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“Some of the guys in the band are like, ‘**** that, we’ll never play it!’” Watch Slipknot play one of their deepest cuts for the first time ever in Melbourne on Friday night

Metal's resident nine-piece went deep into the rarities bin for their set at Knotfest Melbourne last week

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“Two years ago, I was robbed in São Paulo. Two guys on motorcycles put a gun to my head”: Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande explains the hidden meanings in his mask – including that gruesome bullet hole

The design also references Brazilian culture and Slipknot’s late founding drummer, Joey Jordison

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“I just want to roll into it with an energy like it’s all starting again”: Slipknot’s Clown teases new album (and Look Outside Your Window) coming soon

“We got a new album,” the percussionist and Slipknot co-founder declares

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Shawn 'Clown' Crahan says he "could care less" about the bands Slipknot have influenced – as his focus is on where The Nine go next

"We’re only getting more and more dangerous," says Clown as he reflects on band's all-conquering anniversary tour

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Slipknot's Clown: "We probably have several albums in us right now. It’s looking great."

Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan talks new music, debut album anniversary tour and backstage donkeys

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“I keep telling Clown that I’m just gonna throw it up on Youtube”: Slipknot guitarist Jim Root often threatens to leak long-delayed album Look Outside Your Window

Sick of waiting for Slipknot’s atmospheric rock album to come out? So is guitarist Jim Root!

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"People would vomit when they saw it": Shawn 'Clown' Crahan on the worst injury he ever sustained with Slipknot

Percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan reveals how he lost 25 percent of his arm and opens up about that mysterious Slipknot album from 2008 that's still yet to be released

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“I never wanted to be in a band, I just liked playing music. I was never a showman. If I didn’t have my mask on I wouldn’t be at the front of the stage”: An interview with Mick Thomson, Slipknot’s reluctant guitar hero

The pressures of fame, blond mullets, ignoring phone calls from rock stars – up close and personal with Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson

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“I started playing $150 Ibanez guitars because onstage I would take damage… Clown used to use metal bars. We were very unsafe”: Mick Thomson reflects on 25 years of Slipknot’s incendiary debut – and what it was like to see his solos erased

If Slipknot's debut remains a true face-ripper all these years later maybe it is because they brought the chaos of the stage show into the studio. Thomson can remember it vividly, the gear, the danger, the risk to his guitars from stray iron pipes, and he wouldn't have it any…

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"We were nobodies but in that moment, it felt like we had a shot." How Slipknot overcame jealousy, substance abuse and trauma to become metal's most important band

25 years on from their self-titled debut, Slipknot look back at the years that helped them define 21st Century metal

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Joey Jordison’s estate has settled its lawsuit against Slipknot

Jordison’s estate sued Slipknot last year, accusing the nu metal stars of profiting off the late drummer’s death and withholding his belongings

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“People are gone. Craig’s out. Chris is out, Joey’s out, Paul’s out. The band is different... we’re not that close anymore”: Shawn Crahan on the current state of Slipknot

Shawn 'Clown' Crahan on the current state of Slipknot

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“People are gone. Craig’s out. Chris is out, Joey’s out, Paul’s out. The band is different.” Slipknot’s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan admits the band aren’t as “close” now as they were 25 years ago

After lineup changes and the deaths of Joey Jordison and Paul Gray, Clown says Slipknot “will never be like” how it was in the early days

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"It's nobody's ***ing business, and he's our brother." Slipknot's Clown on why the band rarely discuss their much-missed former bandmate, Joey Jordison

Joey Jordison died in 2021 at the age of 46

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"We’ve reached the point where, you know, we want to play the Grammys, we want to play the Olympics. Why not?”: Shawn Crahan lets slip Slipknot’s Olympic dream

Shawn Crahan talks about Slipknot's Olympic dream

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“In the future, we are going to be everywhere”: Slipknot’s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan wants to play the Olympics in 2028

Will Slipknot follow Gojira’s lead and play the 2028 Olympics in L.A.? “We’d love to do it,” says Clown.

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The only reason Slipknot haven’t released Look Outside Your Window yet is because it’s “timeless”, says Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan

Slipknot’s “experimental” album was recorded in 2008 and still hasn’t seen the light of day

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Shawn Crahan says Slipknot will release new music “really soon”

The nu metal nine-piece confirmed they’d written a new song called Long May You Die last month

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Slipknot have officially named Eloy Casagrande as their new drummer

The nu metal nine-piece have ended months of speculation with a new social media post

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"Who could have guessed that a band that hide behind masks would be so mysterious?" Everything you need to know about Slipknot's chaotic year - and what comes next

We take a deep dive into the wild last twelve months in the world of Slipknot

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"I’d waited my whole life to come to Europe." Shawn 'Clown' Crahan on the five shows that built Slipknot

One legendary UK show in particularly holds especially fond memories for the band

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A new range of Slipknot Funko Pop! Vinyl figures are being released - and it includes recently ejected drummer Jay Weinberg

Six new Slipknot Funko Pop! figures are coming this spring, with a 4-inch tall 'Jay Weinberg' among the collection

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Lawsuit accuses Slipknot of using Joey Jordison's death for profit

Lawsuit filed by estate for the late Joey Jordison says Slipknot used former drummer's belonging in museum display

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Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan teases new music and a documentary about the band: “Look Outside Your Window is definitely arriving next year. You have my word.”

Slipknot’s co-founder and percussionist has teased new music, a movie and the release date of lost album Look Outside Your Window in an interview

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Corey Taylor has brutally shot down those new Slipknot drummer rumours: "He’s not even on the list."

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has shot down a big rumour that was spreading within Slipknot's fanbase over who their new drummer is

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