Slipknot: Last News

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has revisited his recent beef with Machine Gun Kelly during a Q&A appearance at this year’s ShipRocked.The fallout between the pair began last September after MGK hit out at the metal legends at Chicago’s Riot Fest, saying onstage: “You wanna know what I’m really happy that I’m not doing? Being 50 years old wearing a fucking weird mask on a fucking stage, talking shit.”His onstage diss came after Taylor appeared to dismissively allude to Kelly in an interview earlier this year: “I hate all new rock for the most part. I [hate] the artists who failed in one genre and decided to go rock and I think he knows who he is.”After MGK’s comments went viral, he took to social media, tweeting: “Very odd that when an artist talks shit, and I respond, I’m the bad guy.”He followed it up by saying his issues with Taylor dated back to when he was working on his 2020 album ‘Tickets To My Downfall’.“Corey did a verse for a song on tickets to my downfall album, it was fucking terrible, so i didn’t use it,” he wrote on Twitter.“He got mad about it, and talked shit to a magazine about the same album he was almost on.

Slipknot have announced their 2022 Knotfest Roadshow, which will see them perform live across North America from March until June.The 40-date tour will see support from In This Moment and JINJER (March 16-April 17) and Cypress Hill and Ho99o9 (May 18-June 18). It kicks off on March 16 at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota before wrapping on June 18 at North Island Credit Union Amiptheater in Chula Vista, California.Tickets and VIP packages go on sale this Friday (January 21) at 10am local time here.You can see the full list of dates in the tweet below.KNOTFEST ROADSHOW is back.

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has admitted that he wasn’t a fan of the mask he wore during the ‘We Are Not Your Kind‘ tour.Speaking during a Q+A at Texas Frightmare Weekend, he explained that he spent three months designing his latest mask, which he debuted for the first time in early September.“‘Cause the last one was – it was cool but it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do,” Taylor said.“So this time around, I started early.

Slipknot have had to postpone the Japanese leg of their travelling Knotfest show for a third time and have confirmed a new date for 2023.Originally meant to take place in March 2020 as part of a wider tour of Asia, Knotfest Japan was moved to January 2021 and then February 2022 due of the COVID pandemicA statement shared by the band said: “We have come to this decision due to ongoing changes with coronavirus mandates in Japan and the uncertainty of how regulations of entry into Japan will stand in 2022.

Slipknot, whose pyro-loving fans made headlines with a mosh pit fire this week, have dropped a new song. "The Chapeltown Rag" is the metal band's first new material since 2019 and is set to appear on a forthcoming album.

Slipknot fans in Arizona started a bonfire in the mosh pit of their Knotfest sideshow at the the Ak-Chin Pavilion this week.The band were performing ‘All Out Life’ when the blaze erupted on Tuesday evening (November 2), with concertgoers keeping it alive by throwing the venue’s lounge chairs onto the pile. The concert was stopped for 30 minutes while the fire was put out, forcing Slipknot to cut ‘Duality’ and ‘Spit It Out’ from their setlist.Take a look at some fan-shot footage of the crowd’s mid-pit bonfire below:Earlier this week, Slipknot teased snippets of what appears to be new music.

Slipknot have teased snippets of what appear to be new music on an NFT website.The site – The Chapeltown Rag – is an online marketplace for the band’s NFTs and it displays a collection of nine non-fungible token samples that each play a short audio clip when selected.Slipknot fans spotted the site earlier this week by way of the official Knotfest website, where a banner ad linking to the site proclaims, “Read All About It If You Want to Know.” You can listen to the clips here.It comes after frontman Corey Taylor last month confirmed that the band’s new album is almost done and that the first single will be coming soon.The NEW #Slipknot music is coming… pic.twitter.com/ABaetpe3nv— Maggot Fan Page (@HellPrepare) November 3, 2021He said: “It’s

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has spoken about his favourite ABBA song and recalled growing up with the band’s music in a new interview.The Swedish pop group are set to return with their first studio album in 40 years next week (November 5) with ‘Voyage’.Speaking to the New York Times, the Slipknot frontman shared his first experiences of hearing ABBA as a kid. “Growing up in the ‘70s, there was such a weird amalgam of music all over the place,” he said.

Corey Taylor has defended the COVID-19 safety measures that have been implemented on Slipknot‘s ongoing Knotfest Roadshow in the US.Speaking on the Oral Sessions With Renée Paquette podcast, the frontman spoke about his excitement at being back on tour and how the band are doing everything they can to stay safe.“All the bands are super rad and so stoked to be back on the road,” Taylor said. “And we have such stringent restrictions that everybody is really, really happy about it.

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has confirmed that new music from the band is imminent.Speaking on The Eddie Trunk Podcast, Taylor said that Slipknot’s new album is almost done and that the first single will be coming soon.He said: “It’s pretty much done. I’d say it’s probably about 80 per cent done.

Trivium‘s Matt Heafy has inserted himself into the ongoing beef between Machine Gun Kelly and Slipknot, criticising the former for his “16-year-old pop punk cosplay identity.”MGK sparked an uproar this month when he hit out at the veteran masked band at Chicago’s Riot Fest, saying onstage: “You wanna know what I’m really happy that I’m not doing? Being 50-years-old wearing a fucking weird mask on a fucking stage, talking shit.”His onstage diss came after Taylor appeared to dismissively allude to Kelly in an interview earlier this year: “I hate all new rock for the most part.

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has hailed the impact of Nirvana‘s ‘Nevermind’, calling it “one of the best hard-punk-fusion-pop albums of all time”.The rocker was speaking ahead of the landmark LP’s 30th anniversary tomorrow (September 24).“I had heard some dubbed copies of some of the Sub Pop 7-inches that they had released, so I was aware of Nirvana before they set off their nuclear bomb,” he told Consequence Of Sound. “[‘Nevermind’] wasn’t as sludgy as [debut album] ‘Bleach’ was, but the songs were so refined at that point.

Machine Gun Kelly and Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has developed further, with MGK saying the beef goes back to a “fucking terrible” guest verse Taylor recorded for him, which he subsequently didn’t use – a narrative that Taylor disputes.MGK sparked an uproar over the weekend when he hit out at the veteran band at Chicago’s Riot Fest, saying onstage: “You wanna know what I’m really happy that I’m not doing? Being 50 years old wearing a fucking weird mask on a fucking stage, talking shit.”His onstage diss came after Taylor appeared to dismissively allude to Kelly in an interview earlier this year: “I hate all new rock for the most part.

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has revealed that he has just three songs left to record for the band’s upcoming new album.Speaking to fans as part of this year’s GalaxyCon, the frontman, who tested positive for coronavirus last week, discussed the status of the follow-up to 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ – which has a tentative 2022 release.“I was actually supposed to finish my vocals this week,” Taylor said. “I got screwed, man, [by the COVID diagnosis].

Corey Taylor has spoken out in praise of Metallica’s classic ‘Master Of Puppets’, hailing it as “the perfect heavy metal album”.The Slipknot frontman is one of many artists set to lend a cover to the Metallica-curated tribute to their iconic self-titled fifth record, commonly known as ‘The Black Album’. Sitting down with Knotfest though, Taylor instead shared his love for the metal icons’ third album from 1986, ‘Master of Puppets’.“It’s the perfect heavy metal album. There’s no fat,” explained Taylor.

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has announced he’s tested positive for COVID-19.Currently in the midst of a North American tour to support his solo album ‘CMFT’, Taylor shared the news in a video message for the Astronomicon Facebook page, confirming he was too unwell to make his scheduled appearance at the pop-culture convention in Ann Arbour, Michigan, this weekend.Sounding raspy and looking depleted, he said: “I wish I had better news. I woke up today and tested positive, and I’m very, very sick.“I should be okay,” he reassured fans towards the end of his message.

Slipknot‘s Shawn “Clown” Crahan has said he will continue to wear protective face masks even if the risks surrounding COVID-19 one day dissipate.In a new interview with Forbes, the percussionist said: “I’m not ever going to stop wearing a mask, COVID or not.

Joey Jordison, following the prolific musician’s death last week.A shock to the metal community at large, it was reported Jordison died peacefully in his sleep at age 46 last Monday (July 26). At the time of writing, a cause of death has not been publicly revealed.Jordison was a founding member of Slipknot, performing with the group from their 1995 inception until he was ousted in 2013.

Limp Bizkit and their fans paid tribute to the former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison during their show in Iowa on Monday (August 2).Jordison, who left the band in December 2013, passed away at the age of 46 last week.During their show in Clive, Iowa on Monday, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst took a moment during the gig to say: “Slipknot’s from somewhere around here, aren’t they?”The crowd responded with chants of “Joey, Joey, Joey”, which was met with approval by Durst and his bandmates.“Rest in peace, let’s hear it,” Durst said. “That’s beautiful.

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor has paid a fresh tribute to his late bandmates Joey Jordison and Paul Gray in a throwback photo he shared online.Jordison died in his sleep at the age of 46 last week, with his cause of death yet to be revealed.It came 11 years after the passing of bandmate and Slipknot founder Paul Gray, who died of a morphine and fentanyl overdose at the age of 38.Yesterday (August 2), Taylor took to Instagram to share a grainy photo of himself, Jordison and Gray, with all three pulling silly faces while relaxing in a venue.A post shared by Corey Taylor (@coreytaylor)This latest tribute from Taylor comes after Slipknot last week shared a moving eight and a half minute tribute video to Jordison.“Our hearts go out to Joey’s family

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has opened up about the band’s next album, teasing that it features “pit openers” that will “fucking freak people out”.The singer opened up in a new interview with Consequence, as the band continue work on the follow-up to 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ for a tentative 2022 release.“It’s an expansion of where we were at on ‘We Are Not Your Kind’. This band has always prided itself on expanding boundaries, expanding our musical vision,” said Corey in the interview, which was conducted before the death of former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison on Monday (July 26).“It’s got the heavy… There’s so many different elements on this one, man, that let’s just say I’m really excited to get the vocals on it.