While Slipknot was making its debut studio release, the entire band attended one of the first shows by avant-garde grindcore supergroup Fantômas-composed of Patton, Slayer's Dave Lombardo, Melvins' Buzz Osborne and Mr. Bungle's Trevor Dunn-which greatly influenced them at the time. From that album on, Slipknot has displayed a much more straightforward, extreme metal sound, largely because of producer Ross Robinson, and some writers have identified the influence of Faith No More on some tracks' structures and alternating melodies from "Iowa" and "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)". On the other hand, the experimental imprint of Bungle has become rare, but it made a sudden reappearence on 2019's "We Are Not Your Kind".