About this song
"Psychosocial" is the second single from the album All Hope is Gone and was nominated for the 2009 Grammy for Best Metal Performance, losing to Metallica's "My Apocalypse." In its video, the band burned the purgatory masks they had revealed while promoting the album in 2008, an idea credited to Shawn Crahan.
What it's about
The song is about hate for life and a broken society.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 21 other songs, like “Party It All Away by Vrey Is Grey (Ft. LK CORVUS)”.
- Covered 3 times, including “Psychosocial by Midnite String Quartet”.
- Written by Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahan.
- Produced by Dave Fortman and Slipknot.
- Recorded at Sound Farm Studio.
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