Slipknot guitarists Mick Thomson and Jim Root have praised the work of their Korn counterparts – while James ‘Munky’ Shaffer and Brian ‘Head’ Welch have returned the favour.
The bands toured together earlier this year, continuing a close relationship that’s developed over the years.
In a four-way conversation with MusicRadar Thomson tells Shaffer and Welch: “One thing that I think is a huge credit to you guys is that the heaviest shit isn’t necessarily the simplest, but it’s not verbose. You don’t need loads of notes to be heavy. So you guys would come out and play just a few notes, but crushingly heavy.
“Clown and Paul Gray used to have you guys louder than fuck in any car all the time. That’s how I got to know you. Just single strings, heavy as shit. That’s kind of like the Sabbath way.”
Munky recalls being given Slipknot’s 1999 debut album by producer Ross Robinson. He says: “Ross was like, ‘You’ve got to check this out.’ I had this 4x4 Suburban, and I’d just put a new stereo in it, and I cranked it up and couldn’t turn it up loud enough.
“You could just feel the anger coming out of the speakers. I called Ross up and said, ‘Holy shit – you outdid yourself on this one.’ It was like his masterpiece.”
Slipknot headline Download tomorrow (June 12) as part of European festival tour. Korn return to the UK in July as part of their own run of dates, and they’re expected to play their 1994 self-titled debut in full.
Slipknot tour
Jun 11: Greenfield, Switzerland
Jun 12: Download, UK
Jun 14: Novarock, Austria
Jun 16: Copenhell, Denmark
Jun 19: Hellfest, France
Jun 20: Graspop, Belgium
Korn tour
Jun 20: Graspop, Belgium
Jun 21: Hellfest, France
Jul 15: Manchester O2 Apollo
Jul 16: London O2 Academy Brixton
Jul 18: Resurrection, Spain
Jul 30: Seerock, Austria
Aug 01: Rock Off, Turkey
Aug 03: Bucharest Arenele Romane, Romania
Aug 07: Heavy Montreal, Canada
Sep 19: Rock In Rio, Brazil
Oct 10: Rock Allegiance, Chester, PA
Nov 21: Tokyo Makuhari Messe, Japan
