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Lord Of The Lost 2023

"I Believe In A Thing Called Love inspired me to start my own glam rock band": Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms picks the 10 songs that changed his life

By Emily Swingle published

From Roxette and David Bowie to Iron Maiden and Slipknot, these are the records that made Lord Of The Lost frontman Chris Harms

Corey Taylor in 2023

“I felt like I wasn’t getting the credit for the things I was actually writing”: Corey Taylor says lack of recognition in Slipknot and Stone Sour inspired his solo career

By Matt Mills published

“There was a lot of stuff that either wouldn’t have been written without me, or that I wrote and other people gave themselves credit for,” Corey Taylor says of Slipknot

Photos of Bring Me The Horizon, Metallica, Slipknot and Iron Maiden performing live

10 times massive metal bands played ridiculously intimate concerts

By Stephen Hill published

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slipknot have all performed to the tiniest of crowds after making it big

Photos of Corey Taylor, Sleep Token and Code Orange in 2023

“I love that nobody knows who Sleep Token are!” These are the up-and-coming metal bands Corey Taylor thinks you should be listening to

By Alec Chillingworth published

Slipknot’s Great Big Mouth has a great big soft spot for Sleep Token, Code Orange and Bad Omens

Corey Taylor 2023

"All the dramas in my life caught up with me." Corey Taylor on Slipknot, sobriety, and going solo

By Dave Everley published

Almost 25 years since Slipknot's self-titled debut, Corey Taylor might be suffering, but he's by no means throwing in the towel as he prepares for his second solo album CMF2

Artworks for Metallica, Guns N Roses, Megadeth and Trivium albums

10 terrible heavy metal albums that sold shockingly well

By Emily Swingle published

Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Morbid Angel have all scored chart success with sub-par music – somehow

Corey Taylor now, and during his 2003 Top Of The Pops appearance

"I was so nervous I had to slam Jack and Cokes": Corey Taylor on being drunk on Top Of The Pops

By Merlin Alderslade published

The Slipknot and Stone Sour legend needed a little Dutch courage to help his appearance on the iconic British music TV show

Corey Taylor in 2023

"You get one chance at grabbing lightning": Corey Taylor says Stone Sour were "never going to have the same impact" as Slipknot

By Rich Hobson published

Corey Taylor opens up on the relationship between Stone Sour and Slipknot in an interview in the new issue of Metal Hammer

Corey Taylor in 2023

"We came out and it was packed and people were hanging from ****. I’d never seen anything like it." Corey Taylor on the crazy moment he realised Slipknot had made it

By Merlin Alderslade published

Corey knew things were starting to go well for Slipknot. Then one legendary gig abroad made him realise JUST how well

Photos of Metallica, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and Avenged Sevenfold performing live

10 iconic metal bands with one bad album

By Stephen Hill published

Metallica, Slipknot and Avenged Sevenfold are all hugely reliable bands – apart from on one painful occasion

Robert Fripp holding a guitar

“The solo on Enter Sandman is a real hummer! I just love it!” King Crimson’s Robert Fripp shares his love for Metallica, Megadeth, Slipknot and Korn

By Matt Mills published

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, whose YouTube covers with wife Toyah Willcox frequently go viral, has expressed his admiration for a host of heavy metal stars

Conan O'Brien in 2023

“Die! Death! Rot! You’re in a never-ending hooooooole!” Watch Conan O’Brien’s hilariously disastrous attempt at death metal vocals

By Matt Mills published

Conan O’Brien’s had Slipknot, Linkin Park and Lamb Of God on his late-night show, but we don’t see a stint fronting Cannibal Corpse in his future

Corey Taylor

"Do the holes for your neck in your t-shirts have to be cut bigger for that neck you have?": Watch Corey Taylor react to hilarious trash talk from fans

By Liz Scarlett published

Corey Taylor asked fans to send him mean comments in celebration of his new single Talk Sick

Fred Durst, Corey Taylor, Chester Bennington, Jonathan Davis and Serj Tankian

The 10 greatest nu metal bands of all time

By Merlin Alderslade published

Nu metal is undoubtedly the genre that defined a generation of heavy bands. Here are the ten greatest to ever be blessed with the nu metal tag

Photos of Corey Taylor, Ozzy Osbourne, Eddie Van Halen and Bruce Dickinson

From 'The Pale Ones' to, erm, 'Gwaaarrrgghhlllgh': 10 legendary metal bands that used to have incredibly goofy names

By Matt Mills published

Before Slipknot, Black Sabbath and Linkin Park became stars, they had names that no one would have ever taken seriously

Corey Taylor and St. Anger

"When it came out, I was a raging alcoholic prick...I wasn't paying attention to the songs": Corey Taylor on why he now loves Metallica's St. Anger

By Liz Scarlett published

Slipknot's Corey Taylor explains how he went from hating Metallica's St. Anger to being a fan

Sleep Token singer Vessel performing live

“Our identities are unimportant.” Unlike Slipknot or Ghost, no one seems to want to know who's behind the mask in Sleep Token. From TikTok infamy to their strange sex appeal, here’s why

By Matt Mills published

Metal has a long history with mysterious masked bands. Sleep Token fans, however, have no interest in peeking behind the mask

Slipknot: Live at MSG cover art

Slipknot sound like a deranged and destructive organism on the 77-minute sensory blitzkrieg of Live At MSG

By Dom Lawson published

Slipknot's historic 2009 Madison Square Garden show, now available for the first time on vinyl

Screenshots from Slipknot's Spit It Out, Foo Fighters' Low and Soundgarden's Jesus Christ Pose

10 hard rock and heavy metal music videos that got banned for the dumbest reasons

By Stephen Hill published

Classic songs by Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Slipknot have all been taken off the airwaves with the most frivolous excuses

Slipknot in 2000

“We were going to take the world by any means necessary”: How Slipknot’s Wait And Bleed punished the mainstream and became the essential nu metal song

By Stephen Hill published

Wait And Bleed was just a demo in dire need of a chorus in 1998. One year later, it was a cornerstone of Slipknot’s stunning debut album and on track to become a megahit.