History Music / PointFiveTheGrayChapter

Compositionally, the album is essentially a fusion of ''Iowa'' and ''Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)''. In other words, it combines the more chaotic stylings of the former (ex: prominent scratching, electronic sounds, borderline-rapped vocals) with the more melodic stylings of the latter (ex: traditional song structures, grooves, guitar solos).

* NewSoundAlbum: An interesting variation in that it's basically the fusion of two old sounds: the mostly heavy ''Iowa'' and the more experimental ''Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)'', creating something that's refreshing as a result.

* DueToTheDead: Several songs pay tribute to the aforementioned late bassist Paul Gray, such as "XIX", "Skeptic", "Goodbye", and "If Rain Is What You Want". The title of the album itself is also a reference to him.

* NewSoundAlbum: An interesting variation in that it's basically the fusion of two old sounds: the mostly heavy ''Iowa'' and the more experimental ''Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)'', creating something that's refreshing as a result.

* {{Sampling}}: Several songs feature sampling, such as "Nomadic" and "If Rain Is What You Want".

* WordSaladLyrics: Some songs, such as "The Negative One" and "Nomadic" have some rather vague lyrics.

* SayMyName: Not a dramatic one, but in the VanillaEdition of this album the last thing you hear is a distorted "Paul".

* DueToTheDead: Several songs pay tribute to the late bassist Paul Gray, such as "XIX", "Skeptic", "Goodbye", and "If Rain Is What You Want". The title of the album itself is also a reference to him.

* DueToTheDead: Several songs pay tribute to the last bassist Paul Gray, such as "XIX", "Skeptic", "Goodbye", and "If Rain Is What You Want". The title of the album itself is a reference to him.

CUT, CUT, [[RuleOfThree CUT]] ME UP AND FUCK, FUCK, FUCK ME UP!\\
CUT, CUT, [[RuleOfThree CUT]] ME UP AND FUCK, FUCK, FUCK ME UP!\\
CUT, CUT, [[RuleOfThree CUT]] ME UP AND FUCK, FUCK, FUCK ME UP!\\
CUT, CUT, [[RuleOfThree CUT]] ME UP AND FUCK, FUCK, FUCK ME UP!\\
CUT, CUT, [[RuleOfThree CUT]] ME UP AND FUCK, FUCK, FUCK ME UP!

-->Cut, cut, [[RuleOfThree cut]] me up!\\ AND FUCK FUCK [[RuleOfThree FUCK]] ME UP! CUT CUT CUT ME UP!!! AND FUCK FUCK FUCK ME UP!!!

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!! Special Edition:

!!Principal Members:

!!Other Contributors

* CallBack: "The Burden" brings back the klaxon you hear previously in "The Negative One".

-->CUT CUT [[RuleOfThree CUT]] ME UP! AND FUCK FUCK [[RuleOfThree FUCK]] ME UP! CUT CUT CUT ME UP!!! AND FUCK FUCK FUCK ME UP!!!

* DrugsAreBad: "Killpop" is about a girl who resorts to using drugs, likely as a result of a bad relationship.
** "Skeptic" follows suit with Corey talking about the promises to 'keep our systems clean' in the bridge.
* EpicRocking: Five songs on the album are over five minutes, and the majority of songs fall just short of that.

* NewSoundAlbum: An interesting variation in that's basically the fusion of two old sounds: The NuMetal ''Iowa'' and the more traditional ''Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)'', creating something that's refreshing as a result.

%%* SamusIsAGirl: That person on the picture up there? That's a woman.

* SamusIsAGirl: That person on the picture up there? That's a woman.

'''''.5: The Gray Chapter''''' is the fifth studio album by Music/{{Slipknot}}, released in October 17, 2014. Released after an [[DevelopmentHell indefinite hiatus]], where the fate the band was put into question due to internal conflicts between various members, as well as the death of bassist Paul Gray and departure of drummer Joey Jordison. Eventually, everything came together, and the fifth album was created. The bass and drums were filled in either by the members of Slipknot, or by Alessandro Venturella and Jay Weinberg respectively, both of which became official members of the band later. The album's title is a DueToTheDead to Gray himself, and several songs on the album pay tribute.

Compositionally, the album is essentially a fusion of ''Iowa'' and ''Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)''. In other words, it features the chaotic sounds such as more prominent scratching, electronic sounds, and occasionally borderline rapped vocals of the former, with the more melodic and traditional song structures, grooves, and guitar solos of the latter. As a result, the album received a lot of praise for being both a return to the roots of Slipknot, as well as being the most technical album to date. Or rather, a direct evolution for the band.

It debuted at #1 in their native United States, as well as Japan, Canada, Australia, Russia, and Switzerland. It also made the Top 5 of United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Austria, New Zealand, Mexico, Denmark and Finland.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally an 8 or a 9. "The Devil In I" is mostly a 7, while the heavier tracks such as "Skeptic" and "Sarcastrophe" are a hard 9.

* TakeThat: Initially people believed "The Negative One" to be this to Joey Jordison, but "Lech" is a clearer example.

* SayMyName: In the VanillaEdition of this album, the last thing you hear is the word "Paul".

-->CUT CUT CUT ME UP! AND FUCK FUCK FUCK ME UP! CUT CUT CUT ME UP!!! AND FUCK FUCK FUCK ME UP!!!

* TakeThat: "The Negative One" is believed to be one to former drummer Joey Jordison, though the lyrics don't make it very clear like other Take Thats do.