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Rock in Rio has announced a number of big names that will serve as headliners for the seven-day Brazilian music festival: Katy Perry, Faith No More, John Legend, Slipknot, System of A Down and Queens of The Stone Age. The event is traditionally referred to as "the world's biggest music festival" and drew more than one million attendees during its 2013 edition. -
Grammys 2015 Best Metal Performance Nominees, Who Should & Will Win: Mastodon and Slipknot Wait for Old Guard to Lose Sway
The Best Metal Performance Grammy nominees add up a whole bunch of what you would expect: old bands (Motörhead and Anthrax) playing the role of favorites while more modern acts (Mastodon and Slipknot) wait for the tides to shift. Tenacious D wonders how it even got a nomination, being a comedy act and all, while Ronnie James Dio is the real winner. -
Slipknot Announce Summer 2015 Tour With Lamb of God, Bullet for My Valentine, Motionless In White
Slipknot recently announced a spring tour with Hatebreed, but fans will be excited to learn that the band will continue their road trip with a massive summer tour. -
Kirk Hammett Books 3 Rock Superstars for 'Fear FestEvil' and None of Them Are From Metallica
Metallica's Orion Fest may not have succeeded on a financial level enough to justify future versions, but guitarist Kirk Hammett and his "Kirk von Hammet''s Fear FestEvil" will have a second run in San Jose during April. The thrash icon and horror movie enthusiast has announced a lineup for the three-day event, although the characters he's booked for a panel may be even more exciting than the confirmed musicians: Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Rob Zombie guitarist John 5 and Slash will all appear in speaking roles. -
Slipknot and Korn Perform a Vicious Cover of the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' Live in London for Frenzied Crowd [WATCH]
Slipknot and Korn are currently on a co-headlining tour in the U.K., putting on shows that are bound to be scary and thrilling all at once. The two bands shared the stage in London last night (Jan. 23) to pay tribute to the Beastie Boys with a vicious cover of the rap trio's 1994 hit, "Sabotage." Some fans were able to capture the collaboration on video, but Korn promised a full video of the performance in the future. -
Slipknot Announces US Tour Dates, Hatebreed to Support Group [SCHEDULE]
Slipknot is planning to make your spring a little heavier — the band just announced a handful of U.S. tour dates with fellow headbangers Hatebreed. The band will tour behind their most recent album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", which was released in October. Fan club members can order tickets now followed by a general public sale starting Jan. 23, Blabbermouth reports. -
Slipknot's Corey Taylor Talks Follow-Up to '.5:The Gray Chapter' and Six-Year Recording Gap Between Last Albums
Slipknot took a six-year break from recording from "All Hope is Gone" to their most recent effort, ".5: The Gray Chapter," which was released in October. It sounds like the time between their new effort and next record is going to be much shorter. Jim Root and Mick Thomson recently confirmed this in an interview, and now Corey Taylor is joining in on the rumors. -
New Slipknot Album Already Planned for 2015/2016? Jim Root and Mick Thomson Say Band Ready to Hit Studio Post-Tour
Slipknot fans had to wait more than six years between the release of All Hope Is Gone ands 2014's chart topping .5: The Gray Chapter but the next wait for music from the metal group may be much shorter. A recent interview with Music Radar found guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson suggesting that the band would like to get back into the studio as soon as its current tour lets up, meaning a new album could be ready as early as late 2015/early 2016. -
Foo Fighters, Slipknot Supergroup Teenage Time Killers Inks Record Deal, Features Dave Grohl, Corey Taylor and More
Dave Grohl and Corey Taylor are the most recent artists to join a supergroup. The Foo Fighters/Slipknot hybrid Teenage Time Killer was created by Corrosion of Conformity's Reed Mullin and also features former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri and Lamb of God's Randy Blythe. The group made things super official too, inking a recording deal with Rise Records. -
8 Best Musical Comebacks of '14: Garth Brooks, D'Angelo, More
For whatever reason, 2014 was the year where a ton of musicians decided to get their acts together and reunite, come out of retirement or finally release that album we have been desperately craving for more than 10 years. Here are 2014's eight best comebacks: -
Spotify Demonstrates via Slipknot That Band-Sponsored "Takeovers" Result in Huge Listening Bumps (as Do New Albums)
Spotify has cleverly disguised its most recent self-promotion as an entry on its Insights blog, which track listening trends among members. The last entry notes how well Slipknot did as a result of its Halloween "takeover," or the band's curation of the popular "Rock Right Now" playlist. The metal band saw a distinct spike in listeners as a result...also-known-as Spotify wants you as a major label act to know that you'll reach so many new people if you host a takeover on their site (and garner them some attention in the meantime). The stats are hard to deny however. -
Welcome To Rockville Fest Announces Slipknot, Of Mice & Men, Motionless In White, More [LINEUP]
Slipknot, Motionless In White and Of Mice & Men were just added to Welcome To Rockville, a two-day festival in Jacksonville, Fla., that will feature some of the best metal artists in the world on April 25 and 26. -
Jim Root Says Slipknot has Never Made Money From Record Sales
Despite being one of the biggest names in contemporary metal, Slipknot has never made money from record sales. At least that's what guitarist, Jim Root, is saying. -
Corey Taylor Talks Jim Root's Dismissal from Stone Sour, Says Things Were 'Awkward' in Slipknot for Awhile
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor recently discussed the reasoning behind why guitarist Jim Root was dismissed from Stone Sour. Root, who plays guitar in Slipknot and also worked with Stone Sour, was kicked out of the latter in 2013. It was a necessary move, Taylor said, in order to ensure both bands survived. Stone Sour is readying its upcoming album of covers while Slipknot is out on the road in support of .5: The Gray Chapter. -
Slipknot, Linkin Park and Judas Priest Named as Headliners for Rock on The Range 2015
We in the Greater Columbus area have come to expect the lineups of Rock on The Range, one of the nation's biggest rock festivals, to come out during February, but "Christmas came early" and now we know what to expect when the ninth version of the show rolls in next May: Slipknot, Judas Priest and Linkin Park will serve as the respective headliners.
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