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“We were going to take the world by any means necessary”: How Slipknot’s Wait And Bleed punished the mainstream and became the essential nu metal song

Wait And Bleed was just a demo in dire need of a chorus in 1998. One year later, it was a cornerstone of Slipknot’s stunning debut album and on track to become a megahit.

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Corey Taylor thinks one of Slipknot's best-loved anthems is their most over-rated song, and says the fact that he still sings it "tells you how much of a psycho I am"

Corey Taylor believes that the single which Metal Hammer readers voted Slipknot's greatest ever song is the most over-rated song in their catalogue

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Within Temptation, Babymetal and Corey Taylor are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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"I promise you this, as long as you are here, I will always be here for you": Watch Slipknot's Corey Taylor break down in tears during an emotional speech to fans

At a recent event to celebrate the release of his new solo album CMF2, Corey Taylor gets emotional during a touching, heartfelt speech about mental health

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"The next day I started putting signs up in guitar places." Corey Taylor reveals the band that inspired him to pursue a career in music - and how it came during his darkest moment

He's become a metal icon with Slipknot and Stone Sour - but it was a random encounter involving some alt metal heroes that set him on the path to greatness

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"Plenty of my guitars went down in flames. We smashed ’em and taped fireworks to ’em." How Damageplan gave Dimebag Darrell hope in a post-Pantera world

With Pantera in pieces and their legacy tarnished, Dimebag found himself desperately needing a new outlet for his talents. With brother Vinnie Paul beside him, he found one

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"We can talk about bubblegum, but I can also talk about things that matter.” Within Temptation return to the cover of Metal Hammer for a world exclusive interview

We go to the Netherlands for an exclusive interview with the band - plus Corey Taylor, HIM, Ghost, Skindred, K.K.'s Priest and much more!

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Corey Taylor: "For eight years I was married to the wrong woman. It was a very toxic relationship and it ate a part of me that I don't know if I'll ever get back"

Corey Taylor discusses the "real life sh*t" that inspires his solo songwriting, from PTSD and depression to his "toxic" second marriage

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"It’s so dope and so different... it really is the long-lost album": Corey Taylor says Slipknot's Look Outside Your Window album will finally be released in 2024, and admits that he's kinda to blame for the delay

On the shelf for 15 years, Slipknot's semi-mythical Look Outside Your Window album is coming out next year, says Corey Taylor

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Corey Taylor: It terrifies me that conspiracy theories are the norm

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor pulls no punches in rant about conspiracy theorists

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Watch this rare footage of Slipknot playing a 1999 hometown show and see why The Nine got so huge so fast

A month before releasing their iconic debut album, Slipknot played a hometown show in Des Moines, Iowa, and levelled the place

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Watch Corey Taylor walk through the Blood Prison experience at the "notoriously haunted" Ohio State Reformatory

Slipknot's Corey Taylor gets spooked by ghouls and ghosts with two fans in the Ohio State Reformatory at this year's Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival

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"Make it cream, make me scream": Prepare to do the most aggressive twerking of your life to this cover of Cardi B's WAP performed in the style of Slipknot

Cardi B's 2020 single WAP (Wet Ass P***y) featuring Megan Thee Stallion has been reworked to sound like an old school "IOWAP" Slipknot banger

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"Boo!" Watch Corey Taylor get a taste of his own medicine as someone in a spooky mask gives him a fright

Slipknot's Corey Taylor got spooked during a private tour of the haunted Ohio State Reformatory at this year's Inkcarceration Festival

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Alice Cooper and Demi Lovato have written a song together, according to Nita Strauss: "they both said that it went amazingly well"

Nita Strauss reveals that Alice Cooper and pop-star-turned-rocker Demi Lovato have co-written a song

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The one thing missing from the new Barbie movie soundtrack is this Barbie Girl x Slipknot mash-up that everyone needs to listen to immediately

This mix of Aqua's Barbie Girl and Slipknot's Psychosocial is the best Barbie mash-up since Barbenheimer

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Corey Taylor says he "completely backed" Metallica and Lars Ulrich's Napster battle: "if more people realized how badly artists were paid, they might say something"

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor backs Metallica's decision to sue Napster back in 2000

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Demi Lovato: I've always wanted to work with Corey Taylor

Demi Lovato targets collaborations with Slipknot's Corey Taylor and metalcore heroes Knocked Loose

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Corey Taylor, Tesseract and Svalbard are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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Corey Taylor reacts to Duff McKagan describing him as a young Bruce Springsteen: "That meant so much to me, 'cause I have not always been the easiest person to like in this business"

Corey Taylor explains why he's so thankful to hear some rather complimentary words from Guns N' Roses legend Duff McKagan

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The ironic story of when Slipknot’s Clown almost gouged his eye out playing, you guessed it, Eyeless

Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Crown” Crahan smashed his face in during a set – then suffered even further when some maniac licked the wound.

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Corey Taylor announces UK/Europe tour dates, shares intense new single Post Traumatic Blues

Hear the second single from Corey Taylor's upcoming CMF2 album, as Slipknot's frontman reveals tour dates for late 2023

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Have internet sleuths figured out the new Slipknot keyboardist's identity?

A now deleted Instagram shot from Tortilla Man has dropped a massive hint on the identity of Slipknot's new keyboardist

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Stone Sour's future more uncertain than ever as Corey Taylor slams band's "hindrances"

New comments from Corey Taylor suggest it's unlikely we'll see Stone Sour back in action any time soon

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"I will follow him into battle every day": Corey Taylor shares his love for his son Griffin, frontman of Vended

"I'm just so proud that he has found the thing that makes his heart sing"

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