Custer (song)

"Custer" is a single from American metal band Slipknot. Released on October 10, 2014, it is the third single^[1] from their fifth studio album .5: The Gray Chapter.

Composition

The song begins with percussionist Shawn Crahan describing what the tempo of the song should be.^[2] The track then quickly transgresses into one that is much more deep and forceful, opening the composition. The song contains lead vocalist Corey Taylor speaking in the manner of a radio announcer.^[3]

Critical reception

Metal Hammer describes the work as having "an air of the self-titled about it with Sid's scratching in the background and almost poem-esque opening verse".^[4] ArtistDirect describes the tune as '"Surfacing 2015" with a massive refrain and Faith No More-esque groove that burns and blazes with evil and engaging panache'.^[5] The Guardian praised "Custer" as well as "Sarcastrophe", noting "some huge choruses lurking within the repurposed death metal riffs and tribal clatter"^[6]

Charts

Chart (2015)^[7]	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[8]	28

References

↑ "Slipknot Unleash Live Video for New Single 'Custer'". Loudwire. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
↑ "Slipknot Stream Brutal New Album Track ‘Custer’". Music Feeds. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
↑ "Slipknot Unveil New Track 'Custer' Ahead of Album Release". Loudwire. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
↑ "Listen to the new Slipknot track Custer". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
↑ "Album Review: Slipknot ".5: The Gray Chapter" – 5 out of 5 stars". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
↑ Lawson, Dom. "Slipknot: .5: The Gray Chapter review – Iowan rockers’ suitably unhinged return". The Guardian. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
↑ "The Negative One-Slipknot". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
↑ Slipknot Mainstream Rock Songs Chart History

Slipknot

Studio albums

Live albums

9.0: Live

Compilation albums

Antennas to Hell

Independent albums

Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.

Singles

Slipknot	"Spit It Out" "Wait and Bleed" "Surfacing"

Iowa	"The Heretic Anthem" "Left Behind" "My Plague"

Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)	"Pulse of the Maggots" "Duality" "Vermilion" "Vermilion, Pt. 2" "Before I Forget" "The Nameless" "The Blister Exists"

All Hope Is Gone	"All Hope Is Gone" "Psychosocial" "Dead Memories" "Sulfur" "Snuff"

.5: The Gray Chapter	"The Negative One" "The Devil in I" "Custer" "Killpop" "XIX"

Video albums

Tours

Lists	Awards Discography Members Songs Tours

Articles	Behind the Mask Behind the Player: Paul Gray Infected List of Slipknot tribute albums Nic Diederichs Technical High School slashing Outside the Nine Roadrage 2003 Rollerball Tattered and Torn Up to our Necks

Groups	Stone Sour Murderdolls To My Surprise Dirty Little Rabbits Junk Beer Kidnap Band Painface DJ Starscream

Labels	Roadrunner Big Orange Clown Great Big Mouth

Songs	"XIX" "Sarcastrophe" "AOV" "Skeptic" "Custer"

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