordison. An accompanying music ...

" being a digital only single. In an interview with ''

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'', singer

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revealed that the then new bass player and drummer would both be on stage (as opposed to former bassist

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who played backstage out of sight) and both would wear the same mask, as the band felt it would be disrespectful for them to have individual masks at that time. However, he did not reveal their identities as the band kept them in a period of anonymity for some time for unexplained reasons. It was later revealed that these two new members were Alessandro Venturella on bass (previously the guitarist of

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on drums (previously from The Reveling,

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and the son of American drummer

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of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band).

Background

Shortly after the reveal of "

", another countdown was put up on Slipknot's official website telling fans to come back on August 11, 2014 at 10am PDT for "A special announcement". The announcement was delayed but eventually revealed the cover art for the new single titled "The Devil in I". This was disappointing for some fans as

had already revealed the title of the single in an interview for BBC Radio 1 on August 4.

Critical reception

Blabbermouth.net noted that the single "chugs out of a warbling doom line at the beginning and sets itself onto a morose but tuneful course with moody guitar chimes, dirge-loaded bass and empathetic swills from

," as well as noting that "The choruses are a little too safe, but a massive and quick-stepped breakdown plus a grinding bridge thereafter keeps the song robust and hectic."

Music video

Plans for a music video for the song were revealed by

during an interview for BBC Radio 1. The band put out a casting call asking for "human maggots" for a video that was shot on August 22 and 23, 2014. They requested people between the ages of 20 and 35 with the condition they be okay with filming barefoot. On September 11, 2014, Slipknot uploaded a trailer for "The Devil in I" music video to be uploaded the succeeding heyday; the trailer highlighted two people in red shrouds with eye-holes cut out. The video was uploaded on September 12 and featured the band members in a mental asylum encompassed by fans dancing in

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s while the band performed. It also featured Corey in his '' All Hope Is Gone'' mask and Clown in his '' Iowa'' mask. Chris Fehn is also seen in his Memorial World Tour mask. The band commits suicide in various ways, such as

setting a bomb off while he sits at a table, Mick Thomson ripping his face apart, Sid Wilson eating himself,

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being locked in an elevator with an attack dog, Chris Fehn pecked to death by crows, Jim Root blowing himself up with dynamite (losing his beard in the process), and Shawn Crahan lighting himself on fire and hanging himself. The video also features the two new members of the band. They can be seen roaming throughout the asylum as patients in wheelchairs. They are eventually cornered by the band, who proceed to stab the new members. This stabbing could resemble the two new members being "baptized" into Slipknot. They appear playing with the band at the song's last chorus, both wearing uniforms and disguised in equal revels. As of July 2022, the song has 360 million views on YouTube.

Track listing

All music and lyrics written, arranged and performed by Slipknot. ;Best Buy CD single # "The Devil in I" – 6:00 # "The Negative One" – 5:25 ;EU promotional CD # "The Devil in I" – 6:00 # "The Devil in I" – 4:12 ;UK promotional CD # "The Devil in I" – 4:11 # "The Devil in I" – 5:42

Personnel

* (#8)

– vocals * (#7) Mick Thomson – guitar * (#6) Shawn Crahan – percussion * (#5)

– samples, media * (#4) Jim Root – guitar * (#3) Chris Fehn – percussion * (#0) Sid Wilson – turntables * Alex Venturella – bass *

– drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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