Intense reunion | The Journal of Quebec

There was a lot of atmosphere on Saturday evening in the Videotron Center. The “maggots” were numerous and noisy, from the floor to the heights of the amphitheater, for the passage of the intense Slipknot.

The formation from Des Moines in Iowa stopped in Quebec with its “Knotfest Roadshow” in the company of Ho99o9 and Cypress Hill.

The show introduced by the play For Those About to Rockas has been the case for several years, the crowd began to shout, turn on the lights of the telephones and sing the chorus of this big piece of AC/DC.

And suddenly, the curtain on which the name of the group is written in red ends up falling. Our eyes look in all directions. They are nine on stage. All hidden and spread over two levels and three walkways. Jets of flame explode.

The evening is launched with the explosives Disasterpiece, Wait and Bleed and the stripper All Out Life.

“Thank you, thank you and thank you very much, are you okay?” It’s been too much and far too long since we came to your beautiful city, ”said singer Corey “The Clown” Taylor, promising an evening full of madness.

This was a return for Slipknot to the Old Capital since their time on the Plains in 2019.

Release

Slipknot, in concert, is a huge release session with, in the foreground, one of the best leaders of the rock planet. The “Clown” knows how to lead a crowd. A crowd that will have fun all evening.

Slipknot has picked up everywhere in its repertoire. From his very first album to We Are Not Your Kindwith, as a bonus, The Chapeltown Rag, a snippet from his forthcoming album, which will be out soon, soon, soon, as Taylor clarified.

The caustic sound magma, delivered with a large number of decibels, sometimes gives way to melodies, which manage to be heard, as during Unsainted, The Devil in I and during the huge Psychosocial. Slipknot even brought back in these concerts, the “ride” Snuffa rare moment of calm, which the group had not played for 10 years.

And the evening ended as it began, in fury, with the double People = Shit et Surfacing.

Corey Taylor has promised that the formation, which was born 23 years ago, will still be there for the next 23 years. And to hear the reaction of the fans, they will certainly be there. The “maggots” are faithful.

Just before the arrival of Slipknot, Cypress Hill was the surprise of this evening. It must be said that we had lost sight of them a little since their visit to the Parc de la Francophonie in 2014.

Solide Cypress Hill

Photo Didier Debusschere

B-Real, membre
de Cypress Hill

DJ Lord, behind his gear and a huge replica of a human skull, had warmed up the audience, with an intro where we heard Black Sabbaththe Imperial March from Star Wars, Eye of the Tiger, Purple Haze et Enter Sandman.

Without the presence of Sen Dog, recovering from surgery, Cypress Hill delivered a solid hour of hip-hop. B-Real kicked it off nicely with his nasal voice and the double When the Shit Goes Down et Hand on the Pump.

True to form, he released a long firecracker, during a “medley” where we heard Dr. Greenthumb et Hits for the Bong. There was a smell of marijuana in the air, and it didn’t come from the scene.

The party was solid and B-Real set it on fire with Insane in the Brain and a segment of Jump Around de House of Pain where it was completely crazy on the floor.

At 6:30 p.m., in an amphitheater that was not yet full, the American group Ho99o9 (Horror) made a great impression, with their punk-hip-hop-hardcore.