Currently tearing UK arenas apart night after night, Slipknot know how to keep their British maggot fanbase happy. Having held KnotFest events in the US, Mexico (rather disastrously), Columbia, Japan and France (KnotFest meets Hellfest) thus far, and with plans to take it to the water with KnotFest at sea already announced, the UK is…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, you’ll know that last week marked the release of the biggest metal album of the year, Slipknot’s .5: The Gray Chapter. The hugely anticipated fifth major release from the Iowan nine piece had been over six years in the making, and it’s…
Those with even a passing interest in the new Slipknot album, :5 The Gray Chapter will have thought it likely to be a big seller, even in this era of not as many people buying music. And so it has proven, with The Gray Chapter locked in a two-way battle with Ben Howard’s new album…
Always keen to break new boundaries with whatever they do, masked metal legends Slipknot are this Friday and Saturday holding their own festival, aptly entitled Knotfest to take place in Iowa and Minnesota in the US. Keen for the wider Maggot family to be able to join in the fun, Slipknot are making their KnotFest…
As many of you will be aware, Randy Blythe, frontman of Virginia metal band Lamb of God was a few days ago released from prison in the Czech Republic where he was being held in relation to the death of one of the band’s fans on Lamb of God’s last visit to the country in…