"Dead Memories" is a song by American metal band Slipknot. The song was released as the third single from their fourth album All Hope Is Gone. The track was released on December 1, 2008. The music video for the single was directed by P. R. Brown and Shawn Crahan. The video premiered on MTV2 on October 25, 2008.

The song is featured in Rock Band 4's "More Metal Pack 01" downloadable content.

The music video for "Dead Memories" was directed by P. R. Brown. On September 30, 2008, the band's record label Roadrunner Records released a 15-second teaser video on YouTube which featured vocalist Corey Taylor in what appears to be a grave in torrential rain. The video premiered on MTV's Headbangers Ball on October 25, 2008, as part of the Headbangers Ball 20th anniversary special programming. The treatment for the music video was percussionist Shawn Crahan's idea, Crahan calls the music video a "short film" and admits that it was a "very" expensive video. Crahan's initial idea was to have several rooms, he introduced the idea to vocalist Corey Taylor who decided what each room would be.

The music video starts off with Taylor walking from the Iowa State Capitol in downtown Des Moines into a rural area. Taylor walks through empty fields and begins to dig. He seemingly falls through the ground into a room below, now wearing a mask. The room is occupied by turntablist Sid Wilson, who is crawling on the walls and ceiling. Taylor opens the curtains, only to find the view obscured by earth, suggesting that the room is underground. Wilson tries to stop Taylor from leaving the room by grabbing his leg but Taylor manages to escape his grasp. He is able to leave the room and enter a second room, which is occupied by drummer Joey Jordison, who is being assisted and nursed by four women. Taylor spectates the scene, but does not interact with anybody, and then leaves the room. Jordison spots his Taylor's reflection in a mirror and turns as the latter exits. He enters a third room that is occupied by sampler and keyboardist Craig Jones. When Taylor enters the room, the video's colours are reversed and remain so throughout the scene but Taylor's actions imply that it is a very dark room. Taylor walks around Jones, who remains immobile throughout, and inspects his mask, touching one of the nails driven into it to get any response but to no avail. Jones lights up a flare, which temporarily blinds Taylor, who then leaves.

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