Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) is the third studio album by American metal band Slipknot (pictured). The album was released on May 25, 2004, through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's only album produced by Rick Rubin and also the only one not to feature profanity. Following the band's tour to promote its second album in 2002, speculation regarding the future began. Some band members had already been involved in side projects including Murderdolls, To My Surprise, and the reformation of Stone Sour. In 2003, Slipknot moved into The Mansion to work on the album. Initially, the band was unproductive; lead vocalist Corey Taylor was drinking heavily. Nevertheless, they wrote more than enough material for a new album—the band's first to incorporate more traditional, melodic song structures, guitar solos and acoustic guitars. The album received generally positive reviews; Q called it "a triumph". The album peaked within the top ten in album sales across eleven countries, and went Platinum in the United States. The band also received the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song "Before I Forget".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

240 BC:

The Chinese chronicle Records of the Grand Historian recorded the first confirmed sighting of Halley's Comet (pictured), the first comet to be recognized as periodic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet

1810:

The Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires, marking the end of the May Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Revolution

1914:

The British parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act, establishing a devolved government in Ireland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914

1940:

Second World War: A German Panzer division captured Boulogne- sur-Mer, France, forcing the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force through Dunkirk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Boulogne_(1940)

2000:

Israel withdrew its army from most of Lebanese territory, 22 years after its first invasion in 1978. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lebanon_conflict_(1985%E2%80%932000)

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

masterly inactivity: (politics) A policy of deliberate inactivity. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/masterly_inactivity

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood.   --Ralph Waldo Emerson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson