Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2019
Unsainted
Buy Unsainted now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Unsainted
| cover = SlipknotUnsainted.jpeg
| type = single
| artist = Slipknot
| album = We Are Not Your Kind
| released =
| recorded =
| genre = Nu metal
| length =
| label = Roadrunner
| writer = * Shawn Crahan
* Jim Root
* Corey Taylor
| producer = * Greg Fidelman
* Slipknot
| prev_title = All Out Life
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Solway Firth
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
}}
"'Unsainted'" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released as the lead single from their sixth studio album 'We Are Not Your Kind' on May 16, 2019, accompanied by its music video. This is the first Slipknot single released since "All Out Life", which was released on October 31, 2018, as well as their first single without their former percussionist Chris Fehn who was fired from the band due to a lawsuit earlier in 2019.
Critical reception
Jon Blistein of 'Rolling Stone' called the song an "unsparing headbanger", saying it "opens with an expertly crafted build, as choir vocalsperformed by the Angel City Choralefloat above rumbling drums, tidal wave guitars and frontman Corey Taylor's vocals" before becoming the "double bass drum hits and jagged guitars that carry the rest of the song". 'Revolver' called it a "much more accessible, radio-friendly cut" than the band's non-album single "All Out Life", although felt that this "doesn't mean that its lyrics pull any punches", judging it to be "explosive".
Track listing
Music video
A music video directed by Shawn "Clown" Crahan was released alongside the song on May 16 2019. Blistein characterized the video as full of "creepy, cultish imagery". It ends with Corey Taylor walking out of a church to find he and the other members of the band turned into statues, then proceeding to light his statue on fire. Luke Morton of 'Kerrang!' called the video "a lot to take in", writing that it is "full of kaleidoscopic visuals, religious iconography, [and] fire".
As of April 2022, the song has 119 million views on YouTube.
In other media
* In 2019, "Unsainted" was selected as the official theme song for WWE's NXT TakeOver: Toronto PPV.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Slipknot (band) songs
Category:Roadrunner Records singles
Category:Songs written by Corey Taylor
Category:Songs written by Jim Root
Category:Songs written by Shawn Crahan
Buy Unsainted now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 2019