Slipknot

SLIPKNOT Working On 10-Year Anniversary Package

According to an April 7 posting on SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan's Twitter account, he is currently editing a new DVD for the band's forthcoming ten-year package. "Wait until you see this stuff!" he says.

SLIPKNOT filmed a video for the song "Sulfur" on March 9 in the Los Angeles area with director P.R. Brown (MÖTLEY CR�œE, MARILYN MANSON, CHIMAIRA, AVENGED SEVENFOLD), who helmed the last two SLIPKNOT clips, "Psychosocial" and "Dead Memories". The video is expected to make its online debut soon.

SLIPKNOT recently wrapped another hugely successful headline tour across the U.S. and continues to rack up accolades for its fourth album, "All Hope is Gone". The current single, "Dead Memories", landed at the #1 position on R&R's Active Rock chart. This is the first #1 radio single of the band's career, which follows up their first #1 on The Billboard 200 sales chart in August of last year. The video is also the most played at Fuse this week. Additionally, SLIPKNOT was recently awarded with an EMMA Award for "Best International Act." The EMMAs are the Finnish equivalent of the Grammys.

Slipknot win best live act and best riff!

America's first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show, the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, has officially announced the winners who will be honored at tonight's (April 7) event at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles.
Slipknot won in the following categories:

Best Riff: SLIPKNOT
Best Live Band: SLIPKNOT

Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards will be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. The ultimate evening of heavy music will feature performances from MEGADETH, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, HATEBREED, ALL THAT REMAINS and SUICIDE SILENCE, along with a very special DJ set from SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor to kick off the event. The night will culminate with rock legend Ozzy Osbourne being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Check out “Headbangers Ball” this Saturday night for the debut of Slipknot’s “Sulfur” video. The clip was shot in Los Angeles in March and directed by Clown and P.R. Brown. The video depicts the nine members rocking out in groups of three and submerged in water one at a time. The video concept was modeled after a video installation by Bill Viola called “Ascension” that’s currently on display at the Des Moines Arts Center.

Joey Jordison's Acceptance Speech - Revolver Golden Gods

Slipknot won 2 awards for Best Riff (Psychosocial) and Best Live Band at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards 2009
Check out this video of Joey's acceptance speech for the award in the Best Riff category:

Another 'Blame' Music Situation...

"SLIPKNOT - COUPLE LISTENED TO SLIPKNOT MURDER SONG BEFORE KILLING FRIEND"

Rockers SLIPKNOT have been dragged into a murder trial after prosecutors discovered the band's DISASTERPIECE was used to fire up a California woman before she agreed to help her boyfriend stab a pal to death.

Amber Rose Riley is accused of helping Jason Harris kill 22-year-old Terry Taylor in 2003.

Jurors in San Bernardino Superior Court heard Taylor was stabbed more than 20 times, and his neck was slashed in the brutal attack, orchestrated by Harris, who was sentenced to serve 50 years to life behind bars in August (08).

Deputy District Attorney Karen Khim told the court that Riley and her boyfriend listened to Slipknot's song, which features lyrics about slitting a victim's throat, before they attacked Taylor in a park. The couple also allegedly recited the lyrics as they stabbed their friend to death.

Harris reportedly told San Bernardino police detectives that he wanted to know what it was like to kill someone and Khim told the jury that Riley admitted to having "a fascination about what it would be like to see a dead body".

The trial, which began on Thursday (19Mar09), continues.

SLIPKNOT Notches First Active Rock #1 With 'Dead Memories'

Grammy Award-winning hard rock act SLIPKNOT just wrapped another hugely successful headline tour across the U.S. and continue to rack up accolades for its fourth album, "All Hope is Gone". The current single, "Dead Memories", has just landed at the #1 position on R&R's Active Rock chart. This is the first #1 radio single of the band's career, which follows up their first #1 on The Billboard 200 sales chart in August of last year. The video is also the most played at Fuse this week. Additionally,SLIPKNOT was recently awarded with an EMMA Award for "Best International Act." The EMMAs are the Finnish equivalent of the Grammys.

Vocalist Corey Taylor will be DJing at the first Revolver Golden Gods Awards, to be held on April 7 in Los Angeles. Other members of SLIPKNOT will also be in attendance at the event. The band will make a headlining appearance at Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio in May and will then head to Canada for a series of dates as part of their massive "All Hope is Gone" world tour. They will spend their summer headlining major music festivals in Europe, includingDownload, Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park. 2009 also represents the tenth anniversary of the band's debut, the multi-platinum "Slipknot".

SLIPKNOT Films 'Sulfur' Video

As previously reported but this story is now CONFIRMED.

"SLIPKNOT filmed a video for the song "Sulfur" on March 9 in the Los Angeles area with director P.R. Brown (M�TLEY CR�E, MARILYN MANSON, CHIMAIRA, AVENGED SEVENFOLD), who helmed the last two SLIPKNOT clips, "Psychosocial" and "Dead Memories". The video is expected to make its online debut sometime in April."

New US tour dates!

SLIPKNOT has added the following U.S. dates to its current itinerary:

May 03 - Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, MI (w/ DEVILDRIVER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD)
May 05 - Prairie Capital Convention Center - Springfield, IL (w/ DEVILDRIVER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD)
May 06 - Scottrade Center - St. Louis, MO (w/ DEVILDRIVER, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD)
May 08 - Zoo Amphitheatre - Oklahoma City, OK (w/ KORN, THE USED, ALL THAT REMAINS, DIRTFEDD)
May 09 - North Shore River Walk Park East - North Little Rock, AR (Edge Fest) (w/ STAIND, CHEVELLE, DROWNING POOL, ALL THAT REMAINS, DIRTFEDD)
May 10 - Hartman Arena - Park City, KS
May 12 - Canaries Stadium - Sioux Falls, SD (KRRO Fest 2009) (w/ KORN, THE USED, CLUTCH, ALL THAT REMAINS, DIRTFEDD)
May 13 - Alltell Center - Mankato, MN
May 14 - US Cellular Center - Cedar Rapids, IA

Roadrunner Competition: All Hope Really Is Gone

Roadrunner Records

has a new Slipknot Contest!
You can enter your submissions by Friday March 27th! RR will be posting the tour recap with the winning submissions on Friday April 3rd!

Slipknot ripped the roof off of many stadiums across the United States and stuffed them full of maggots. Sacramento, California marked the edge of the Earth for the American tour. All hope really is gone now for you to see Slipknot on the “All Hope is Gone” tour.

That being said, all hope is NOT gone for your chance to win free shit from Slipknot! Just tell us about the tour! Tell us what you experienced, send us your photos show us your battle wounds! We want to see it all!

We’re going to take the best of the best of the best of what you send us and compile them into a special news post here on the site to publish as a recap of the tour. If we use your experience, your photo or even your videos, we’ll send you some free shit from Slipknot! Who knows, you might even make it into the feature box on the main page of RoadrunnerRecords.com!