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SLIPKNOT Frontman: 'This Band Doesn't Do Anything Without A Reason, Without A Purpose'
SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor recently spoke to the Toronto Star about the band's plans to enter the studio to begin recording the long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "All Hope Is Gone". The forthcoming effort will mark SLIPKNOT's first release since the May 2010 death of bassist and key songwriting c...August 9, 2012
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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Talks About 'Wear The Mask' App (Video)
SLIPKNOT co-founder/conceptualist/percussionist Shawn M. Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) recently spoke to Artisan News about the band's first-ever digital app, which was released last month across Mac iOS and Android platforms. You can watch the chat below. Appropriately entitled "Slipknot: Wear The Mask", t...August 8, 2012
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SLASH: More WAAF Interview Footage Posted Online
Mistress Carrie of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash. You can now watch the chat in three parts below. Although there has been very little activity from VELVET REVOLVER in the past four years, Slash told The Aquarian...August 8, 2012
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Is Happy LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Is Free
LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was released from a prison in Prague, the Czech Republic, last Thursday (August 2),more than a month after he was arrested and incarcerated on charges of alleged manslaughter. Blythe was facing the possibility of conviction and a long-term jail sentence after a 201...August 8, 2012
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'Mayhem Festival Cruise' Canceled
The previously announced first annual Mayhem Festival Cruise — which was scheduled to set sail on Friday, December 7, 2012 from the Port of Miami, Florida and travels to the Bahamas, returning to the mainland on Monday, December 10 — has been canceled. The event's organizers have released the follow...August 8, 2012
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UNIDA: Rare California Show Announced
UNIDA, the American stoner band featuring former KYUSS and current KYUSS LIVES! vocalist John Garcia, will perform at The Hood Bar & Pizza in Palm Desert, California on Friday, August 10. For more information, go to this location. UNIDA originally consisted of Garcia , Arthur Seay (guitar),Mig...August 5, 2012
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Video: Heavy Police Presence At Tonight's 'Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival'
According to WBZ-TV, a number of arrests were made and several patrons were taken to the hospital Friday night (August 3) during the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival at Mansfield, Massachusetts's Comcast Center. There was a heavy police presence at today's event following last week's rave-type...August 3, 2012
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Interviewed On 'Headbangers Ball' (Video)
On July 27, Jose Mangin, host/producer MTV.com's web-only show "Headbangers Ball" (and program director/DJ on SiriusXM Octane and Liquid Metal),conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor at the Camden, New Jersey stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch t...August 2, 2012
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'Black Metal' Band Featured In New FEDEX Commercial
A unnamed, corpse-painted, black metal-meets-industrial-style band is featured in a new commercial for FedEx, the king of air, ground and freight delivery services. According to Adweek, the 30-second spot, which was created by the New York City-based advertising agency network BBDO, "touts the deliv...August 2, 2012
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SLIPKNOT/SLAYER 'Mayhem' Show At Darien Lake Draws 21 Arrests Or Citations
According to The Batavian, 21 people were arrested or cited during the August 1 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival concert at Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Center, New York. Of the four people arrested, a 49-year-old man and a 27-year-old male were charged with disorderly conduct a...August 2, 2012
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Legendary ROADRUNNER RECORDS A&R Man MONTE CONNER Exits Label
Roadrunner Records Senior VP A&R Monte Conner, who signed countless bands to the label over the years — including ANNIHILATOR, BIOHAZARD, COAL CHAMBER, DEICIDE, DEVILDRIVER, FEAR FACTORY, GOJIRA, LIFE OF AGONY, MACHINE HEAD, OBITUARY, RUSH, SEPULTURA, SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR, TRIVIUM and TYPE O NEG...August 2, 2012
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TROUBLE Going Back To The Studio
Chicago doom-metal legends TROUBLE announced in February that they recruited Kyle Thomas as their new singer following the departure of their frontman of the past four years, Kory Clarke (of WARRIOR SOUL fame). Thomas, former lead vocalist for EXHORDER, FLOODGATE and ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY, was no str...August 1, 2012
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SLIPKNOT's 'Antennas To Hell' Cracks U.S. Top 20
SLIPKNOT's greatest-hits package, "Antennas To Hell", sold more than 16,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 18 on The Billboard 200 chart. The set consists of 19 songs from the band's four major label studio albums, as well as live performances of "Th...August 1, 2012
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MACHINE HEAD Frontman Says RANDY BLYTHE Is 'Innocent'
MACHINE HEAD has been added to SLIPKNOT's first-ever Knotfest, an extraordinary two-date metal and hard rock festival set to take place on August 17 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and August 18 in Somerset, Wisconsin. Commented the festival organizers: "The mighty MACHINE HEAD has been tapped as one of the...August 1, 2012
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ANTHRAX Guitarist Doesn't Understand Why U.S. Government Doesn't Step In To Help RANDY BLYTHE
On July 27, Artisan News spoke to members of SLIPKNOT, ANTHRAX and ASKING ALEXANDRIA at the Camden, New Jersey stop of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival about LAMB OF GOD singer's incarceration in the Czech Republic in connection with the death of a fan more than two years ago. You can now w...July 31, 2012
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