Initial pressings of VOL. 3: (THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES) include Enhanced CD content.
Lyricist: Slipknot.
Audio Mixer: Greg Fidelman.
Recording information: Akademie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research, (2003); Sound City, Los Angeles, CA (2003); The Mansion At Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, CA (2003).
Photographers: Shawn Crahan; Neil Zlozower.
Arranger: Slipknot.
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 - "VOL.3 experiments with even new extremes, which in Slipknot's case means tunefulness and traditional song structures."
Entertainment Weekly (p.80) - "Slipknot hook up with superproducer Rick Rubin and cement their rep as the scariest and smartest band of the Ozzfest generation." - Grade: A-
Q (p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A] triumph....It's on the mighty single 'Duality' and spookily atmospheric 'Prelude 3.0' that Slipknot really blow the competition away."
CMJ (p.24) - "[P]robably the band's best....Slipknot make serious metal on VOL.3..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "Face-melting rhythms, snarling vocals and riffs aplenty are the order of the day....A modern classic..."