"Shock rock" band Slipknot led the nominations on Wednesday for the Kerrang! Awards, Britain's biggest heavy metal music prize. The nine-piece band, known for their...
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A Slipknot fan has died after suffering a heart attack at one of the metal band's gigs in Iowa. Corey Nickels, 29, collapsed on the concourse level of the Mid-America...
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As Slipknot prepares to hit the road later this month, the frontman for the masked Iowa metal band is making plans to record his first solo album. "I know I have this album...
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Who knew The Game and Al Gore had so much in common? Sadly for them, both have now wound up on the wrong end of a recount. This morning, the rapper appeared to have a...
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The moment is burned into the mind of Roadrunner Records president Jonas Nachsin. It was 1999, and his label had convinced Ozzfest organizers to put its newly signed...
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Slipknot's concert at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Friday night (April 29) was disrupted by violence, according to Omaha TV station WOWT. Authorities...
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Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan has left the band's current Subliminal Verses tour to care for his ailing wife, according to Blabbermouth.net. The band performed...
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A woman named Susan Balfour is trying to stop the Aggressive Music Festival, scheduled for July 17 and 18 in Glens Falls, New York, according to local news channel Capital...
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The cover of Slipknot's new album, titled Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses), features a mask that doesn't belong to one of the nine members of the band. This new mask was...
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Des Moines, Iowa-based extreme rockers Slipknot have been barred from staging a hometown concert at the 7 Flags Event Center in nearby Clive City, according to...
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Music from heavy metal cult band Slipknot has been associated with the murder of a 22-year-old man in California, according to the San Bernadino Police.
Twenty-year old...
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Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was arrested on Sunday (June 1) in Des Moines, Iowa, and taken into custody for possession of marijuana, cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and for...
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Slipknot's next album will likely be its final release. While the band will also tour in support of the album, the follow-up to 2000's Iowa, singer Corey Taylor claims the...
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Slipknot releases its full-length DVD, Disasterpieces, on Tuesday (November 26). Band mastermind Shawn Crahan, a.k.a. Clown, told LAUNCH that not only is the technology of...
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Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison sat in with Papa Roach during P-Roach's European tour closer at Brixton Academy in London late last week. The sold-out appearance took place...
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The first single from Stone Sour's self-titled debut, "Bother," climbs to Number Seven this week on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. The orchestrated song is softer than most...
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Stone Sour played the World in New York City on Tuesday night (October 15) with former Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso filling in for the injured Joel Ekman. DeGrasso had to...
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Henry Rollins is set to release Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs To Benefit The West Memphis Three on Tuesday (October 8). The album features covers of 24 classic Black Flag...
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Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor is set to release an album with his other band, Stone Sour, on Tuesday (August 27). The self-titled Roadrunner debut is more melodic and isn't...
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Slipknot offshoot band Murderdolls kicks off a tour Tuesday (July 30) in San Diego. The band's Roadrunner Records debut, Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls, is due at the...
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The Murderdolls, featuring Slipknot's Joey Jordison and Static X's Tripp Eisen, will preview songs from their upcoming album, Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls, with a...
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Slipknot is currently working on a DVD release, while multiple members of the Des Moines, Iowa metal outfit are currently involved in side projects with albums due later...
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Slipknot singer Corey Taylor has moved on up in his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa. He sealed a deal on Friday (March 15) for a new home in one of the city's wealthiest...
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Slipknot is enjoying its second Grammy nomination in as many years as "Left Behind" is up for best metal performance. Bassist Paul Grey shares his thoughts on his band's...
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An illness to the wife of Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. #6 and Clown) has forced the group to cancel their upcoming American headlining tour in support of its...
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(10/20/01, 10 a.m. ET) --
Citing "the international tensions, current conflict, and growing safety problems involving our country," Slipknot has decided to postpone its...
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Slipknot and System Of A Down's Pledge Of Allegiance Tour played the Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday night (September 29) to a star-studded crowd. Among those in the...
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Four of the five postponed dates of the Pledge Of Allegiance Tour, featuring co-headliners Slipknot and System Of A Down, have now been rescheduled for later in the...
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Slipknot's much-anticipated second album, Iowa, arrived in stores on Tuesday (August 28). Leader Clown, whose real name is Shawn Crahan, told LAUNCH the band is supremely...
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Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Disturbed, and Mudvayne arrive today (July 6) at the AmSouth Amphitheater in Antioch, Tennessee for the latest date of the OffFest, the...
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Slipknot first joined OzzFest in 1999 as a second-stage band whose self-titled Roadrunner Records debut had yet to be released. But when this year's version of the metal...
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Slipknot and System Of A Down have announced the Pledge Of Allegiance tour, which is set to kick off October 1 in Las Vegas at the Thomas And Mack Center. Both bands will...
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Slipknot has canceled its brief tour that was to begin on Friday (May 4), and now the band has pushed back the release date for the still-untitled album to July 17. Instead...
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Slipknot's "Wait & Bleed" squares off tonight (February 21) in the category of best heavy metal performance at the Grammy Awards against the Deftones' "Elite," Iron Maiden's...
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While the other members of the band have not announced their plans, Slipknot percussionist Clown will not be attending the Grammy Awards next week, where the group has...
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Slipknot has canceled its pre-Grammy/Masquerade party in Hollywood, California, in order to concentrate on recording its next album. The show was originally scheduled for...
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Slipknot affectionately calls its fans "maggots," and band mastermind Shawn Crahan told LAUNCH it's because of those "maggots" that it occurred to Grammy voters to nominate...
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Slipknot will release a special edition of its self-titled platinum album containing six additional tracks. Included as an added bonus are "Surfacing" (live), "Despise"...
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Korn is currently looking for bands to keep its annual Family Values tour alive, and it looks like one of the top slots may be filled by Slipknot.
Slipknot's founder and...
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Seemingly out of nowhere, Des Moines, Iowa metal monsters Slipknot debuted this week at the top of the Billboard Music Video chart, besting new releases by perennial...
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