Latest articles by Martin Kielty
"We show no mercy!” 10cc announce the Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour
Well, what else do you call the 2024 follow-up to last year’s Ultimate Greatest Hits tour?
Now that's what I call demented: Watch Focus play Hocus Pocus stupidly fast on Midnight Special
The song was nearly seven minutes long – but the Dutch prog jesters only had four minutes to play it. The solution? PLAY IT FAST!
Robert Fripp went to war in 1976: It's a battle he's still fighting
King Crimson downed tools as Robert Fripp's battle with Universal Music escalated. It’s a war he’s waged since the 1970s, he says, on behalf of artists everywhere
"Youth is a funny thing, isn’t it?" Clannad: their final chapter
In 2020, Clannad released the career-spanning anthology, In A Lifetime, and announced they would soon be calling it a day. From Harry’s Game and Robin Of Sherwood, to drugs and miscarriages, vocalists Moya and Pól Brennan run through the highs and lows of the last 50 years
Slipknot ‘wearing influences on sleeve’ for next album says Corey Taylor
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says the band are revisiting their early influences as they plan their 6th album
Hear 70 Slipknot songs in 7 minutes
YouTuber Paschalis Theotokis’ latest video features clips from 70 Slipknot covered in just 7 minutes
Slipknot ‘just hitting our stride’ says Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor says Slipknot are on the verge of reaching their peak - even though they’ve already been around for 17 years
Corey Taylor: Clown’s not changing his name
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor confirms bandmate Clown is keeping stage name after comedy show comment is reported as fact
Corey Taylor recalls being forbidden to join Anthrax
Corey Taylor tells Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian he felt “crestfallen” when record label blocked him from joining thrash icons in 2007
Slipknot ‘ain’t doing shit right now’ says Corey Taylor
Despite previous reports, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says there’s nothing much happening with 6th album
Corey Taylor: I went back to Slipknot too soon after surgery
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor accepts he should have taken more time after spinal surgery before going back on tour with Slipknot - but he didn’t want to
Corey Taylor: I want to say sorry to Rick Rubin
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says he regrets calling producer Rick Rubin ‘overrated’ and ‘overpaid’ - and hopes for chance to make amends
Corey Taylor shares room-trashing tips
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor reveals tips for trashing hotel rooms - even though he’s only done it once
Corey Taylor salutes Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax
Corey Taylor hails Big 4 of thrash and picks one album as greatest - as Slipknot bandmate Clown confirms release of Officer Downe movie
Why Corey Taylor won’t stop speaking his mind
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says he’d just be a “dick from Iowa” if he didn’t speak his mind in interviews
Slipknot’s Jim Root in back surgery
Slipknot guitarist Jim Root reveals he underwent back surgery 2 days after weekend festival appearance
Sinsaenum launch Anfang des Albtraumes video
View Sinaenum’s lyric video for Anfang des Albtraumes from debut album Echoes Of The Tortured
Ozzfest Meets Knotfest stage times revealed
Black Sabbath and Slipknot confirm running times for collaborative festival in California this month
Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg: I started album work hours after my audition
Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has recalled how he was asked to start work on .5: The Gray Chapter the day after his audition
Jim Root reveals Slipknot tricks in instructional DVD
Slipknot guitarist Jim Root opens up on the making of .5: The Gray Chapter in how-to documentary film
Slipknot album 2 years away says Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor calms speculation about Slipknot’s 6th album after Clown reports writing will start soon
Slipknot hiring young drummer was dumb, jokes Corey Taylor
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor jokes with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich about the downside of working with 26-year-old drummer: ‘This is the dumbest thing we’ve ever done!’
Corey Taylor appears in Sharknado 4
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor will appear in the 4th Sharknado movie, to be screened in July
