The nine have had to ride out some difficult moments and big questions in recent times but there’s always a feeling that when they walk on stage, something special might be about to happen. A 25th anniversary tour that would see them don the iconic red jumpsuits once again would inevitably feel like a get-out-of-jail-free…
Slipknot have today announced they’ll be celebrating 25 years of both their debut self-titled album, and 25 years of coming to Europe by confirming a huge UK and European tour for the end of next year. Rumours started a couple of days ago with the reveal of the herecomesthepain website. The website soon began telling…
*Update* Sometime between 10:30 and 11:00pm on the 5th of November (UK time), Slipknot deleted all social posts relating to the departure of Jay Weinburg. This is similar to what happened when Craig Jones left Slipknot earlier this year. Posts relating to Jones’ departure were online for a few hours, then deleted. If this follows…
Day four of Download Festival 2023. The Download faithful are into unchartered territory here; Usually the Donington masses are on their way at home at this point in proceedings. Not this year. With a fourth full day to look forward to full of bands as varied as Slipknot, Ghost, Electric Callboy, Bloodywood and Avatar, it’s…
Slipknot’s reputation for stellar live performances is already well known. Particularly among those lucky enough to have witnessed their latest headlining performance at Download Festival just a few weeks ago. Where the nine man wrecking crew laid waste to the Apex Stage as only they know how. So it makes sense that the band have…
We are just a few days away from the long awaited 20th anniversary edition of the Download Festival aka Download 2023! There are over 100 bands appearing across the four full days of the festival, plus the five bands in the boardie takeover on Wednesday kicking off the festival. Not to mention loads of the…
With just over 6 weeks until the annual pilgrimage to the Hallowed Donington turf, the Download Festival 2023 team have two big bits of news; more bands, and the stage splits for this year’s festival! New additions include pop punk favourites State Champs, recently reformed emo/post-hardcore favourites Casey and Canadian hardcore punks and longtime friends…
The line up for Download Festival 2023 just got a hell of a lot bigger! Some huge names have been added to the already impressive set of bands playing Donington this Summer. With so many great bands joining the fun, it’s difficult to know where to start. So we’ll start with some favourites of ours…
t’s that time once again! The Rock Sins Playlist has been refilled for your listening pleasure. 20 new tracks all across the rock, metal and alternative musical spectrum. This week we also give a nod to the Download Festival 2023 announcement with three classics from your Download headliners! Kicking off the playlist this week is…
The eagerly awaited Download Festival 2023 first announcement is here! The organisers have pulled out all the stops for the 20th anniversary of the festival. We already knew that for the 20th Download the festival was being extended to a full four days, and there’s some history making headliners for the big anniversary. For the…
Ever since their emergence in the late 90s, Slipknot have been the leaders of the scene. One of the most intense and innovative bands in the metal genre. They have gone from underground heroes to festival headlining juggernaut. They became one of Roadrunner Records most defining bands, and creators of one of the most eclectic…
Corey Taylor had promised the world that new Slipknot was coming in 2022. True to his word, the Iowan nine piece metal juggernauts have just revealed details of their upcoming new album “The End, So Far“. Releasing on the 30th of September, The End, So Far will be Slipknot’s seventh album to release with their…
