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From Friday 30 June 2023

LIVE: Download Festival 2023 – Sunday

To quote Anakin Skywalker, “I hate sand”, and the dustbowl that Donington Park has become does nothing for the mood of a tired, surly, dehydrated crowd . Still, with a host of international acts taking the stage today, it would be remiss if the crowd didn’t pull themselves together

Thursday 29 September 2022

Slipknot – ‘The End, So Far’

When Slipknot burst onto the scene in the 1990s, bellowing out furious, impeccably penned anthems about death, rage, and disillusionment, clad in identikit boiler suits and horror masks straight out of a video nasty flick, what really made them stand out was their capacity to shock. So how can

Monday 27 January 2020

Slipknot, Behemoth @ The O2, London

LIVE: Slipknot @ FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield

“Sheffield, where have you been all my life?”, bellows a beaming Corey Taylor. The kings of modern metal are back on English soil, and in rapturous form. Everyone remembers their first Slipknot gig. Whether you were there in the chaos of the Astoria in ‘99, the

Tuesday 21 January 2020

Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson to do rare meet and greet in Birmingham this Thursday

This Thursday 23rd January, Slipknot Guitarist Mick Thomson will be doing an exclusive meet and greet and signing at GuitarGuitar in Birmingham starting at 6pm ahead of the band’s evening performance. With no paid VIP meet and greet packages in sight, this is an extremely rare opportunity for Slipknot fans – particularly

Tuesday 17 December 2019

Top 25 Albums of the Year

Friday 26 July 2019

Slipknot share new single

As anticipation ramps up ahead of the long-awaited sixth studio album from Slipknot, the Iowa metal legends have released a second single taken from the album. Check out the video for the incendiary ‘Solway Firth’ in full below. That’s not the only news to come out of the Slipknot camp

Wednesday 17 July 2019

LIVE: Download Festival 2019 – Saturday

There may be plenty of alternative music festivals all across the globe these days, but Download Festival will forever hold a special place in the hearts of metalheads everywhere – and its reputation as one of the biggest and best events for rock and metal has been well earned

Wednesday 24 October 2018

First acts for Download 2019 released

Download Festival have announced that Tool, Def Leppard and Slipknot will be headlining the festival next year, making it Tool’s first return to the festival since topping the bill in 2006. Def Leppard will be playing their album ‘Hysteria’ in full at the festival, which will be their only

Thursday 14 September 2017

Slipknot to release ‘Day of the Gusano’ on various formats

Following the release of their recent film ‘Day of the Gusano’, Slipknot have now confirmed that they will be releasing it on various formats. As well as the film being released on DVD and Blu-Ray, the group’s debut live concert in Mexico in December 2015, of which the film documents,