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The Latest Breaking News from Slipknot

Shawn Crahan says Slipknot will release new music “really soon”

The nu metal nine-piece confirmed they’d written a new song called Long May You Die last month

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"The Quad Cortex is working really well": Jim Root tell us about introducing amp modelling to his Slipknot rig for the first time – and his verdict on the Fender Tonemaster Pro

"I have noticed, ironically enough, that I like using it better direct than I do with a power amp through a speaker cabinet"

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"It's like a jack-of-all-trades thing": Slipknot guitarist Jim Root reveals more to us about the Player Series Strat he liked the look of so much, he bought one from Fender's website

"If you're in a band, and you're playing cover tunes, and you go from metal to pop or even country, you could cover it with this guitar"

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Whole Beast at the Montpelier, London: ‘Not subtle but huge fun’ – restaurant review

The flavour-packed classics here in Peckham are defiantly on the right track

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"I'm a nerd like that": Slipknot's Mick Thomson is a huge gearhead, and this video proves it again

The guitarist is now using Fishman Fluence pickups

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Start the week by scrunching your face to new Bleed From Within single Hands Of Sin

The Scottish metal aggressors will be supporting Slipknot in arenas later this year

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Slipknot announce first two festival headline sets of 2025

The nu metal titans will appear at Germany’s Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals next June

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Bad Omens, Parkway Drive, Architects, Poppy, Jinjer, Kittie and more to play returning Mayhem Festival this October

One of North America's most iconic metal festivals is back after almost a decade

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“Outta the box awesome... Pretty much an all around versatile guitar. It’ll only get better after I spend some time with it”: Jim Root on his new Strat

Jim Root praises new Strat on his Instagram feed

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“An all around versatile guitar. It’ll only get better after I spend some time with it”: Fender has quietly rolled out a hardtail Player Plus Strat – and Jim Root has already taken one for a test drive

The Slipknot guitarist has given the Web Exclusive HSS Strat his seal of approval

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Watch drum cam footage of Slipknot's Eloy Casagrande performing Disasterpiece

Slipknot's heavy-hitting new drummer has shared video of him making very loud noises at a recent show

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Watch rising death metal stars Orbit Culture play tooth-rattling single While We Serve on their 2024 tour

The Swedish metal force obliterated Europe in the spring and are about to play across America with Slipknot

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"She will literally headbang to the music. She's on beat almost every time": There is a horse in Canada who really loves heavy metal

Meet Pretty Runaway, the headbanging horse

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Capturing Corey Taylor's Electrifying Stage Presence

Corey Taylor's electrifying performance showcases his passion and energy, leaving fans in awe of his commanding stage presence.

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Knocked Loose's Latest Album Receives Rave Reviews From Critics

Knocked Loose's 'You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To' album delivers intense metalcore brilliance and sets a high standard in the heavy music scene.

Guitar World

“This is sort of sacrilegious. I might have fibbed and said 'never' with the digital modeling…” Jim Root has switched to the Neural DSP Quad Cortex for some Slipknot shows – and plans on pulling his PRS guitars out of retirement

Despite once saying he'd stay clear of digital tech, Root has started dabbling in the amp modeling world – and recently used the Quad Cortex at a high-profile festival performance

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"This is sort of blasphemous and sacrilegious… I might have fibbed a little bit and said 'never' with the digital modelling s***": Jim Root reveals he's using the Neural DSP Quad Cortex live with Slipknot, and adding his old PRS guitars to the rig

Root plans to bring out his 1999-2000 era Slipknot guitars for the band's debut album anniversary dates – including Jackson Soloists and Custom 24s

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“On the first day I was terrible, I didn’t like my performance”: Eloy Casagrande explains how he joined Slipknot, reveals band is writing new music

Slipknot’s new drummer has given his first in-depth interview since joining the nu metal nine-piece

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“I care about my guitar’s wellbeing, but they’re meant to be sacrificed”: Knocked Loose’s Isaac Hale on how his new “hell tone”, a custom Ibanez and ancient mathematics helped the Slipknot support picks reinvent heavy guitar for 2024

Sticking with drop A and passive pickups, You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed sees Hale push his chain to its limit via a prototype Überschall amp – and he’s seeing the music reach unsuspecting new listeners

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“My pickups were tuned in a studio and then tested on the road, the end result being both musical and face melting”: Slipknot's Mick Thomson has just released his much-speculated Fishman Fluence signature pickup set

Mick Thomson's signature pickups come fully equipped with three voicings that reflect the wide array of tones Thomson has employed during his career

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“I didn’t realise how much Him meant to people”: Ville Valo on the legacy of Him, finishing up with VV and the music that comes next

The goth metal beloved talks about his impending Royal Albert Hall show, drawing VV to a close and why he won’t play a Him album live in full

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Kelly Osbourne Has a Strict Relationship Rule About Pooping: "As Far as I'm Concerned, Nobody Poops"

She wants some things kept private.

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Watch new Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande smash his way through The Heretic Anthem back in 2021

Before he had any idea he could join Slipknot, the then-Sepultura drummer proved his worth with this mind-blowing playthrough

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Slipknot and Meshuggah’s singers appear on heavy new songs by God Of War’s composer, and it doesn’t get more metal than that

Listen to Bear McCreary’s symphonic metal team-ups with Corey Taylor, Jens Kidman and more

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“Slipknot is so lucky to have you.” Members of Slayer, Megadeth, Rage Against The Machine and more react to Eloy Casagrande joining the metal icons

Heavy metal legends from Gary Holt to Nita Strauss have responded to the Slipknot drummer’s first statement since joining the band

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