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Corey Taylor performs Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club into Slipknot’s Spit It Out

At this weekend’s SPOOKALA horror and pop culture convention, Corey Taylor played a 14-song setlist including Stone Sour and Slipknot, plus covers of Violent Femmes, Nine Inch Nails and even Chappell Roan.

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“It made me want to be in a band. It made me want to be Joey Jordison”: Graphic Nature’s Harvey Freeman on the album that changed his life

Graphic Nature’s Harvey Freeman fell in love with Slipknot as soon as he heard their iconic self-titled debut. The vocalist explains how The Nine made him rethink everything…

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Under Cover: How Sleep Token took masks in music to a whole new level

From KISS to Ghost, there’s been a long history of ambiguous imagery in music. No band has used masks quite like Sleep Token, though. Looking further back to the relationship between face decoration and themes of anonymity and identity, comedy and tragedy, theatre and ritual, one can uncover a whole world going on beneath their surface, going all the way to the beginning of humanity itself…

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The big review: Knotfest Sydney

Slipknot’s mega-fest goes down under, with a little help from A Day To Remember, Enter Shikari, BABYMETAL and more…

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Slipknot just played Gematria (The Killing Name) live for the first time ever

If you know, you know. Slipknot gave 2008’s face-melting Gematria (The Killing Name) its live debut, after Corey Taylor previously suggested it would “never” be played…

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Raven Records to host Paul Harries Q&A and charity print sale this Sunday

Meet Kerrang! legend Paul Harries at Camden’s excellent record store, coffee shop and alcohol-free bar this weekend, while helping to raise money for Metal For Good.

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Slipknot's Eloy Casagrande explains the meaning behind his mask

Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande has spoken about his mask being both a tribute to Joey Jordison and his Brazilian culture...

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From Corey Taylor to Eminem: The icons who inspired Kid Bookie

Kid Bookie’s music has thrived by blending rock, hip-hop, trap and more. But what inspires his eclectic sound? We got the man himself to tell us about those artists who made him the trailblazer he is…

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Clown on Slipknot’s year ahead: “We got a new album”

Clown is looking ahead to a 2025 that includes “no complaining” and a new record – but he doesn’t mean Look Outside Your Window, which he says was “never a Slipknot album”.

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This unmasked Slipknot soundcheck is the most surreal thing you’ll see today

Footage has hit the internet of a New Year’s Day soundcheck performance by Slipknot with the whole band having not put on their stage gear just yet – and it’s incredibly cool to see.

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Who are Slipknot’s fans?

We head down to Slipknot’s Here Comes The Pain tour in Manchester to meet the Maggots that had their lives changed forever by nine masked men from the cornfields…

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Slipknot: “Nothing was a certainty back then… It was us against everyone else. In our hearts, it still is”

No band in history felt as confrontational, as dangerous, as downright frightening as Slipknot did when they first burst from the Iowan underground onto the world stage. Concluding 2024’s quarter-century celebrations for their incendiary debut, we join Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan to chart how the horror and beauty, pain and perseverance of that era shaped them…

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Live review: Slipknot, Leeds First Direct Arena

Slipknot turn back the clock to 1999 for an unstoppable, unforgiving opening night of their UK tour…

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Here’s Slipknot’s setlist from the first night of their UK tour

Slipknot’s UK tour kicks off in Leeds with a celebration of their game-changing debut album…

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The live shows that defined Slipknot, as told by Corey and Clown

From unhinged performances in Des Moines’ smallest sweatboxes to the controlled chaos of their arena-conquering present day, the story of Slipknot is one that has been written on the stage. Corey Taylor and Clown look back on the defining shows of The Nine’s lives…

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Slipknot and Linkin Park to headline Rock for People 2025

The 30th anniversary line-up for Czechia’s brilliant Rock for People festival has been revealed, with Slipknot and Linkin Park headlining and the likes of IDLES, Spiritbox, Motionless In White and more all playing.

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Slipknot reveal summer 2025 European tour

Slipknot will be taking over Europe’s rock and metal fests next June, as well as playing some headline dates of their own.

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Corey Taylor performs Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club into Slipknot’s Spit It Out

“It made me want to be in a band. It made me want to be Joey Jordison”: Graphic Nature’s Harvey Freeman on the album that changed his life

Under Cover: How Sleep Token took masks in music to a whole new level

The big review: Knotfest Sydney

Slipknot just played Gematria (The Killing Name) live for the first time ever

Raven Records to host Paul Harries Q&A and charity print sale this Sunday

Slipknot's Eloy Casagrande explains the meaning behind his mask

From Corey Taylor to Eminem: The icons who inspired Kid Bookie

Clown on Slipknot’s year ahead: “We got a new album”

This unmasked Slipknot soundcheck is the most surreal thing you’ll see today

Who are Slipknot’s fans?

Slipknot: “Nothing was a certainty back then… It was us against everyone else. In our hearts, it still is”

Live review: Slipknot, Leeds First Direct Arena

Here’s Slipknot’s setlist from the first night of their UK tour

The live shows that defined Slipknot, as told by Corey and Clown

Slipknot and Linkin Park to headline Rock for People 2025

Slipknot reveal summer 2025 European tour

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