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Slipknot perform during a concert of 25 Anniversary Tour at Calle 2 on November 1, 2024 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Shawn 'Clown' Crahan says he "could care less" about the bands Slipknot have influenced – as his focus is on where The Nine go next

By Stef Lach published

"We’re only getting more and more dangerous," says Clown as he reflects on band's all-conquering anniversary tour

Corey Taylor on stage

"The whole thing is still as sick as ever." Slipknot put on 2024's biggest heavy metal nostalgia party in Manchester

By Emily Swingle published

Slipknot celebrating their iconic debut album with a visceral - if sometimes slightly too clean - show at the Co Op Live

Shawn "Clown" Crahan of Slipknot performs at First Direct Arena on December 14, 2024 in Leeds, England.

Slipknot's Clown: "We probably have several albums in us right now. It’s looking great."

By Stef Lach published

Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan talks new music, debut album anniversary tour and backstage donkeys

Kelly Osbourne, Sidney Wilson and Sid Wilson attend Sidney Wilson's Birthday Jam Lunch at L'antica Pizzeria da Michele on November 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

Watch Sid WIlson and Kelly Osbourne's son Sidney in adorable backstage moment with masked-up Slipknot

By Stef Lach published

Little Sidney Wilson joins Slipknot's backstage bonding ritual – and it's the cutest thing you'll see today

Jim Root and Shawn Crahan of Slipknot onstage in 2024

“I keep telling Clown that I’m just gonna throw it up on Youtube”: Slipknot guitarist Jim Root often threatens to leak long-delayed album Look Outside Your Window

By Matt Mills published

Sick of waiting for Slipknot’s atmospheric rock album to come out? So is guitarist Jim Root!

Slipknot in 2024

Slipknot announce shows in Australia and New Zealand

By Fraser Lewry published

The Nine will play sideshows in Adelaide and Auckland in addition to already-announced Knotfest dates

Various artists playing this year's Rock For People

Rock For People 2025 announces first bands: Slipknot and Linkin Park to headline, Fontaines D.C., Idles, Spiritbox, In Flames and more also confirmed

By Merlin Alderslade published

Czechia's coolest rock and metal festival has just unveiled its first lineup announcement for 2025

Shawn 'Clown' Crahan of Slipknot

"People would vomit when they saw it": Shawn 'Clown' Crahan on the worst injury he ever sustained with Slipknot

By Liz Scarlett published

Percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan reveals how he lost 25 percent of his arm and opens up about that mysterious Slipknot album from 2008 that's still yet to be released

Slipknot’s Mick Thomson posing for a photograph in a steel-plate mask

“I never wanted to be in a band, I just liked playing music. I was never a showman. If I didn’t have my mask on I wouldn’t be at the front of the stage”: An interview with Mick Thomson, Slipknot’s reluctant guitar hero

By Sam Roberts published

The pressures of fame, blond mullets, ignoring phone calls from rock stars – up close and personal with Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson

Paul Gray/Joey Jordison/Shawn 'Clown' Crahan

"I have to either be in this band or I have to destroy it." A chaotic interview with Slipknot from 1999

By Robyn Doreian published

In 1999 Metal Hammer flew out to Memphis to meet Slipknot for the first time. A near-miss with SWAT teams, legions of fans and an insane show later, we knew they'd change the world

Slipknot 2000

"We were nobodies but in that moment, it felt like we had a shot." How Slipknot overcame jealousy, substance abuse and trauma to become metal's most important band

By Paul Brannigan published

25 years on from their self-titled debut, Slipknot look back at the years that helped them define 21st Century metal

Slipknot on stage in 2000

"He’s got his gas mask on, he’s all taped up and he’s flying like a bird." Inside the chaos and carnage of Slipknot's legendary first UK show at the London Astoria

By Dave Everley published

Slipknot's chaotic, infamous headline show at London's Astoria on December 13 1999 cemented their status as metal's next superstars

Various bands from this year's Aftershock

The 10 bands that defined Aftershock festival 2024

By Joe Daly published

From metal legends to rising stars, Aftershock was stacked with amazing moments

Corey Taylor on stage in 2024

“This is the Slipknot of old - no frills, just brute force." Iowa's metal legends eviscerate Aftershock with one of the heaviest festival headline sets in history

By Joe Daly published

Slipknot's anniversary tour touches down in Aftershock for a savage, unforgettable headline set

Mick thomson of Slipknot

“Just take it all away from me. That’s cool!” Every guitar solo on Slipknot’s debut album “got cut out”, claims Mick Thomson

By Matt Mills published

“Any kind of technical playing was mocked and frowned upon”

Corey Taylor in 2023 and Fred Durst in 2000

“My issues weren’t even with Limp Bizkit. They were with Fred.” Slipknot's Corey Taylor reflects on his 2000s feud with Fred Durst

By Matt Mills published

Taylor looks back on one of his most famous beefs during an appearance on viral Youtube show Hot Ones

Slipknot posing for a photograph in boiler suits in 1999

“They would tell us directly to our faces, ‘You’re not going to last’”: Other bands hated Slipknot on their first Ozzfest tour – but Sharon Osbourne saved them

By Metal Hammer published

Jealous bands would “shit talk” Slipknot when they made their breakout appearance on the 1999 Ozzfest

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor performing live in 2001

“He did exactly what we told him not to do”: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor remembers the night he “almost killed” Sid Wilson

By Matt Mills published

Slipknot’s singer calls the time he flipped his lid at turntablist Sid Wilson “one of the most evil moments of my life”

Joey Jordison

Joey Jordison’s estate has settled its lawsuit against Slipknot

By Matt Mills published

Jordison’s estate sued Slipknot last year, accusing the nu metal stars of profiting off the late drummer’s death and withholding his belongings

Jamie Campbell Bower now and Slipknot in 2000

"Someone said, 'If you see them without their masks on, they will come and kill you!'" Why I love Slipknot's debut album, by Jamie Campbell Bower

By Merlin Alderslade published

The Bloodmagic frontman and Stranger Things actor on why Slipknot's first album remains unlike any other in metal