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As a millennial metalhead, I was laughed at for loving nu metal. In 2023 it's filling festivals and influencing more young bands than ever - and I couldn't be happier about it

Nu metal was derided as silly, overblown and undeserving of recognition in the wider metal scene. Admittedly, two of those things were kinda true, but it still ruled, OK?!

Metal Hammer · Nov 2, 2023

Slipknot just released a pro-shot video of an entire 2023 headline set

If you didn’t catch Slipknot at Spain’s Resurrection Festival this summer, you can now watch the show in full online

Metal Hammer · Nov 1, 2023

Death, divorce and a killer music video: How Slipknot’s Snuff became the greatest metal ballad of the 21st century

Inspired by Corey Taylor’s divorce and redefined after the death of Paul Gray, Snuff shows Slipknot at their most beautifully vulnerable

Metal Hammer · Nov 1, 2023

"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

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

Metal Hammer · Aug 25, 2023

“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

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

Metal Hammer · Aug 24, 2023

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

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

Louder · Aug 22, 2023

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

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

Metal Hammer · Aug 22, 2023

“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

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.

Metal Hammer · Aug 21, 2023

"Joey got to take the mask off and be a different person": how The Exorcist, quoting Airplane! and Joey Jordison's mum turned Wednesday 13 from Hot Topic clerk to glam punk star

Joey Jordison had already found acclaim with Slipknot, but horrorcore glam-punks Murderdolls let him flex an entirely different side to his music

Metal Hammer · Aug 19, 2023

Corey Taylor thinks one of Slipknot's best-loved anthems is their most over-rated song, and says the fact that he still sings it "tells you how much of a psycho I am"

Corey Taylor believes that the single which Metal Hammer readers voted Slipknot's greatest ever song is the most over-rated song in their catalogue

Metal Hammer · Aug 19, 2023