Slipknot: Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

"NOW IT'S OVER" sings Corey Taylor on the opening dirge of the Iowan nontet's newest album. And, for Slipknot, it did look to be all over merely a year ago. With Taylor and a host of others going off to record solo and side projects and the band's website proudly proclaiming the fact the group was mulling it over (they didn't want to become "the next Gwar" went the quote), it looked to be a done deal.