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"Dead Memories" is a song from American heavy metal band
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's fourth album, ''
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''. It was released on December 1, 2008. "I had gone through a pretty brutal divorce at that point," explained
Corey Taylor Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, ly ...
. "This ''
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' was me letting go of a lot of regret and cynical feelings. It was very cathartic… I got a lot out on that album. Released as the third single from ''All Hope Is Gone'', its video was directed by P. R. Brown and
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. The video premiered on MTV2 on October 25, 2008. The song is featured in ''
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''s "More Metal Pack 01" downloadable content.


Music video

The
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for "Dead Memories" was directed by P. R. Brown. On September 30, 2008, the band's record label
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released a 15-second teaser video on
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which featured vocalist
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in what appears to be a grave in torrential rain. The video premiered on
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's ''
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'' on October 25, 2008, as part of the ''Headbangers Ball'' 20th anniversary special programming. The treatment for the music video was percussionist
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's idea, Crahan calls the video a "short film" and admits it was "very" expensive. Crahan's initial idea was to have several rooms; he introduced the idea to vocalist
Corey Taylor Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, ly ...
who decided what each room would be. The video starts with Taylor walking from the
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in downtown Des Moines to a rural area. Taylor walks through empty fields and begins to dig. He seemingly falls through the ground into a room below, now wearing a mask. The room is occupied by turntablist
Sid Wilson Sidney George Wilson (born January 20, 1977) is an American DJ and keyboardist. He is the turntablist for the nu metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #0. Biography Sid Wilson was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Both of his parents are from ...
, crawling on the walls and ceiling. Taylor opens the curtains, only to find the view obscured by earth, suggesting the room is underground. Wilson tries to stop Taylor from leaving the room by grabbing his leg but Taylor manages to escape and enter a second room, occupied by drummer
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, who is being assisted and nursed by four women. Taylor spectates the scene, but does not interact with anybody. As Jordison spots Taylor's reflection in a mirror and turns to look at him, the latter enters a third room, occupied by sampler and keyboardist Craig Jones. In this segment, the video's colours are reversed and remain so throughout the scene but Taylor's actions imply that the room itself is either very dark or dimly lit. Taylor walks around Jones, who remains immobile, and inspects his mask, touching one of the nails in it to get any response but to no avail. Jones lights a flare, which temporarily blinds Taylor, who leaves. Taylor enters the fourth room, occupied by bassist Paul Gray. The room is filled with mirrors and when Taylor passes, he is reflected along with Gray. Taylor becomes unnerved and attempts to ascertain whether it is Gray or not by turning from the mirror and back to it. He then waves and Gray uses the wrong hand, revealing that he is not a reflection. Gray advances, smashing the mirror, and his image appears in all the mirrors, visibly frightening Taylor. Backing away, Taylor falls backwards, and into another room, occupied by percussionist
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, who is dancing with several women. Again, just like in the second room with Jordison, he does not interact with anybody, although two women persuade him to stay. When Taylor pushes his way into another room, he is met by guitarist
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. The two standoff, only for Taylor to fail to push past Thomson several times. Thomson advances towards Taylor, who bolts through the door he came through. He enters a seventh room, occupied by guitarist
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and several women, this time engaged in a pillow fight. Root spots Taylor but seems too caught up in the moment to interact with him. Taylor walks through the crowd into an eighth room, occupied by percussionist
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, who is lighting candles. Taylor spectates and eventually blows a candle out while Fehn looks on. In the end, a masked Taylor emerges from the pit, where his unmasked counterpart is also seen digging as shown at the beginning. On November 5, 2009, a 10-minute "short film" version of the video, featuring narration by Corey Taylor was released.


Reception

Reviews of ''
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'' remarked on the song's melody and accessibility.
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's Ryan Ogle says that the track shows Slipknot's diversity. He went on to state it is "well-written and melodious". Total Guitar's writer Nick Cracknell compared "Dead Memories" to the works of Alice in Chains. Dan Martin of ''
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'' compared it to "
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: " tis so listenable it's almost conventional". However, Jim Kaz of
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said that the track almost detracts from the intensity of the album, stating, "it's at this point the band loses a little momentum". In the same vein Ogle of Blabbermouth.net says that it's a track that "lack the white hot fire that allows the rest of the disc to burn our asses". It was nominated for the ''Kerrang!'' Award for Best Single. It is the band's third-highest single – behind " Snuff" and " The Devil in I", which both peaked at number 2 on the Mainstream Rock tracks chart – peaking at number 3. On the Active Rock chart, it peaked at number one.


Track listing

"2008 Digital Download # "Dead Memories" – 3:58 "2009 Digital Download # "Dead Memories" – 3:58 # "Dead Memories" – 4:54 US one-track Promo CD #"Dead Memories" US two-track Promo CD # "Dead Memories" – 3:57 # "Dead Memories" – 4:26 UK Promo CD # "Dead Memories" – 3:38 # "Dead Memories" – 3:57 # "Dead Memories" – 4:28


Personnel

*(#0)
Sid Wilson Sidney George Wilson (born January 20, 1977) is an American DJ and keyboardist. He is the turntablist for the nu metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #0. Biography Sid Wilson was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Both of his parents are from ...
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*(#1)
Joey Jordison Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (April 26, 1975 – July 26, 2021) was an American musician. He was the original drummer of the nu metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot, in which he was designated #1, and the guitarist for the horror punk Supergroup ...
– drums *(#2) Paul Gray – bass *(#3)
Chris Fehn Christopher Fehn (born February 24, 1973) is an American musician. He was a percussionist and backing vocalist for the heavy metal band Slipknot from 1998 to 2019, in which he was designated #3. He was also the bassist for Will Haven from 20 ...
– percussion *(#4)
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– lead guitar *(#5) Craig Jonessampler, keyboards *(#6)
Shawn Crahan Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969), more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician. He is the co-founder, percussionist, and only original member remaining of the alternative metal band Slipknot (band), Sli ...
– percussion *(#7)
Mick Thomson Mickael Gordon "Mick" Thomson (born November 3, 1973) is an American musician. He is one of two guitarists for the nu metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #7. Thomson, who originally met founding Slipknot members Anders Colsefni, Don ...
– rhythm guitar *(#8)
Corey Taylor Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot (band), Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, ly ...
– vocals Production *
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– producer *
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– mixing


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References

{{authority control 2008 singles Slipknot (band) songs Songs written by Corey Taylor Songs written by Paul Gray (American musician) 2008 songs Roadrunner Records singles Songs written by Joey Jordison Songs written by Jim Root Music videos directed by P. R. Brown