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Slipknot - Melbourne, Australia: Rod Laver Arena

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on October 28, 2008

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Slipknot - Melbourne, Australia: Rod Laver Arena

Geez, the Metal genre really is a young man’s game these days. Seeing Judas Priest a couple of months back - I was amazed at the lackluster energy on offer as mainman Rob Halford strolled around the stage like a tired old man. He looked like I do when I get out of bed each morning and stumble to the fridge in a ‘Tony Soprano’ like shuffle to get some breakfast. Tonight was the absolute opposite of that as the nine members of Slipknot took charge of the Rod Laver Arena stage like men possessed - or with a ton of gnashing red ants in their collective pants! Barely pausing for breath, their was just so much hyperactivity on deck that it was hard just focussing on the one band member.

Of course, the crowd lapped it all up. Australia has always been a major market for Slipknot and testament to the band’s popularity in Australia, Corey Taylor briefly paused the gig to show off a couple of Gold & Platinum awards for ‘All Hope Is Gone’ - (which debuted at Number 1 on the Australian charts) as well as for the previous ‘Vol 3′ opus. In this era of illegal downloads and such, and for such an extreme band that would get absolutely zero airplay on the quagmire that is Australian Radio - this is quite an achievement.

Unfortunately, with the trappings of the masks and all the theatrics, Slipknot appear to be a very underrated band. I always looked at them with fondness and marveled at their originality and catchy-as-hell musical brutality. I mean, what other Metal act features 9 members - two of them percussionists (and boy does that add to the sound in the live arena or what?) and a DJ?

Four amazing albums into their career, the band has an absolute treasure trove of material to choose from and that is exactly what they did at tonight’s show. Quite honestly, there was never a dull moment be it musical or visual and seeing 9 maniacal band members totally and utterly dominate the stage with ferocity, theatricality and outright presence was a joy to watch. Levitating drums, pyro, bombs, insane clowns beating on metal kegs, violence, ferocity a DJ strutting the stage with a friggn walking stick as he’s still recovering from breaking his ankles at the band’s first show of the tour(!!!) This was truly a classic gig and I’m glad to say I have finally gotten to see Slipknot live!

And kudos to openers Machine Head who delivered one of the loudest sets I’ve ever heard since the glory days of Lemmy and Motorhead. Rob Flynn would have to be one of the most charismatic and dynamic frontmen in Metal today. The sheer energy and outright gusto he delivered was something to behold. Machine Head were simply magnificent with pure adrenalin and energy dripping from the Arena ceiling.

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Slipknot’s Joey Jordinson Breaks Ankle

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on August 21, 2008

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Slipknot's Joey Jordinson Breaks Ankle

To Our Fans:

It is with huge regret and disappointment that we have been forced to cancel our imminent European festival appearances at Leeds, Reading, 2 Days a Week, Area 4, as well as exclusive performances for MTV Europe and Virgin TV. The other night, Joey Jordison broke his ankle and doctors have advised Joey to stay off his leg for 4-6 weeks to prevent further injury or permanent and more serious damage.

We know you will be hugely disappointed and so are we. Canceling shows is never an easy decision and we apologize to all our fans, friends and family for not being there to throw down with you. We will be back in Europe this November and can’t wait to see you all then.

Stay (sic),
Slipknot

Slipknot Blamed For Teen Murders

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on August 19, 2008

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Slipknot Blamed For Teen Murders

Slipknot have been blamed for a savage murder and series of stabbings in South Africa yesterday.

A schoolboy, dressed akin to Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, was high on drugs when he stabbed a fellow pupil to death with a sword in Krugersdorp, South Africa. He then went on to stab two of the schools gardeners at Nic Diederichs technical high school.

“He stabbed one of the schoolkids in the neck and he died. He then went further and stabbed a gardener in the back and another gardener in the face. They were taken to hospital in serious conditions,” said Jacob Raboroko of the Johannesburg police force.

A representative for Slipknot’s record label, Roadrunner Records, has told South Africa’s The Times web site that the band had no comment regarding reports that the schoolboy (18-year-old Morné Harmse) who stabbed a fellow student to death with a sword in Krugersdorp, South Africa Monday morning (August 18) was dressed like Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison.

Declining to provide her name, the woman at Roadrunner Records said: “We’ve had no confirmation that it was, in fact, a Slipknot mask. The band is not going to respond.”

When asked how they had found out about the stabbing, the representative would say only that people had been phoning the label all day.

Local South African metal bands defended the music genre. As Internet forums from across the world buzzed over the incident, commentators said metal music had “always drawn the short end of the stick” in being linked to Satanism and teenage violence.

Hugo Louw of metal band FEARSTRIKE told The Times: “If you are down, then the music [lyrics] will work with your mind. You need to be mentally strong to listen to that kind of music.”

Louw said it was not fair to blame incidents such as the one in Krugersdorp on the music.

“It is not fair to blame it on heavy metal … it tells fans to show people you are strong and to not be afraid.”

Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor told Blender Magazine: “Obviously, I’m disturbed by the fact that people were hurt and someone died. As far as my responsibility for that goes, it stops there, because I know our message is actually very positive.” He continued,”You have something like this happen, it could have been Marilyn Manson, it could have been any number of people who make art that is startling visually, on the darker side. It could’ve been Pat Boone, for Christ’s sake. At the end of the day, there are always going to be mental disorders and people who cause violence for no other reason than the fact that they’re fucked up and lost. And all we can do is try to learn from it.”

Slipknot Get The Kerrang! Treatment

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on July 25, 2008

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Slipknot Kerrang

To mark the return of the mighty Slipknot, this week’s Kerrang! magazine features not one but nine individual covers!

Slipknot are only the third band in K!’s 27 year history to be honoured in this way, joining Kiss and My Chemical Romance.

Check out the covers after the jump!
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Slipknot: All Hope Is Gone Artwork

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on July 9, 2008

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All Hope Is Gone

The final artwork for the new Slipknot album, ‘All Hope Is Gone’, can be viewed after the jump.

Apple’s iTunes music store is currently accepting pre-orders for ‘All Hope Is Gone’ featuring four bonus tracks, including one that will be made available exclusively to those customers who pre-order the CD.

The track listing for ‘All Hope Is Gone’:

01. .execute.
02. Gematria (The Killing Name)
03. Sulfur
04. Psychosocial
05. Dead Memories
06. Vendetta
07. Butcher’s Hook
08. Gehenna
09. The Cold Black
10. Wherein Lies Continue
11. Snuff
12. All Hope is Gone

Special Edition Tracks:

13. Child of Burning Time (Bonus Track)
14. Vermillion Pt. 2 (Bloodstone Mix) (Bonus Track)
15. Til We Die (Bonus Track)
16. iTunes Exclusive Track [Pre-Order Only]

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The New Slipknot Masks

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on July 1, 2008

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The New Slipknot Masks

On July 1, Slipknot, the Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum nine man hard rock enigma, will unveil its new imagery in an exclusive partnership with AOL Music, the web’s most trafficked online music destination. This highly anticipated debut kicks-starts the launch of Slipknot’s new album, All Hope Is Gone, which is set for release on Roadrunner Records on August 26th. Masks are an integral part of the band’s identity and to reflect this point, AOL Music’s Spinner.com will host a retrospective photo gallery of Slipknot masks throughout their career, spanning all three previous albums and including the most recent controversial ‘Purgatory Masks’. The Slipknot mask unveiling will be featured on the main page of Spinner.com worldwide for 24 hours.

The latest masks are creepier and more intricate than ever — some evoking the chilling countenance of film horror figures like Hannibal Lecter and Pinhead. Not kidding. So feast your eyes on the new collection, then take a trip back in time with pics of every mask worn by the band throughout its career.

Superbly photographed by the ever-amazing P.R. Brown the new masks looks positively amazing. Much more intricate than previous versions and hopefully, (fingers crossed) - the new music can match up to the image.

The New Slipknot Masks

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All Hope Is Gone

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on June 19, 2008

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The time has come… new Slipknot album details are beginning to emerge. There’s a title, release date and first single details slowing permeating the ‘net. After many rumours, it has been officially announced that Slipknot will name their brand new album ‘All Hope Is Gone’. The album is scheduled to be released on August 25th (the day after their UK Reading Festival performance) and will be preceded by a single called ‘Psychosocial’ which will be available to download from next Monday, June 30th.

According to Corey Taylor: “Every album we have made is a statement about that space in time. I think this era is the most mature, most beautiful and the most powerful. We have made an album that will show the road behind, the road ahead, and where we are as men. I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever made. And I challenge anyone to prove me wrong.”

The band’s official website has been a hive of activity of late. The band has been posting these eerie photos of themselves in very, very ‘Easter Island’ type of masks. No idea if we are in for such a radical image change but I guess, all will be revealed in due course.

If the new album can be half as good as 2004’s ‘Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses’ then we are in for a real treat as personally, I found that to be an amazing album. But as far as the leaked track goes… here’s hoping the rest will be somewhat better hey?

Slipknot: Voliminal

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on December 3, 2006

in DVD and Music

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Slipknot: Voliminal

I gotta tell you - I love Slipknot. Take away all the chaos, the masks, the gimmicks and you have a damn fine band and a band offering something new to the world of Metal and harder edged music. I mean, can you name me any other Metal act that is a nine-piece and/or features percussionists as part of their repetoire? And besides, the band’s last album ‘Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses’ is an absolute classic slab of modern and innovative Metal music.

But behind the mystery and the masked faces, lies an incredibly volatile and intense band that has managed to survive with no line-up changes in close to a decade. Quite an accomplishment with a nine-piece outfit.

‘Voliminal: Inside the Nine’ is Slipknot’s ambitious new DVD shot by percussionist M. Shawn Crahan, a.k.a. Clown. Crahan trawled through over 300 tapes culling snippets of mayhem from Slipknot’s monumental album and tour of the last couple of years. I can only begin to imagine how draining and exhaustive such a project would be to undertake but when all is said and done, it’s all rather slapstick, somewhat disjointed and comes no where near in capturing the underbelly of what it must be like to be in Slipknot. I would have loved to have seen more footage from the making of the ‘Subliminal Verses’ album than the monotony of on-stage snippets present here. Director Crahan should have taken inspiration from Trent Reznor and how he did this sort of (warts and all) project. Nine Inch Nail’s ‘Closure’ takes the correct approach in presenting an expose of life on the road and comes across as disturbing and morose. Slipknot’s take is rather mundane and even childish in places - and that left me feeling rather disappointed in what was a highly anticipated release by yours truly. I mean, a constant theme throughout is a flooded-toilet. Whoopee Doo!

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