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"One of the scariest songs I ever heard." Slipknot's Corey Taylor pays tribute to Black Sabbath, reveals the song he listens to so he can "go some place mentally."
By Merlin Alderslade published
Slipknot aren't playing Black Sabbath's final show, but the metal legends have had a profound impact on Corey et al all the same

“The ultimate anti-everything symbol”: How heavy metal found its fashion sense
By Matt Mills published
From denim vests to bullet belts and drawer after drawer of black t-shirts, this is how metal music developed its signature dress code

10 classic rock and metal tunes you (probably) forgot were released as movie tie-ins
By Rich Hobson published
From U2 in a Batman movie to Korn in Tomb Raider and Slayer in Dracula, these songs have outshone the movies they were first featured in

"We are missing one of our brothers." Watch Slipknot play to a massive crowd headlining Rock Am Ring festival without founding member Shawn Crahan
By Paul Brannigan published
Watch pro-shot footage of Slipknot's headline performance for 90,000 maggots in Germany

Slipknot’s Jim Root once asked Diamond Rowe of nu metal up-and-comers Tetrarch for guitar lessons
By Metal Hammer published
Rowe’s nu metal revivalists have also been endorsed by members of Fear Factory and Hatebreed

Jim Root wants Slipknot’s new album to be made like the debut and Iowa
By Matt Mills published
The guitarist also reveals that he has “six finished arrangements” for the nu metal icons’ eighth studio album

Joey Jordison’s former death metal band Sinsaenum are back, will release new album in tribute to late Slipknot drummer
By Matt Mills published
Sinsaenum – also featuring members of Kreator, Mayhem and others – will continue with Jordison’s old drum tech behind the kit

Slipknot wrote “a bunch” of new music during the pandemic – and guitarist Jim Root says they’re scrapping all of it
By Matt Mills published
“We need to just kind of, like, maybe sweep all that shit under a rug and start fresh”

Joey Jordison’s original Slipknot logo design revealed via social media
By Matt Mills published
The late Slipknot drummer’s family have shared his initial sketch for the band’s legendary logo

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
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