Corey Taylor

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Slipknot posing against a blue background
Every Slipknot album ranked from worst to best: over 25 years of heavy metal's angriest band

By Stephen Hill Published

With Slipknot surprise-releasing new single Arsenal this week, we rate the metal legends' fearsome back catalogue so far

Music
A still from Corey Taylor's appearance on the Mythical Kitchen podcast in 2026
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor reveals why he says a prayer before going on stage

By Simon Young Published

The Slipknot vocalist was a guest on the Mythical Kitchen podcast

Bands & Artists
Slipknot 2004
"We didn’t talk to each other for three months." Haunted houses, fallouts and a drunken singer: inside Slipknot's experimental masterpiece, Vol. 3

By Malcolm Dome Published

After the phenomenal success of Iowa, Slipknot took a break. But where there had once been unity, there was now conflict. Yet they produced something that defied any expectations...

Interviews
Henry Rollins at a red carpet event, Corey Taylor in his Slipknot gear posing and Lemmy looking cool
"It was the perfect tragedy. Heavy metal albums found in their rooms, antisocial behaviour." How Lemmy, Corey Taylor, Henry Rollins and the metal community united to save three teenagers at the heart of a murder case that shocked America

By Stephen Hill Published

The story of the West Memphis Three captured the attention of the metal world - and some of its biggest artists took action

Bands & Artists
Corey Taylor and Chappell Roan
Watch Slipknot's Corey Taylor perform a cover of Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club at a horror convention in Florida

By Liz Scarlett Published

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor played through an acoustic set of mostly covers during his appearance at this weekend's Spookala horror convention event in Florida, and performed tracks by pop superstar Chappell Roan, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails and more

Tracks & Singles
Photographs of Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Machine Head’s Robb Flynn
Corey Taylor and Robb Flynn’s wild tour stories of bust-ups, injuries and urine-soaked tobacco

By Caren Gibson Published

When Slipknot’s Corey Taylor met Machine Head’s Robb Flynn

Interviews
Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Noah Sebastian of Bad Omens
Slipknot's Corey Taylor and Bad Omens' Noah Sebastian have covered Kansas' Dust In The Wind and it's the most gorgeous song you'll hear all week

By Liz Scarlett Published

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor and Bad Omen's Noah Sebastian perform a stunning duet on the soundtrack for the upcoming wrestling film Queen Of The Ring

Tracks & Singles
Corey Taylor and Dave Grohl
Corey Taylor on the reactions to Dave Grohl's recent baby announcement: "If that’s the one thing that defines him, then what are we doing?"

By Metal Hammer Published

Dave Grohl has made headlines for fathering a baby outside of marriage, and Corey Taylor has some thoughts on the whole thing

Interviews
Stone Sour posing for a photograph in 2010
How Stone Sour made the leap from Corey Taylor’s ‘other band’ with Audio Secrecy

By Phillip Wilding Published

In 2010, Stone Sour released their third album Audio Secrecy – and finally shook off the ‘side project’ tag

Albums
Corey taylor performing live in 2024
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor explains 2024 breakdown: “My pursuit of work and all things ego was killing me. And nearly killed me.”

By Matt Mills Published

The Slipknot singer cancelled a North American tour in January, saying his “mental and physical health have been breaking down”

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