‘Dancing femininely is the most metal thing’: the young women turning Slipknot into feminist anthems
With videos that are part thirst trap, part protest, gen Z is changing the image of the nu metal fan
June 2023
Slipknot and a chilled muscadet? Hellfest, the metal festival that’s also a gastronomic paradise
With its wine and oyster pairings, lobster rolls, oozing cheeses and metal-themed supermarkets, Hellfest has turned the small French town of Clisson into a foodie destination for metalheads
Download festival review – 20th birthday brings double Metallica, occult glam and a new breed
After travel chaos this proves to be an epic four-dayer, with an eclectic mix from Bring Me the Horizon to AA Williams plus Metallica spanning their career
‘We are the great unwashed!’: Iron Maiden, Metallica and more on 20 years of Download
The mega metal weekender celebrates its anniversary this year. In an oral history its stars, punters and long-suffering crew remember Spitfire fly-bys, urine-filled bottles and a lot of mud
September 2022
The reader interview
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor: ‘Our stage manager passed out, so we set his legs on fire’
The singer on old horror films, making new music and the craziest bands to tour with
August 2022
The reader interview
Post your questions for Slipknot’s Corey Taylor
As the metallers tour ahead of their seventh album, The End, So Far, we invite you to peer behind the mask and ask their singer anything
Drummer and songwriter with the heavy metal band Slipknot whose thunderous playing was enhanced by a sense of theatre
Joey Jordison, Slipknot’s founding drummer, dies at age 46
Family announce that metal musician, who had transverse myelitis, a nerve disease, died ‘peacefully in his sleep’
Slipknot’s Joey Jordison corralled chaos with his explosive talent
Chris Lord
In combining both pummelling impact and nimble speed, Jordison defied his short stature to become a hulking master of rhythm – and the finest metal drummer of his era
March 2020
Heavy by Dan Franklin review – metal gets serious
More than just guitar power chords ... a weighty discussion of metal, for both passionate fans and neophytes
January 2020
Slipknot review – a haven of euphoric noise in a world gone mad
Blending thrilling theatricality with skilled musicianship, the metal megastars unite their ‘maggot’ followers against the forces of darkness
August 2019
Slipknot: We Are Not Your Kind review – Iowan behemoths' most brutal, gentle album
Mixing their trademark raging riffola and tribal drumming with everything from krautrock to acoustic elements, Slipknot push their own limits
June 2019
Download festival review – fire, fury and hymns to the dark side
Headliners Slipknot and Def Leppard lead the way on a long weekend of big riffs and shouting
October 2018
Def Leppard, Tool and Slipknot to headline Download festival 2019
Metal band Slipknot and prog-rock group Tool will also headline next year’s event in Leicestershire
September 2017
'The US hasn't been this divided since the 60s': Slipknot's Corey Taylor on how to save America
For his new book, America 51, the Slipknot frontman has been examining the sicknesses at the heart of US culture – and from Donald Trump to modern dating, here’s his exclusive guide to navigating them
February 2016
Culture webchats
Slipknot's Corey Taylor answers your questions: 'Donald Trump makes me want to eat my shoes'
Culture webchats
Corey Taylor webchat – post your questions now
December 2015
Music blog
Slipknot's Corey Taylor on Lemmy: Rest hard and loud my friend
Frontman recalls being inspired by – and behaving badly with – the late Motörhead frontman, one of rock’n’roll’s greatest iconoclasts
October 2015
Doctor Who: episode-by-episode
Doctor Who Series 35, episode 3: Under The Lake
This week’s underwater ghost story takes its time to build the tension as the Doctor and Clara try to understand who’s haunting a sunken spaceship. Plus! A bonus Q&A with Slipknot singer/DW sound effects man Corey Taylor
September 2015
Slipknot's Corey Taylor supplies Doctor Who's monster with scream
The metal frontman gives bloodcurdling voice to the Fisher King, the Doctor’s enemy in Under the Lake episode
