Launched with a typically nightmarish music video directed by M Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan and starring Jackson White to match the harsh fever dream of the track itself, with frontman Corey Taylor spitting about how he “fought a fucking god and the god lost” and staring down naysayers as he warns: “I know I’m a hack and a has-been, but motherf*cker I’m a .45 and not a Mach 10.”
The new single comes after guitarist Jim Root said their new stuff "sounds like nothing I’ve ever heard before, yet there’s a familiarity to it that feels like I’ve been listening to it my whole life"
The band's thunderous drumming from the hard-hitting song is used to soundtrack a portion of a new short film promoting the Gucci fashion brand.
The 1:45 second short features numerous models seemingly being called into action. The early portion of the film, directed by Jonathan Glazer, centers on a woman whistling to garner the attention of her fellow models who one by one emerge from a two story hotel, dressed impeccably of course. (LoudWire reports)
But as the action shifts toward the moon overseeing the hotel and a car flying by in the night, so does the music and that's where we get the high energy pummeling of "(sic)" coming into play. The convertible vehicle, also sporting some stylish models, plumets back to the earth as the double kick drum keeps the energy high.
The promotional spot concludes with the models all convening for a night out with their steps on the darkened walk continuing to be spotlighted.
The music on either side of Slipknot's "sic" are the more swanky "Un bacio e troppo poco" from Mina and "Heir Encore" from Charles Aznavour.
"(sic)" initially appeared on Slipknot's 1999 self-titled major label debut. Though it's the second in their track listing, it's technically the first full song on the album after the :36 second opening intro.
