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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

Slipknot in 2024

Slipknot's set at Knotfest Iowa cut short by severe weather

By Stef Lach published

Slipknot forced to play earlier than planned and were onstage for under an hour as weather turned ugly

Slipknot in 2000

“You would see them lift their masks, puke in a bucket and keep going!” Slipknot’s first manager remembers wild 90s Iowa shows

By Matt Mills published

Sophia John reflects on the rabid gigs Slipknot played as they made themselves known in the mid-to-late 90s

Slipknot posing for a photograph in boiler suits in 1999

“There’s new artwork, there’s music that’s so punk rock from board tapes, there’s audio, visuals, everything”: Slipknot are planning a 25th anniversary reissue of their iconic debut album

By Metal Hammer published

Exclusive: Clown tells Metal Hammer about the upcoming reissue of Slipknot’s debut album

Swollen Teeth in 2024

“This is our way of saying welcome to the world”: Nu metal mystery men Swollen Teeth release new single Family, produced by Slipknot’s Sid Wilson and genre god Ross Robinson

By Matt Mills published

Your favourite masked nu metal band (apart from that one and the other one) have returned with a new single, backed by two of their genre’s most influential figures

MHR392 Slipknot Cover

“People are gone. Craig’s out. Chris is out, Joey’s out, Paul’s out. The band is different.” Slipknot’s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan admits the band aren’t as “close” now as they were 25 years ago

By Matt Mills published

After lineup changes and the deaths of Joey Jordison and Paul Gray, Clown says Slipknot “will never be like” how it was in the early days

MHR392 Slipknot Cover

"We were nobodies, anonymous and faceless, but it felt like maybe we had a shot." The new issue of Metal Hammer is a bumper celebration of Slipknot’s debut album – and comes with an exclusive patch and charm

By Eleanor Goodman published

The latest issue of Metal Hammer magazine comes with two gifts and 28 pages of Slipknot