“Before I Forget” by Slipknot

"Before I Forget" came off Slipknot's Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) in 2004, the third single from the record Slipknot made with Rick Rubin in the producer's chair and Greg Fidelman recording and mixing. Its bones are older than the band's fame: it pulls pieces from "Carve", an early song that dates back to a 1996 version with Anders Colsefni singing.

What comes out now is pure pummel with a hook the size of a stadium. Corey Taylor wrote the words, and he has called it a song about holding your ground and choosing to be decent whatever anybody says. Rubin reportedly doubted the chorus would land; Taylor told him he was wrong, and the song went on to win Slipknot the Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 2006.

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