Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

THE TRUTH ABOUT: 8 | History Defined

“Probably the broadest, most accessible guitar mag in the world... It has been an absolute privilege”: Total Guitar to close after 30 years in print

It was once the biggest-selling guitar magazine in Europe. Now Total Guitar is set to close after its latest issue. Here’s what its first and last editors have to say...

Guitar World

“I was the original vampire and I still have dominion over Slipknot, Rob Zombie and Lady Gaga”: A metal fan’s guide to Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper was the original shock rocker who paved the way for Kiss, Slipknot and every parent-baiting rock and metal act that followed

Metal Hammer

“This is the Slipknot of old - no frills, just brute force." Iowa's metal legends eviscerate Aftershock with one of the heaviest festival headline sets in history

Slipknot's anniversary tour touches down in Aftershock for a savage, unforgettable headline set

Metal Hammer

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“The last time I saw Dimebag Darrell, he hands a bottle of JD over, I take a huge pull off it and throw up. I think I told him I loved him”: Why Nickelback are the rock band all other rock bands secretly wish they were

In 2005, Nickelback were already one of the biggest rock bands in the world – and All The Right Reasons was about to make them even bigger

Louder

David Gilmour tells all, plus Slipknot and Joe Bonamassa's ode to Eric Clapton's Fender years – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Mike Campbell, Madonna's metalhead guitarist, the man who built Prince's axes, Grace Bowers, Justin Hayward, Les Dudek, the Music Man Axis reviewed and more

Guitar World

“Just take it all away from me. That’s cool!” Every guitar solo on Slipknot’s debut album “got cut out”, claims Mick Thomson

“Any kind of technical playing was mocked and frowned upon”

Metal Hammer

“My issues weren’t even with Limp Bizkit. They were with Fred.” Slipknot's Corey Taylor reflects on his 2000s feud with Fred Durst

Taylor looks back on one of his most famous beefs during an appearance on viral Youtube show Hot Ones

Metal Hammer

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“Any kind of technical guitar playing was mocked and frowned upon”: Mick Thomson explains why his solos were erased from Slipknot’s debut album – and how he reacted

25 years ago, Slipknot dropped a debut album that changed the face of heavy metal – but one of the guitarists who helped write it had his solos completely removed

Guitar World

Corey Taylor weighs in on Dave Grohl affair scandal: ‘I know there are a lot of disappointed fans’

Grohl made the revelation that he had been unfaithful to his wife earlier this month

The Independent UK

Dave Grohl 'is still a nice person', says Slipknot's Corey Taylor

The rock icon revealed that he fathered a secret child outside of marriage

Evening Standard

Corey Taylor on the reactions to Dave Grohl's recent baby announcement: "If that’s the one thing that defines him, then what are we doing?"

Dave Grohl has made headlines for fathering a baby outside of marriage, and Corey Taylor has some thoughts on the whole thing

Metal Hammer

“I’m watching American TV and it’s like ‘Wow, man… what is this? This isn’t my America’”: How Machine Head followed a 21st century metal classic with Unto The Locust

Machine Head’s Unto The Locust was the follow-up to career high-point The Blackening – but Robb Flynn wasn’t feeling the presssure

Metal Hammer

Pro-Ject Debut Evo 2

With a lively, fluid delivery, a beautiful way with voices and an array of upgrades, the Pro-Ject Debut Evo 2 turntable is an appealing, capable performer for the price.

What Hi-Fi?

“I’m not saying my doing something else saved Slipknot, but it certainly saved me”: How Stone Sour made the leap from Corey Taylor’s ‘other band’ with Audio Secrecy

In 2010, Stone Sour released their third album Audio Secrecy – and finally shook off the ‘side project’ tag

Metal Hammer

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Metal Hammer

“He did exactly what we told him not to do”: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor remembers the night he “almost killed” Sid Wilson

Slipknot’s singer calls the time he flipped his lid at turntablist Sid Wilson “one of the most evil moments of my life”

Metal Hammer

Joey Jordison’s estate has settled its lawsuit against Slipknot

Jordison’s estate sued Slipknot last year, accusing the nu metal stars of profiting off the late drummer’s death and withholding his belongings

Metal Hammer

"Someone said, 'If you see them without their masks on, they will come and kill you!'" Why I love Slipknot's debut album, by Jamie Campbell Bower

The Bloodmagic frontman and Stranger Things actor on why Slipknot's first album remains unlike any other in metal

Metal Hammer

Slipknot's set at Knotfest Iowa cut short by severe weather

Slipknot forced to play earlier than planned and were onstage for under an hour as weather turned ugly

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Metal Hammer

“You would see them lift their masks, puke in a bucket and keep going!” Slipknot’s first manager remembers wild 90s Iowa shows

Sophia John reflects on the rabid gigs Slipknot played as they made themselves known in the mid-to-late 90s

Metal Hammer

"A true believer, sharp as a knife, heart of gold." A tribute to Michelle Kerr, the ass-kicking, passionate PR legend who helped shape modern metal as we know it

Michelle Kerr, PR for Slipknot, Machine Head, Slayer, Megadeth and many more, died on Saturday. She leaves behind a legacy as one of the metal industry's most beloved figureheads

Metal Hammer

"Slipknot used to have taser fights." Morgan Lander talks nu metal, pranks and the wildest tours Kittie have been on

Almost 30 years since Kittie were formed, Morgan Lander and co. are still as fired up and fierce as ever

Metal Hammer

“There’s new artwork, there’s music that’s so punk rock from board tapes, there’s audio, visuals, everything”: Slipknot are planning a 25th anniversary reissue of their iconic debut album

Exclusive: Clown tells Metal Hammer about the upcoming reissue of Slipknot’s debut album

Metal Hammer

"It’s not The Beatles, it’s not Metallica, but it wasn’t ever supposed to be." Mushroomhead blew up with nu metal and were rivals with Slipknot, but never got the dues they deserve

Mushroomhead laid the groundwork as metal's ultimate masked maniacs in the mid-90s

Metal Hammer

“This is our way of saying welcome to the world”: Nu metal mystery men Swollen Teeth release new single Family, produced by Slipknot’s Sid Wilson and genre god Ross Robinson

Your favourite masked nu metal band (apart from that one and the other one) have returned with a new single, backed by two of their genre’s most influential figures

Metal Hammer

"Plenty of evidence to suggest a future exists beyond the shadow of their family tree." Vended's self-titled debut finally goes some way to shaking off that Slipknot tag

Griffin Taylor and Simon Crahan set out their vision for world domination with Vended's self-titled debut

1 … 7 8 9 10

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.