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Musical structure
The album version of "Duality" is four minutes and twelve seconds long, and the radio edited version is three minutes and thirty-three seconds long. The song opens with lead vocalist Corey Taylor softly saying "I push my fingers into my...," leading up to lead guitarist Mick Thomson playing a riff while Talyor finishes the sentence with "...eyes," in a much more intense voice. The song is tuned in B major and features an alternative metal style. The riff was considered to be a "nary a grindcore riff" by Stylus Magazine.

Unlike many previous Slipknot singles, duality does not have explicit content within the lyrics. Thomson explained in an 2008 interview that vocalist Taylor was relying on explicit content in the lyrics, and wanted to try something "different." Allmusic said that "Duality"'s lyrics "aren't unique" to Slipknot. Stylus Magazine said "Duality" had a "grindcore riff." Q Magazine wrote that the song " blow[s] the competition away."

Q Magazine wrote the whole album was "a triumph."


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