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“We’re young, hungry, and we want to punch people in the balls”: Nu metal up-and-comers Vended announce debut album and US headline tour

As Vended announce their self-titled debut, read our exclusive interview with singer Griffin Taylor and drummer Simon Crahan

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“Fender sent me a Jazzmaster and I didn’t play it. I thought it was awkward-looking”: Jim Root helped Fender create the most radical Jazzmaster ever – but he didn’t like the offset design at first

The Slipknot guitarist famously reconfigured the popular indie stalwart for heavy metal purposes, but it took him quite some time before he fell in love with the Jazzmaster in the first place

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“I have a fantastic therapist who helps me”: Jay Weinberg is in counselling to “process” Slipknot exit

“It’s important for me to do the right work of processing these events,” the now-Suicidal Tendencies drummer says of his Slipknot stint

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Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler declares love for nu metal, Slipknot and Fear Factory: “It was amazing to see what new bands were coming out”

The legendary bassist thought “it was great” how diverse metal sounded in the mid-to-late 1990s

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"Splicing together the old and new in a way that is heavy, honest, infectious and just the right mix of chaotic and creepy." Graphic Nature turn Korn, Deftones and Slipknot influences into something fresh on Who Are You When No One Is Watching?

Graphic Nature kicked doors down with their nu metalcore debut in 2022. Now they're ready to take on the mainstream

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Listen to Wargasm's crushing new single 70% Dead, featuring Slipknot legend Corey Taylor

Wargasm have teamed up with a metal icon for this ripping new single

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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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“I have a really, really spiritual feeling about this next one”: Slipknot’s Shaun Crahan on the band’s next album

Slipknot's Shaun Crahan talks about the band's next album

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"When he sees all his uncles backstage in the masks, he loves it, he’s not scared": Kelly Osbourne's 1-year-old son finds Sid Wilson's Slipknot mask "so hilarious"

In the most adorable metal news you'll hear today, Kelly Osbourne and Sid Wilson's baby has no fear of Slipknot...but actually isn't so keen on Father Christmas

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Shawn 'Clown' Crahan believes Slipknot's next album will be "widely accepted" by fans, has "a really, really spiritual feeling" about it

Slipknot percussionist Clown shares his excitement for the band's upcoming releases

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Watch video for new Suicidal Tendencies single Nós Somos Família featuring former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg

Nós Somos Família is the first Suicidal Tendencies track to feature ex-Slipknot man Jay Weinberg

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"I felt like I'd been cleansed." Comedian Frank Skinner says seeing this legendary metal guitarist was "like a fabulous meditative experience"

Birmingham comedian Frank Skinner shares how seeing a legendary guitarist helped him forget life's problems - and the time he upset Eric Clapton

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“Deathcore? None of those bands can do what we do”: Suicide Silence had a point to prove to the haters, and with No Time To Bleed they rammed it home

Suicide Silence’s crushing second album, No Time To Bleed, was released on June 30, 2009

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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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"The Quad Cortex is working really well": Jim Root tell us about introducing amp modelling to his Slipknot rig for the first time – and his verdict on the Fender Tonemaster Pro

"I have noticed, ironically enough, that I like using it better direct than I do with a power amp through a speaker cabinet"

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"It's like a jack-of-all-trades thing": Slipknot guitarist Jim Root reveals more to us about the Player Series Strat he liked the look of so much, he bought one from Fender's website

"If you're in a band, and you're playing cover tunes, and you go from metal to pop or even country, you could cover it with this guitar"

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Whole Beast at the Montpelier, London: ‘Not subtle but huge fun’ – restaurant review

The flavour-packed classics here in Peckham are defiantly on the right track

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"I'm a nerd like that": Slipknot's Mick Thomson is a huge gearhead, and this video proves it again

The guitarist is now using Fishman Fluence pickups

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Start the week by scrunching your face to new Bleed From Within single Hands Of Sin

The Scottish metal aggressors will be supporting Slipknot in arenas later this year

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Slipknot announce first two festival headline sets of 2025

The nu metal titans will appear at Germany’s Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park festivals next June

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Bad Omens, Parkway Drive, Architects, Poppy, Jinjer, Kittie and more to play returning Mayhem Festival this October

One of North America's most iconic metal festivals is back after almost a decade

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“Outta the box awesome... Pretty much an all around versatile guitar. It’ll only get better after I spend some time with it”: Jim Root on his new Strat

Jim Root praises new Strat on his Instagram feed

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“An all around versatile guitar. It’ll only get better after I spend some time with it”: Fender has quietly rolled out a hardtail Player Plus Strat – and Jim Root has already taken one for a test drive

The Slipknot guitarist has given the Web Exclusive HSS Strat his seal of approval

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Watch drum cam footage of Slipknot's Eloy Casagrande performing Disasterpiece

Slipknot's heavy-hitting new drummer has shared video of him making very loud noises at a recent show

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Watch rising death metal stars Orbit Culture play tooth-rattling single While We Serve on their 2024 tour

The Swedish metal force obliterated Europe in the spring and are about to play across America with Slipknot

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