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DARK SECRETS: Stone sour - The Real Truth

“I get into arguments with fans all the time about this. Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, it’s just a leftover Stone Sour song.’ No, I wrote that for Slipknot!” How Slipknot made the greatest metal ballad of the 21st century

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

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“As a guitar collector, when you get the opportunity to buy one of your heroes’ guitars, you must do it”: Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand’s guitar collection is an ode to the gods of ’80s shred – but he’s putting some of his prize pieces up for sale

Rare, vintage, and signed models make up the guitarist’s 31 new listings, and there’s plenty to get excited about

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"We were nobodies but in that moment, it felt like we had a shot." How Slipknot overcame jealousy, substance abuse and trauma to become metal's most important band

25 years on from their self-titled debut, Slipknot look back at the years that helped them define 21st Century metal

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“We’ve done Jimmy justice. Whether we quit or not, we’ve done what we were put on earth to do”: how Avenged Sevenfold emerged from tragedy with Nightmare

Avenged Sevenfold’s Nightmare album was released on July 27, 2010 – their first without late drummer Jimmy ‘The Rev’ Sullivan

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Watch Corey Taylor cover Slipknot, Stone Sour and Spongebob Squarepants (seriously) in this pro-shot video from Rock Am Ring 2024

The entirety of the Slipknot/Stone Sour star’s set at Rock Am Ring last month has been posted online

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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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The 10 best Slipknot songs not by Slipknot

From Soulfly to Tetrarch, these bands’ screaming nu metal rampages would surely make Slipknot proud

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Watch Corey Taylor perform Slipknot song Before I Forget with solo band during recent UK tour

Fan footage of the Slipknot singer performing the Grammy-winning hit has been uploaded to YouTube

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Corey Taylor: My stories of Lemmy, Dimebag Darrell, Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Björk and more

Slipknot's Corey Taylor heard the world’s dirtiest joke from Lemmy, hung out with Björk, battled Dave Grohl at table tennis, raided Metallica’s fridge, talked ‘weirdness’ with Mike Patton and almost joined Anthrax

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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

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"The next day I started putting signs up in guitar places." Corey Taylor reveals the band that inspired him to pursue a career in music - and how it came during his darkest moment

He's become a metal icon with Slipknot and Stone Sour - but it was a random encounter involving some alt metal heroes that set him on the path to greatness

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Corey Taylor: It terrifies me that conspiracy theories are the norm

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor pulls no punches in rant about conspiracy theorists

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Stone Sour's future more uncertain than ever as Corey Taylor slams band's "hindrances"

New comments from Corey Taylor suggest it's unlikely we'll see Stone Sour back in action any time soon

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Every Stone Sour album ranked from worst to best

The band Corey Taylor formed before joining Slipknot have carved out a hell of a career in their own right. Here's their discography ranked

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Halloween obsessed Goth has dark wedding with purple skull cake

The wedding featured a black dress, spiders and an anthem by metal rockers Stone Sour

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Slipknot’s Corey Taylor: ‘Our stage manager passed out, so we set his legs on fire’

The singer on old horror films, making new music and the craziest bands to tour with

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