Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines,Iowa,in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan,drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray. After several lineup changes in its early years,the band settled on nine members for more than a decade:Crahan,Jordison,Gray,Craig Jones,Mick Thomson,Corey Taylor,Sid Wilson,Chris Fehn,and Jim Root. Bassist Gray died on May 24,2010,and was replaced during 2011–2014 by Donnie Steele. Jordison was dismissed from the band on December 12,2013. Steele left during the recording sessions for .5:The Gray Chapter. The band found replacements in Alessandro Venturella on bass and Jay Weinberg on drums. After the departure of Jordison,as of December 2013 the only founding member in the current lineup is percussionist Crahan. Fehn was also dismissed from the band in March 2019 prior to the writing of We Are Not Your Kind and was replaced by Michael Pfaff. The band parted ways with Jones and Weinberg in 2023.
Slipknot is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on June 29,1999,by Roadrunner Records,following a demo containing a few of the songs which had previously been released in 1998. Later,it was reissued in December 1999 with a slightly-altered track listing and mastering as the result of a lawsuit. It was the first release by the band to be produced by Ross Robinson,who sought to refine Slipknot's sound rather than alter the group's musical direction. This is the only album to feature original guitarist Josh Brainard who left at the end of recording in late 1998 while the band was taking a brief break. Jim Root,who recorded two tracks at this point,would appear full time on subsequent albums starting with their next album Iowa.
Vol. 3: is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot,released on May 25,2004,by Roadrunner Records. A special edition,containing a bonus disc,was released on April 12,2005. It is the band's only album produced by Rick Rubin. Following the band's tour to promote its second album in 2002,speculation regarding the future began. Some band members had already been involved in side projects including Murderdolls,To My Surprise,and the reformation of Stone Sour. In 2003,Slipknot moved into The Mansion to work on the album. Initially,the band was unproductive;lead vocalist Corey Taylor was drinking heavily. Nevertheless,the band managed to write more than enough material for a new album. Vol. 3 is credited as Slipknot's first to incorporate more traditional,melodic song structures,guitar solos and acoustic instruments.
"Duality" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on May 4,2004,as the first single from the band's third album,Vol. 3:. A music video was made for the song,which was listed as Roadrunner's greatest video of all-time.
Disasterpieces is the second video album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Unveiled at an advance screening in New York City on November 1,2002,and released on November 22 by Roadrunner Records,the two-disc set features a concert at London Dockland Arena,and all the band's music videos to date,including songs from Slipknot and Iowa.
"Vermilion" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released as the second single from their third album,Vol. 3:. When the band plays the song live,they switch from their ordinary masks to "death masks";each an actual cast of each member's face. However,during the All Hope Is Gone tour,only Craig and Paul wore their death masks for the song.
"Wait and Bleed" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as the band's debut single off their 1999 self-titled debut album. After being remixed to replace the screamed vocals in the verses with more melodic singing,it was released as the lead single from the album in July 1999,and peaked at number 34 on the American Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in February 2000. It remains one of the band's signature songs.
"Before I Forget" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot,released as the third single from the band's third studio album,Vol. 3: (2004). It was cited by AOL as the top metal song of the decade. It also won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2006.
All Hope Is Gone is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot,released on August 26,2008 by Roadrunner Records. The album was published in two versions:the standard album in a CD case and a special edition packaged in a six-fold digipak containing three bonus tracks,a 40 page booklet,and a bonus DVD with a documentary of the album's recording. Preparation for the album began in 2007,while recording started in February 2008 in the band's home state of Iowa. Before the album's launch,Slipknot released a series of promotional images and audio samples from the album through various websites. All Hope Is Gone was considered the band's most eclectic-sounding album at the time of release,incorporating elements from their previous three. The album shows Slipknot moving away from the nu metal genre towards a groove metal style. Songs such as the opening track "Gematria " and the title track espouse the band's more brutal,death metal-influenced edge,reminiscent of songs such as "(sic)" from their debut self-titled album;slow burning,"trippy" elements such as "Gehenna",recalling "Skin Ticket" from their second album Iowa;and more tragic,sentimental tracks such as "Dead Memories" and "Snuff".
"Psychosocial" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as the second single from the band's fourth studio album,All Hope Is Gone (2008). The song entered airplay on June 26,2008 and was originally planned for release as a digital single on July 1 but was delayed and released on July 7. Slipknot performed "Psychosocial" live for the first time on July 9,2008,at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn,Washington. In 2008,the song was featured on the soundtrack to Marvel's Punisher:War Zone.
"Dead Memories" is a song from American heavy metal band Slipknot's fourth album,All Hope Is Gone. It was released on December 1,2008.
"Sulfur" is the fourth single from American heavy metal band Slipknot's fourth album All Hope Is Gone. The single was released on June 15,2009,after a video was released on April 18,2009. This was the last Slipknot video to feature their full original lineup with both bassist Paul Gray,who died the next year,and also the final appearance from Joey Jordison who was fired from the band four years later,before his death in July 2021.
"Snuff" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released on September 28,2009,as the fifth and final single from their fourth album,All Hope Is Gone,the song charted at number two on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,their highest chart placement to date,surpassing "Dead Memories".
"The Negative One" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released on August 1,2014,it was the band's first new song since the death of bassist Paul Gray in 2010 and the 2013 firing of drummer Joey Jordison. An accompanying music video premiered on Slipknot's official website on August 5,2014;however,no band members were featured. Vocalist Corey Taylor told BBC Radio 1 that he saw the song as more of a "gift to the fans" than a regular single though it was still released as a digital single on iTunes and many other digital music retailers.
"The Devil in I" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as a single from the band's fifth album,.5:The Gray Chapter (2014). It is the second single for the album and the first to be released to radio and music channels,with the previous single "The Negative One" being a digital only single.
"Killpop" is a single by American heavy metal band Slipknot for their fifth major label studio album .5:The Gray Chapter.
"Left Behind" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as the lead single from the band's second album,Iowa (2001) on October 29,2001. It was produced by Ross Robinson. The single reached number 30 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart,number 24 on the UK Singles Chart and number 5 on the UK Rock &Metal Singles Chart. It was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2002.
"All Out Life" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot,released as an independent single on October 31,2018,by Roadrunner Records. It was the band's first single in nearly three years,following "Goodbye". It is the final release to feature longtime percussionist and backing vocalist Chris Fehn before his dismissal from the band due to a lawsuit in March the following year.
"Unsainted" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released as the lead single from their sixth studio album We Are Not Your Kind on May 16,2019,accompanied by its music video. This is the first Slipknot single released since "All Out Life",which was released on October 31,2018,as well as their first single without their former percussionist Chris Fehn who was fired from the band due to a lawsuit earlier in 2019.
"Solway Firth" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Produced by Greg Fidelman,it was released on July 22,2019,as the second single from their sixth album,We Are Not Your Kind. The song's music video was directed by the band's percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan and features footage from the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys. The track peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart and number 14 on the UK Rock &Metal Singles Chart.
