![]() The four ‘teams’ saw Jordison writing, producing and performing on five tracks alongside members of Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Glassjaw, Vision of Disorder, Type O Negative, Chimaira, Death and more. In 2004, Joey took the role as one of four Team Captains for Roadrunner Record’s Roadrunner United - celebrating 25 years of the revered metal label. If modern metal’s homogenised triggered sounds have made the genre stale to your ears, delve back for a slice of organic, natural-sounding drums. ![]() Indeed, Joey’s base sound remained largely the same for the first three albums - despite a change in producer to Rick Rubin for Vol. This only serves to add to the inspirational quality that ‘Maybe I could do this!’ (even if the chops weren't quite so simple). But more importantly, it sounds less like a big-budget album recorded in a glass and stainless steel-clad million dollar recording facility, and more like a record made in the corner of a puke-sodden rehearsal room. It’s a raw sound that achieves a few things - the tuning allows Joey’s notes to burst through the rest of the instrumentation. With a snare cranked down to an ear-slicing pop and toms that die almost as quickly as they arrive. ![]() Slipknot’s self-titled album is the proof, but it's Joey's gear and tuning choices that make the pudding. While the dry, cutting, raw sounds that were often far from polished did receive more sheen over time, in 1998 it was still abrasive. ![]() Ross Robinson’s production style divided metal.
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