Tribute Done Right
Paleface Swiss sound more like Slipknot than Slipknot does now. Go watch the video and tell me I’m wrong.
On Halloween night at Core Fest in Göppingen, Germany, the Zürich band opened their set dressed as Slipknot and ripped through a medley of “(sic),” “People = Shit” and “Psychosocial.” Fan-filmed footage of the performance is up on YouTube.
The curtain falling down during “(sic)” is what got me. That is straight out of the early days of Slipknot, and it is exactly the kind of detail a band only bothers with if they mean it. These guys sound fantastic. The dedication is unreal, and kudos to them for knocking these covers out of the park.
“(sic)” is the opener from the 1999 self-titled debut. “People = Shit” is Iowa, 2001. “Psychosocial” is All Hope Is Gone, 2008. That is three different eras of the band in one run, and Paleface Swiss handled all of them like they own the masks.
I don’t know much about this band, and that is the point. Paleface Swiss formed in Zürich in 2017, and their latest album, Cursed, came out in 2025. They get filed under beatdown hardcore, deathcore and nu metal. A Halloween cover set won’t tell you everything about a band, but it tells you whether they commit. These guys commit. Watch the video, then go find out what Paleface Swiss sound like when they’re not wearing someone else’s masks.