"Duality" is a song by Slipknot, released as the lead single to their 2004 album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). This was the band's first major radio hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart and number 5 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
The music video was shot at a fan's house in Iowa that was undergoing renovation and focuses on a crowd of people going wild to the band's performance of the song. The crowd was not to trash the house during the production of the video, but, as shown in the video, the crowd did not listen. As a result, the band was asked to replace various items that were damaged or destroyed in the video. Roughly $50,000 was reportedly paid in compensation.
In 2010, Roadrunner Records named this as the greatest video
released on the label. Loudwire also named it in 2019 as the band's best video.
Watch the music video here.
You cannot trope what you did not create:
- Bandaged Face: Clown in his Subliminal Verses mask.
- Crash in Through the Ceiling: Some fans are seen coming down through the ceiling.
- Crowd Surfing: Sid Wilson partakes in crowd surfing since he does not have much use for his turntables in this song.
- Hair Flip: There is a good amount of headbanging from the band and some long-haired fans.
- Lyrical Cold Open: The song begins with Corey whispering "I push my fingers into my..." he starts singing as a keyboard comes in.
- Performance Video: The main focus is the band performing to a restless crowd that trashes the house.
- Powder Keg Crowd: The crowd has too much energy to keep the house in one piece.
- Soft Glass: Some people break the windows and jump through with no visible bleeding.
- There Was a Door: The crowd isn't exactly lining up to the door to see the band.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: A lot of the people in the crowd have no shirts.
