Song · Slipknot
“Unsainted” by Slipknot
From the album We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
“Unsainted” by Slipknot appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2019 and 2023. It was first released in 2019 on the album We Are Not Your Kind. Its best result is #2 on the SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #335 alternative song of 2019.
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Slipknot came back swinging in May 2019 with "Unsainted", the lead single from their sixth album, We Are Not Your Kind, and their first release since "All Out Life" the previous Halloween. It was also their first single without percussionist Chris Fehn, who had left that March. Corey Taylor, Shawn Crahan, Jim Root and Alessandro Venturella wrote it, and Greg Fidelman produced it with the band.
The opening is pure theater: the Angel City Chorale's voices hover over thundering drums before Jay Weinberg's double kick and the serrated guitars of Root and Mick Thomson crash through the wall. Rolling Stone called it an unsparing headbanger, and Revolver reckoned it went easier on the radio than "All Out Life" without softening the blow of Taylor's words. Joe Barresi's mix keeps the choir and the carnage both in the frame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | SiriusXM Octane National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2019 | 30 |
| 2019 | 86 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2020) | 66 |
| 2021 | 28 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2021) | 66 |
| 2022 | 40 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2022) | 66 |
| 2023 | 39 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2023) | 66 |
| 2023 | 74 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
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