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Knotfest Australia to take “short break” next year, returning in 2027

Knotfest-goers down under won’t be getting a festival in 2026 – but the following year promises to be “the best Knotfest Australia yet”.

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Slipknot share ferocious demo of Me Inside from 25th anniversary edition of their debut

Is that Anders Colsefni we can hear?! Check out Slipknot’s special demo version of Me Inside.

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Album review: Sinsaenum – In Devastation

Joey Jordison’s metal supergroup Sinsaenum turn mourning into defiance on thrilling third album.

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Slipknot reveal long-awaited 25th anniversary deluxe reissue

Listen to a previously-unreleased demo of Prosthetics, taken from the upcoming Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition) album.

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Slipknot’s countdown timer ended to reveal 100 ‘blood-filled’ vinyl box sets

Slipknot just dropped – and instantly sold out of – a six-LP box set celebrating the 25th anniversary of their iconic debut album, but there’s more variants to come…

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Slipknot launch cryptic website and countdown timer

Slipknot have started teasing something online, looking like it’s related to their 1999 self-titled album and a potential anniversary reissue…

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The big review: Rock for People 2025

You know where you are? You’re in the Czech Republic, baby! GN’R, Slipknot, Linkin Park and more spend five days rocking the people of Rock for People…

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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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Knotfest Australia to take “short break” next year, returning in 2027

Slipknot share ferocious demo of Me Inside from 25th anniversary edition of their debut

Album review: Sinsaenum – In Devastation

Slipknot reveal long-awaited 25th anniversary deluxe reissue

Slipknot’s countdown timer ended to reveal 100 ‘blood-filled’ vinyl box sets

Slipknot launch cryptic website and countdown timer

The big review: Rock for People 2025

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

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