Slipknot, Slayer headlining 2012 Mayhem Festival

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Well this looks promising! This year's Mayhem festival, the touring hard rock and metal celebration, has got itself quite a massive line up this year.
Slipknot and Slayer will be headlining the festival while the side stages will boast bands including Anthrax, Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, High On Fire and As I Lay Dying. There's also a special artist that will be announced on April 6th and the big rumor is that Motörhead… Read More

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Shawn “Clown” Crahan release short film, Thy Shalt I

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Slipknot's own Corey Taylor and Shawn "Clown" Crahan have decided to go into the movie business. The first thing they did, like all aspiring film moguls, is create a short film and then, naturally, go to the Sundance Film Festival with it and show it off to all the other Hollywood emperors of film. Now us common folk get to see the film too.
Up top is the short film from Taylor and Crahan's production company, Living Breathing Films, called Thy Shalt I. Do you think this duo has what it takes to rule… Read More

RiO!B episode – January 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Slipknot is making movies
Corey Taylor/Dave Grohl collaborate
Lamb Of God - "Ghost Walking"
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Corey Taylor interview on the RiO!B

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

On today's episode of the Rock it Out! Blog, I interview Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman, Corey Taylor. We talk about the upcoming Stone Sour album, Slipknot's upcoming summer tour and why it's taking him a while to finally start writing music for Slipknot again. Read More

RiO!B episode – September 1, 2011

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Jack White/Insane Clown Posse release a song
Marilyn Manson - "Born Villain"
Korn set release date for dubstep album
Rush sign with Roadrunner Records
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RiO!B episode – August 25, 2011

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Slipknot planning U.S. tour
Alice Cooper & Ke$ha - "What Baby Wants"
Ministry reuniting & releasing new album
The Devil Wears Prada - "Mammoth"
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Slipknot planning U.S. tour

Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Maggots! Prepare your wrinkled black t-shirts and cargo shorts! Slipknot frontman, Corey Taylor, has announced via Twitter that the masked metal marauders are planning a U.S. tour.

After a successful tour throughout Europe this summer, it would only make sense that Slipknot comes home and gives fans in the U.S. a taste of their post-Paul Gray performance. No dates have been announced yet but… Read More

RiO!B episode – July 7, 2011

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Ke$ha performs with Alice Cooper
Linkin Park cover Adele
New Megadeth Song
Crosses website
Fear of a Nervous System website
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RiO!B episode – June 23, 2011

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Korn releasing a dubstep album?
Slipknot return to the stage
Epicenter festival lineup
Limp Bizkit "Gold Cobra" video
Puscifer releasing new album… Read More

Watch: Slipknot returns to the stage in Athens, Greece

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Well it certainly has been a been a while (and for good reason) but Slipknot fans in Athens, Greece were the first to see the masked metal marauders back on stage for the first time since the death of bassist Paul Gray in May of 2010. The band hit the stage hard during the Sonisphere festival and laid into the crowd with some of their biggest hits. Down below is the set list from the show.
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