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{{Infobox song

| name = Sulfur

| cover = Slipknot_sulfur.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Slipknot

| album = All Hope Is Gone

| released = June 15, 2009

| recorded = FebruaryJune 2008 at Sound Farm in Jamaica, Iowa

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:38

| label = Roadrunner

| writer = * Jim Root

* Joey Jordison

| producer = Dave Fortman

| prev_title = Dead Memories

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Snuff

| next_year = 2009

| misc =

}}

"'Sulfur'" is the fourth single from American heavy metal band Slipknot's fourth album 'All Hope Is Gone'. The single was released on June 15, 2009, after a video was released on April 18, 2009. This was the last Slipknot video to feature their full original lineup with both bassist Paul Gray, who died the next year, and also the final appearance from Joey Jordison who was fired from the band four years later, before his death in July 2021.

"Sulfur", "Duality" and "Psychosocial" became downloadable content in 'Rock Band' on December 8, 2009.

Background



Music video



The video was filmed on March 9, 2009 (just two days before the end of the All Hope Is Gone World Tour) in the Los Angeles area. It was codirected by percussionist Shawn Crahan and P. R. Brown; the latter's third Slipknot video. On April 14, 2009 Slipknot released a thirty-second preview of the video through MTV and announced it would be premiered on 'Headbangers Ball' on April 18, 2009.

The video depicts the nine members playing in groups of three as well as footage of each member submerged underwater. Crahan explained that when he writes treatments for their videos he thinks, "What has Slipknot not done? What can we embark upon that will be fun and knowledge-enhancing instead of the same old song and dance?", saying that the members themselves are the treatment for this video. This further shows that they always try to give their fans as much of themselves as they can even though they are tired of live performances; revealing that, to change things up, they shot the members performing in groups of three. The concept of the members appearing individually underwater was modeled after a video installation entitled "Ascension" by video artist Bill Viola.

Crahan explained that the smell of sulfur is "something people either love or hate, and if you hate it, then it can be suffocating", so they incorporated water as a visual representation of that. He revealed that the members felt uncomfortable when shooting in an eleven-foot glass tank; explaining, "You had to go up this really weird ladder and the water was dirty and it was a five-foot by five-foot tank and it looked like when you stepped into it you were gonna hit your head on the frame that holds the glass and it would just rip your nose off," but added that it was his favorite video so far "because it involved that fear". Chris Fehn expressed anxiety about the jump and Taylor was at one point "impaled" by one of Craig Jones' spikes. When Shawn comes up he does it with his baseball bat.

As of September 2021, the song has over 100 million views on YouTube.

Track listing



US CD single

"Sulfur" 4:37

"Sulfur" (Chris Lord-Alge mix)

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Charts



Personnel



*(#8) Corey Taylor vocals

*(#7) Mick Thomson guitar

*(#4) Jim Root guitar

*(#2) Paul Gray bass

*(#1) Joey Jordison drums

*(#6) Shawn Crahan percussion, vocals, music video director

*(#3) Chris Fehn percussion, vocals

*(#0) Sid Wilson turntables, keyboards

*(#5) Craig Jones samples

* Dave Fortman producer

* Jeremy Parker engineering

* Colin Richardson mixer

* Matt Hyde mix engineering

* Oli Wright assistant engineering

* Ted Jensen mastering

* P. R. Brown director

References



Category:2009 singles

Category:Slipknot (band) songs

Category:2008 songs

Category:Songs written by Corey Taylor

Category:Songs written by Paul Gray (American musician)

Category:Roadrunner Records singles

Category:Songs written by Joey Jordison

Category:Songs written by Jim Root

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Category:Thrash metal songs

Category:American hard rock songs

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