Dokken respond to Corey Taylor’s ball sack blow-out

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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After the Slipknot frontman reported that he “blew out” his left testicle while singing “Dokken high notes”, Dokken send him their sympathies

Corey Taylor (Image credit: Scott Dudelson - Getty)

Earlier this week, Slipknot (opens in new tab) frontman Corey Taylor reported he had suffered a rather unfortunate injury while rehearsing for the band’s upcoming European tour (opens in new tab).

Taylor tweeted: “Working on my ‘87 Dokken high notes this morning. Fucked around and blew out the left testicle. Careful on re-entry, kids.”

Dokken have now responded to Taylor and sent him their sympathies in a tweet which read: “Be careful Corey!” The message was accompanied by two laughing emojis and the horns-up graphic.

Taylor replied: “Hahaha… doin’ my best! Why ya gotta hit those highs?!?”

Taylor’s fiancee Alicia Dove later confirmed that the vocalist was feeling better, tweeting: “Can confirm: Corey Taylor’s balls are just fine.”

Slipknot will kick off their tour at next weekend’s Rockfest in Helsinki, Finland (opens in new tab), and release their new studio album We Are Not Your Kind on August 9 through Roadrunner Records.

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Slipknot: We Are Not Your Kind
1. Insert Coin
2. Unsainted
3. Birth Of The Cruel
4. Death Because Of Death
5. Nero Forte
6. Critical Darling
7. Liar’s Funeral
8. Red Flag
9. What’s Next
10. Spiders  
11. Orphan
12. My Pain
13. Not Long For This World
14. Solway Firth 

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Slipknot's brand new album We Are Not Your Kind will be released through Roadrunner Records in August. The follow-up to .5: The Gray Chapter features the lead single Unsainted.

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Scott Munro
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Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.