--- - |- It seemed as if Slipknot was destined for their first-ever #1 album on the U.S. Soundscan charts. Not so, thanks to hip-hop artist The Game, whose new release LAX sold 238,285 copies, a whopping 13 more than the 238,272 units shifted of Slipknot's All Hope is Gone — still an extremely respectable and awesome number. [...] ~~- Slipknot
SLIPKNOT will be performing on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday, October 30th, the eve of the most metal holiday around, Halloween. Exciting! The band will be performing their Halloween peformance in Vegas at Fangoria's Trinity of Terrors . This is a good year for metal on TV with brodcast network appearances from MASTODON, MEGADETH [...]
It seems as if the release season is finally here. For the third week in a row, quality releases hit the shelves, leaving me to wonder if the record industry is truly dead afterall. Who am I kidding? Of course it is. But at least they are still trying, right? Slipknot - All Hope is GoneBB King - One Kind FavorThe Verve - ForthLittle Feat - Join the BandThe Game - LAXEva Cassidy - SomewhereMotor...
Rock Band recently expanded it's downloadable library to over 1000 songs, and they can now add SLIPKNOT to that ginormous library. Next week, a new Slipknot pack "Psychosocial", "Duality" and "Sulfur". The tracks come out December 8 on Xbox 360 and Wii and December 10 on Playstation 3. It's pretty interesting that they went with [...]
My first reaction when I saw the lineup for this year's Cypress Hill Smokeout was "where's my bowl?" followed by "What was I doing again, maaan??" After about 20 minutes, and a power nap I woke up and remembered Oh yea, Smokeout!! What a killer lineup. Besides having the mighty SLIPKNOT headline, CYPRESS HILL of [...]
A few weeks back we posted that SLIPKNOT was heading out on a short run with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER . Word has already spread that the first two dates have been cancelled, and we can confirm that the full tour has been scraped due to unannounced Joey Jordinson health issues. Even BLACK DAHLIA doesn't [...]
Slipknot's new album, All Hope is Gone, hasn't even been released yet, and already guitarist Jim Root is expressing dissatisfaction with producer Dave Fortman. During a recent interview, when asked if working with Fortman was a better experience than working with Rick Rubin, Root responded thusly: "Um, no. Dave Fortman really helped me appreciate Rick Rubin [...]~~
We consider ourselves pot connoisseurs. Which is why it bums us out to no end that we can't attend this year's Cypress Hill Smoke Out, featuring performances by SLIPKNOT, DEFTONES, CYPRESS HILL, BAD BRAINS and more. Plus, what seems like and endless amount of weed. But our loss is your gain because we are giving [...]
There is much news to discuss on this week's edition of the Metal Injection Livecast. Zakk Wylde is in the hospital. Slipknot cancelled their tour, Dave Mustaine took a shot at Lars and much more. Join Rob, Noa, 3D, Sid and some special guest for another random 2 hours of fun and fart jokes. It [...]
Iowa metal artists Slipknot will be heading out on a short tour in October with Deftones ahead of each of their scheduled performances at this year’s Smokeout festival in San Bernadino, CA on October 24th, 2009, put on by Cypress Hill.Slipknot, who are headlining Smokeout, are also headlining the tour which starts with two make-up [...]
Kerrang! Magazine, has today revealed the nominations for the Kerrang! Awards 2009, which take place on Monday 3 August in London. The ceremony will this year be hosted by not one, but two rock icons. Joining last year’s host Scott Ian from Anthrax will be Slipknot’s Corey Taylor.Slipknot’s Corey Taylor on being asked to host, [...]
The Pulse of Radio reports that Slipknot is slated to reissue its 1999 self-titled major label debut on September 9 to celebrate the record's 10th anniversary and the band's decade as recording artists, according to a label spokesperson. Slipknot has been commemorating the upcoming anniversary for much of the past...