Slipknot (band)
Slipknot, an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, once played the Download Festival to roughly 90,000 people and had to stop its set twice. The date was the 14th of June 2013. The front barricade had split open under pressure from the crowd. The band paused, once in the middle of a song, while the barricade was repaired.
That night fits a group formed in 1995 that has sold 30 million records worldwide, more than 12 million of them in the United States. Yet its members perform behind masks, and its lineup has rarely stayed still. This documentary asks how a handful of Iowa musicians built a sound and an image that crowds could barely contain. It asks why the members hide their faces. It also asks what the band has lost along the way, and how critics, rivals and fans have answered a group of people in matching jumpsuits.
On the 1st of December 1991, a thrash metal band called Modifidious opened for Atomic Opera at the Runway, a Des Moines club. Atomic Opera was then the city's biggest metal act, with Jim Root on guitar. Modifidious was led by drummer Joey Jordison. Afterward its guitarist defected to the more successful band, and Jordison replaced him with local guitarist Craig Jones.
Other future members were scattered across the same scene. Drummer Shawn Crahan led Heads on the Wall, which played funk metal covers and released a demo tape in July 1992. A death metal group called Vexx featured Anders Colsefni on drums and Paul Gray on bass, though it never recorded. Crahan often visited the Runway on Sundays, when it admitted all ages, hoping to meet young players to jam with.
By March 1993, Crahan was jamming with Colsefni, Gray and guitarist Patrick Neuwirth in Gray's basement. They discussed band names but never chose one. One recording from those sessions carried the title "Slipknot". The spine of another carried the word Painface, which Colsefni later borrowed for his own band.
In September 1995, Colsefni, Crahan and Gray started a group called the Pale Ones and invited local musician Donnie Steele to play guitar. Gray soon asked Jordison to a rehearsal, because the group wanted to experiment with extra drum parts. Jordison stayed as drummer, Crahan shifted to percussion, and Colsefni added percussion to his singing. Jordison then brought in guitarist Josh Brainard, making six members. On the 5th of November they made their public debut at a Des Moines benefit show under the name Meld.
The band's planning sessions took place late at night at a Sinclair gas station, where Jordison worked the overnight shift. There, in late 1995, he suggested taking the name Slipknot from their song of the same title. In December the band started recording at SR Audio, a studio in its hometown. It had no recording contract, so the members paid for the project themselves, at an estimated cost of $40,000.
Guitarist Donnie Steele, a Christian, left in February 1996 after discussions with producer Sean McMahon about the lyrics. Jordison recalled that Steele "was having these God talks, when we were supposed to be working". He added, "We were prepared to keep him on, but he didn't want to stay." Steele said, "I had a lot on my mind spiritually."
Jones took Steele's place during mixing. The band had layered samples onto its recordings that it could not reproduce live, so Jones became the sampler, and Mick Thomson was hired as guitarist. After a difficult mixing and mastering process, the demo Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. came out on Halloween, the 31st of October 1996.
Distribution passed to -ismist Recordings in early 1997, and local radio gave the demo a little airplay. No record label responded. The band wanted more melodic vocals, so it recruited Corey Taylor from the Des Moines band Stone Sour, which moved Colsefni to backing vocals and percussion. In September 1997, Colsefni announced on stage that he was leaving. Greg Welts, nicknamed "Cuddles", took over the percussion.
A five-track second demo, made in early 1998 only for labels, finally drew attention. In February, producer Ross Robinson offered to produce the debut album after attending rehearsals in Des Moines. DJ Sid Wilson soon joined as the ninth member. In late June the band received a seven-album deal from Roadrunner Records worth $500,000, and it signed publicly on the 8th of July 1998. Two days earlier Welts had been fired, a subject the band refuses to discuss. Brandon Darner replaced him and left shortly after.
Chris Fehn took over on percussion before the band traveled to Malibu, California, in September 1998 to make its debut album. Over the Christmas break in Des Moines, Brainard decided to leave. He said, "some decisions were made that I wasn't particularly happy with". Jim Root completed the lineup, and the band returned to Malibu.
The self-titled album Slipknot arrived on the 29th of June 1999. The band's first tour, on the Ozzfest bill that year, greatly widened its audience. Thomas Mignone directed the home video Welcome to Our Neighborhood and the videos for the singles "Wait and Bleed" and "Spit It Out". The following grew mostly through touring and word of mouth. In early 2000 the album was certified platinum, the first Roadrunner Records release to earn that status.
A clown mask that Shawn Crahan carried to early rehearsals started the whole idea. Crahan later became known for his clown masks and took the pseudonym "Clown". By late 1997 the band had decided that every member would wear a unique mask and a matching jumpsuit. Each member was also assigned a number by role, from No. 0 through No. 8, although that habit has faded since Paul Gray died.
Corey Taylor explained the thinking in 2002. He said, "it's our way of becoming more intimate with the music." The masks let the members stop thinking about who they were outside music, so they could "crawl inside it".
The jumpsuits were described as a response to commercialism in the music industry, and they led to the numbers. Taylor said the band first planned only the jumpsuits, then decided to number themselves as well. The message, in his words, was "Hey, we're a product!"
The masks change with each album. Members keep the theme of their mask and add new elements. In a 2004 interview, Jordison said the updates show growth within each individual. Special masks have marked special moments. For "Vermilion" in 2004 and 2005, the members wore life masks cast from their own faces. In 2008 they posed in large "purgatory masks" before All Hope Is Gone, and they burned them in the video for "Psychosocial".
The earliest masks were homemade. Since 2000 they have been custom-made by special effects artist and musician Screaming Mad George.
Critics have often called the image a sales gimmick. The members reject that. They say the masks pull attention away from themselves and onto the music, and that they protect privacy. In 2005, Chris Fehn called the masks a "blessing" because nobody recognized the members in public. The band's logo, the nonagram, was created by the members early on. In 2012 the band released Slipknot: Wear the Mask, an iOS and Android app that lets fans build their own masks and define what kind of Slipknot fan they are.
Metal Hammer judged that Slipknot were "far heavier than the average nu-metal band" when the group played that style. The band is most often filed under nu metal, alternative metal and groove metal, with traces of death metal, hard rock, grindcore and rap metal. Groove is a hallmark and has drawn comparisons to Pantera. Blabbermouth tied the band's frequent repetition to thrash metal. The members prefer the phrase "metal metal" and keep their distance from nu metal peers such as Korn and Limp Bizkit.
Taylor offered his own explanation for the label. He pointed to "The timing when we came out and the fact that we were still kind of using a lot of hip-hop elements and whatnot." He saw Slipknot as a precursor to the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. He was glad to be mentioned alongside Korn, Deftones, White Zombie and Rob Zombie.
The typical setup features heavily down-tuned guitars, a large percussion section, sampling, keyboards and turntablism. Vocals range from growls and screams to backing vocals and melodic singing. Tracks led by acoustic guitars and melodic singing first appeared on Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). On that album Taylor deliberately avoided profanity, answering claims that he relied on it. The lyrics explore darkness, nihilism, anger, disaffection, love, misanthropy and psychosis. They also touch on the music industry, politics and personal strife.
The band named two records as major influences: Korn's self-titled album of 1994 and Limp Bizkit's Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$ of 1997. Its biggest influence, on image as well as music, was singer Mike Patton and his bands Mr. Bungle, Fantômas and Faith No More. Taylor said that watching Faith No More at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards saved his life. In a 2000 interview, Patton called the Slipknot members "really nice guys".
Mr. Bungle supplied a template for the look. In the late 1980s and early 1990s its members wore strange masks, including clown and gimp ones, and jumpsuits, and they hid behind obscure pseudonyms. Its video for "Travolta" was banned on MTV. Writers also hear Mr. Bungle's adventurousness in Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. Mr. Bungle drummer Danny Heifetz strongly influenced Jordison.
The whole band attended one of the first shows by Fantômas while making its debut studio album. That group combined Patton, Slayer's Dave Lombardo, Melvins' Buzz Osborne and Mr. Bungle's Trevor Dunn. From that album on, Slipknot's sound turned more straightforward and extreme, largely because of producer Ross Robinson.
Kiss was the other pillar. Jordison said he saw the band on television around 1980. Kiss Alive!, released in 1975, the year he was born, left him "changed forever, and then he just became completely engulfed in metal." Thomson said the first album he ever bought was Kiss's Destroyer. Taylor has covered multiple Kiss songs, both as a solo artist and with Stone Sour.
The wider list runs from Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Led Zeppelin to Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Nine Inch Nails and Beastie Boys. For The End, So Far, Taylor also cited The Cure, Death, the Prodigy and Type O Negative.
Early Slipknot shows included stage dives from high balconies and members setting each other on fire. Crahan would wander into the crowd and tie people up with a microphone cord. Gray later said the band backed away from such acts because of lawsuits and a wish not to harm others. He called it a "better move" for the band's longevity.
Most members still headbang heavily, and the staging uses pyrotechnics, elevated platforms, hydraulic drum risers and computer screens. Alistair Lawrence of Kerrang! wrote that "the choreographed chaos is too multi-faceted to fully describe". NME described one show as "a scene of chaos".
The band built its own festival around that reputation. The first Knotfest took place on the 17th of August 2012 at Mid-America Motorplex near Pacific Junction, Iowa. It continued on the 18th of August in Somerset, Wisconsin. Deftones, Lamb of God and Serj Tankian also played, and the shows debuted a Slipknot museum.
On the 25th of September 2016, Knotfest was combined with Ozzfest. The band performed the album Iowa in its entirety. In 2019, Slipknot opened six WorldWired Tour dates for Metallica in Australia and New Zealand, running from the 17th to the 31st of October.
Recording of the second album began in early 2001 at the Sound City and Sound Image studios in Los Angeles. Conflicts between members were growing, driven by heavy touring and recording schedules. Sessions ended in February, and Iowa was released on the 28th of August 2001. It peaked at number three on the Billboard charts and at number one in the UK. The singles were "The Heretic Anthem", "Left Behind" and "My Plague", the last of which appeared on the soundtrack of the film Resident Evil. In 2002 the band also appeared in the film Rollerball, performing "I Am Hated".
In mid-2002, internal conflict sent Slipknot on its first hiatus. Taylor and Root revived Stone Sour, and Jordison formed Murderdolls with vocalist Wednesday 13. Crahan founded To My Surprise, and Wilson went solo as DJ Starscream. Taylor and Jordison appeared unmasked on MTV for the first time, promoting their own bands. On the 24th of January 2003, the band's website denied speculation that the split was permanent. "I don't have a problem with anyone in Slipknot," Jordison said.
After several delays, the band moved into a Los Angeles house called The Mansion in mid-2003 to work with producer Rick Rubin. Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) came out on the 24th of May 2004 and peaked at number two on the Billboard album charts. It produced six singles, including "Duality" and "Vermilion". The band's first live album, 9.0: Live, was released on the 1st of November 2005 and peaked at number 17.
Touring ended in 2005, and the second hiatus began. Crahan founded Dirty Little Rabbits, and Jordison produced the 3 Inches of Blood album Fire Up the Blades. In 2006 Slipknot won its first Grammy Award, Best Metal Performance, for "Before I Forget". That single later appeared in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.
Preparation for the fourth album began at the end of 2007. Work started in February 2008 at Sound Farm Studio in Jamaica, Iowa, with producer Dave Fortman. All Hope Is Gone was released on the 20th of August 2008 and debuted at number one on the Billboard albums chart. Five singles followed, including "Psychosocial". The tour ran until the 31st of October 2009 and led to a third hiatus. In 2010, Gray was planning to tour with another group, the supergroup Hail!.
On the 24th of May 2010, Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel room in Urbandale, Iowa. The next day the remaining eight members held an unmasked press conference with Gray's widow and brother. On the 21st of June, the cause of death was confirmed as an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl.
The band was slow to say what came next. Jordison said another record was already "kinda in the making". Taylor said he was "very conflicted" about doing anything with Slipknot. On the 28th of September 2010 the band released the video album (sic)nesses as a tribute to Gray. It features the full 2009 Download Festival performance and a 45-minute film about the All Hope Is Gone tour, and it debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Music Video Charts.
In 2011 Slipknot returned with a small number of European shows. It headlined Sonisphere Festival and Rock in Rio alongside Iron Maiden and Metallica, and played Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting. Donnie Steele filled in for Gray, standing behind Jordison where the audience could not see him.
On the 12th of December 2013, the band announced that Jordison had left after 18 years, citing personal reasons. Jordison said he "did not quit Slipknot" and was "shocked" and "blindsided". Both sides stayed silent for years. In June 2016 he revealed that he had transverse myelitis, a neurological disease that cost him the ability to play drums toward the end of his time with the band. He later joined the blackened death metal act Sinsaenum as a drummer. On the 26th of July 2021, Jordison died in his sleep at the age of 46.
The album .5: The Gray Chapter arrived worldwide on the 21st of October 2014. Taylor described it as "very dark" and a cross between Iowa and Vol. 3. The first single, "The Negative One", was the band's first song in six years. Crahan directed its video, which featured no band members. The song earned a Grammy nomination. A new bassist and drummer joined, wearing masks Crahan designed to set them apart. The band did not name them at first. In December, a former road crew member posted a photo of a touring personnel list naming bassist Alessandro Venturella and drummer Jay Weinberg.
On the 2nd of August 2015 in Hartford, Connecticut, a concert stopped when Venturella was rushed to hospital. After 20 minutes, Taylor told the crowd the show would continue without him. Extreme dehydration had caused the collapse.
On the 14th of March 2019, Chris Fehn filed a lawsuit against the band citing withheld payments. He accused Taylor and Crahan of setting up several band-related business entities that collect money from the band. He asked for a full forensic accounting. Days later the band announced on its website that Fehn was no longer a member, with a statement that ended "Long Live The Knot". That message was soon removed, and Fehn's lawyer said his employment status had not changed.
A percussionist with a concealed identity replaced him. Fans dubbed him "Tortilla Man", and the band confirmed him as Michael Pfaff on the 16th of March 2022. We Are Not Your Kind was released on the 9th of August 2019. The End, So Far followed on the 30th of September 2022, the band's final album for Roadrunner. Its contract with the label expired on the 1st of April 2023, and the single "Bone Church" was surprise-released on the 2nd of February 2023.
On the 7th of June 2023, the band announced it had parted ways with sampler and keyboardist Craig Jones, a member since 1996. The social media posts were deleted within the hour. On the 5th of November, it announced the exit of Weinberg, again with deleted posts. In 2024, former Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande debuted as the band's drummer at a warm-up show at Pappy & Harriet's Palace in California. Crahan is now the only founding member in the lineup. On the 8th of January 2025, he said at Knotfest that a new album was in the works.
In April 2002, after the Erfurt school massacre, German media reported that the shooter had been inspired by a Slipknot song called "School Wars". The claims were dismissed once it was confirmed that the band had never written such a song. In 2003, two young killers blamed the lyrics of "Disasterpiece" for their crime. In 2006, lyrics from "Surfacing" were found at the site of a grave robbery. After a 2008 slashing at a South African school linked to the band, Taylor said he was disturbed that people were hurt. He said his responsibility stopped there, because he believed the band's message was positive.
In 2005, Slipknot sued Burger King, saying the company had created the advertising-based band Coq Roq to capitalize on its image. Burger King countersued, pointing out that Mr. Bungle, Mushroomhead, Mudvayne, Kiss, Insane Clown Posse and Gwar had all used masks. After negotiations, the campaign and the lawsuit were withdrawn.
Mushroomhead and its fans long accused Slipknot of stealing their image. Slipknot's members said the similarities were coincidental, and Taylor said both bands started at the same time without knowing each other. Taylor also described a show in Cleveland, Ohio, where Mushroomhead fans threw objects, including a fist-sized padlock. In 2009, former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis said, "they're not the first masked band, we're not, no one was".
The dispute with Limp Bizkit began in spring 1999. Taylor burned copies of a magazine carrying a Calvin Klein campaign that featured Korn drummer David Silveria, a friend of Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst. In June 1999 Durst called Slipknot's fans "fat, ugly kids". The two bands still shared UK festival dates through 2000, including Reading and Leeds. In 2021, after Jordison's death, Limp Bizkit paid tribute to him at a show in Iowa.
In 2008 the band launched a clothing line, Tattered and Torn, named after a song on its 1999 debut. The first items went on sale in late July 2008 through Hot Topic stores across North America. In 2016, Loudwire staff ranked Slipknot the 16th-greatest heavy metal band of all time. The band is also named among the "Big Four of 2000s metal", with Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb of God and System of a Down. Writing for Loudwire in 2017, Lauryn Schaffner said Slipknot made "a culture, not just a band". Sleep Token, Bad Omens, Knocked Loose and Deafheaven are among the artists it has inspired.
The band opened its 25th anniversary celebrations with a tour announced on the 9th of December 2023. On the 18th of November 2025, Harbourview Equity Partners announced that it had bought a majority stake in Slipknot's catalog.
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Where and when did the band Slipknot form?
Slipknot formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995. Percussionist Shawn Crahan, vocalist Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray started the group.
Why do the members of Slipknot wear masks?
Slipknot's members say the masks divert attention from themselves and onto the music, and help keep their personal lives private. The idea began with a clown mask Shawn Crahan brought to early rehearsals, and by late 1997 every member wore a unique mask and matching jumpsuit.
How many records has Slipknot sold?
Slipknot has sold 30 million records worldwide and over 12 million in the United States.
What caused the death of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray?
Paul Gray died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl. He was found dead in a hotel room in Urbandale, Iowa, on the 24th of May 2010, and the cause was confirmed on the 21st of June.
Why did Joey Jordison leave Slipknot?
The band announced on the 12th of December 2013 that Joey Jordison had left after 18 years, citing personal reasons. In June 2016 he revealed that transverse myelitis had cost him the ability to play drums toward the end of his time with the band.
What are Slipknot's studio albums?
Slipknot has released seven studio albums: Slipknot (1999), Iowa (2001), Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004), All Hope Is Gone (2008), .5: The Gray Chapter (2014), We Are Not Your Kind (2019) and The End, So Far (2022).
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- 122Slipknot Announce New Album The End, So Far, Share New Video: WatchRob Arcand — July 19, 2022
- 123Slipknot release new song Yen: "It's such a great, cool departure for us"Emily Carter — August 5, 2022
- 125MagazineSlipknot Back With Surprise New Single 'Bone Church'2023-02-02
- 126Slipknot Keyboardist Craig Jones Leaving the Band After 27 YearsDaniela Avila — June 7, 2023
- 127Slipknot announce departure of Craig Jones, then delete announcementMerlin Alderslade — June 7, 2023
- 128Slipknot Plays First Concert With New Mystery MemberJune 7, 2023
- 129Slipknot fans share theories on identity of new memberLiberty Dunworth — 2023-06-15
- 130Slipknot Parts Ways With Drummer Jay WeinbergNovember 5, 2023
- 131Slipknot Announce First Dates for 2024 25th Anniversary TourJoe DiVita — 2023-12-11
- 132SLIPKNOT To Celebrate 25th Anniversary On European Tour In December 2024Blabbermouth — 2023-12-11
- 135Slipknot's New Drummer Is Exceptional But Was The Change Necessary?Quentin Singer — April 29, 2024
- 136Slipknot officially confirm new drummer Eloy CasagrandeEmily Carter — April 30, 2024
- 137A Question of Time: An In-Depth Interview With clown in LondonKnotfest — January 8, 2025
- 138Clown: "Slipknot Has A New Album"Greg Kennelty — January 14, 2025
- 140Report: Slipknot ‘Permanently’ Remove Sid Wilson From BandRob Carroll — August 1, 2026
- 141Slipknot Cuts Ties With Sid Wilson After Nearly 30 YearsKatie Atkinson — August 14, 2026
- 142Slipknot’s Jim Root Warns Fans ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Read’ After Rumors Sid Wilson Was Kicked OutCaleb Catlin — Vice — August 1, 2026
- 144Slipknot Confirms Sid Wilson’s Sudden Exit: ‘We Wish Him the Best’Katie Minton — August 15, 2026
- 145Sid Wilson acknowledges his exit from SlipknotDamian Jones — August 17, 2026
- 146Tracking For Slipknot's Forthcoming New Album Is Underwaywookubus — ThePRP — September 8, 2026
- 147Slipknot release surprise new single, Arsenal, under new label imprint (sic)est RecordsEmma Wilkes — September 9, 2026
- 148Slipknot surprise release brand new song Arsenal: "It is absolutely a pummelling experience" says Corey TaylorPaul Brannigan — September 9, 2026
- 149Slipknot Share New Song “Arsenal,” First Music Since Firing Sid Wilson & Jay WeinbergDanielle Cheleosky — September 9, 2026
- 151Slipknot Announce 2027 Stadium Tour With 11 Different OpenersChad ChildersChad Childers — 2026-09-28
- 153MagazineTop Ten Nu-Metal BandsAndrew Unterberger — September 10, 2004
- 154News6 Nu-Metal Bands You Shouldn't Be Ashamed of LikingDeeds, Michael — June 2, 2004
- 155MagazineNu-Metal's Not Dead!Blackie, Andrew — September 23, 2008
- 156NewsWear, tear visible at Slipknot showGendron, Bob — March 15, 2005
- 158Slipknot Announces New Album Title!Roadrunner Records — Roadrunner Records — July 12, 2011
- 159SlipknotSteve Huey
- 160BookThe Encyclopedia of Popular MusicLarkin, Colin — Omnibus Press — 2011
- 161AP – DevilDriver – Pray For VillainsJason Schruers — May 20, 2010
- 162BookThe Bloody Reign of SlayerJoel McIver — Omnibus Press — 2009
- 163Slipknot "We Are Not Your Kind"August 9, 2019
- 164NewsOn the Road Again: SlipknotBrian Mansfield — April 27, 2015
- 165MagazineIt looks like Slipknot are back in the studioRhian Daly — March 28, 2008
- 167NewsSlipknot review – showbiz shock and aweDave Simpson — January 19, 2015
- 168Album Review: Slipknot We Are Not Your KindAugust 8, 2019
- 169Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead in Des MoinesBBC — May 25, 2010
- 170Slipknot - .5: The Gray ChapterElliot Leaver — PlanetMosh — October 20, 2014
- 171Slipknot's All Hope is Gone: Another Step in a New DirectionMetalSucks — August 25, 2008
- 172Slipknot: "All Hope is Gone" & "Psychosocial"Shawn Loeffler — September 30, 2010
- 173The 40 best nu metal songs of all time2019-10-23
- 174BookRapcore: The Nu-Metal Rap FusionPorter, Dick — Plexus — 2003
- 175Allmusic Review of M.F.K.R.
- 176Allmusic Review of Vol. 3Johnny Loftus
- 17810 Heaviest Slipknot SongsEli Enis — 11 October 2022
- 179MagazineCorey's All Hope Is Gone track by trackJuly 19, 2008
- 180NAMM 2008 ReportThomson, Mick — On Track Magazine
- 181BookBrave Nu WorldTommy Udo — Sanctuary Publishing — 2002
- 183Elvis Presley's power, Tina Turner's legs: musicians pick their biggest influencesRachel Aroesti — March 1, 2018
- 184Nicky Kingsbury-Williams On Interviewing Sid Wilson of SlipknotOctober 25, 2017
- 185NewsThe most revolting band in the worldNeil McCormick — August 23, 2001
- 186Fantômas - Rock Squad SpecialViva Zwei
- 187Joey Jordison: 6 Albums That Made MeSeptember 4, 2018
- 188Slipknot's Mick Thomson: The 10 Records That Changed My LifeTerry Bezer — March 31, 2015
- 189Corey Taylor on KISS Drama: 'I Think It's Petty, Ridiculous'March 26, 2014
- 190Disco Inmortal: Mr. Bungle (1991)Patricio Avendaño R. — July 15, 2012
- 191Recordando a Mr Bungle…December 12, 2007
- 192"Slipknot": odio virulentoFabio Marco Ferragatta — June 29, 2018
- 193Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle (1991)November 11, 2014
- 194Albums Revisited: Mr. Bungle's Self-Titled Debut Turns 25August 10, 2016
- 196Rage with SlipknotLucy Forbes — June 29, 2020
- 197De aquellos polvos, estos chándales: El origen del Nu-MetalApril 3, 2014
- 198Led Zeppelín, Marilyn Manson, AC/DC, Metallica, U2, Kiss, Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, RHCP, Fall Out Boy, P.O.D., SlipknotErick Sivila — September 2008
- 199Slipknot - 9.0: LiveJohnny Loftus
- 200Slipknot: We Are Not Your KindAndy O'Connor
- 201Slipknot 'We Are Not Your Kind'Jay H. Gorania — August 9, 2019
- 202Slipknot – We Are Not Your KindAugust 17, 2019
- 203Interview with Paul Gray (Number 2) of SlipknotAlice Hammond — January 2000
- 204Joey Jordison's Top 10 Best Drummers Of All TimeMatt Stocks — June 21, 2016
- 205MagazineSlipknot's Joey Jordison - Talent Behind the MaskJeff Perlah — January 2002
- 206BookQueen, Revised Updated: the Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of RockPhil Sutcliffe — Voyageur Press — 2015
- 207Knot Again!Richard Beinstock — August 2001
- 208MagazineSlipknot and Stone Sour's Corey Taylor: My 10 Favorite Metal AlbumsKory Grow — June 28, 2017
- 209This Slipknot song is still Corey Taylor's favorite after all these yearsRachael Dowd — July 2, 2020
- 211MagazineSlipknot: Highway to HellAnthony Bozza — October 11, 2001
- 212NewsJoey Jordison (Slipknot) on ACDC, KISS and The Police (2018)18 July 2021
- 213Slipknot/Stone Sour's Corey Taylor's 6 greatest lyricists of all timeRich Chamberlain — MusicRadar — February 12, 2013
- 214NewsCorey Taylor (Slipknot) on Why Pearl Jam Belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of FameBrenna Ehrlich — 7 April 2017
- 215BookSlipknot: All Hope Is GoneJoel McIver — Omnibus Press — 2012
- 216Slipknot Singer on N.W.A's Rock Hall Induction: 'That's Rock & Roll'Kory Grow — March 16, 2016
- 218SlipknotBart Nijssen — December 20, 1999
- 220NewsSlipknot : London ArenaO'Keeffe, Niall — February 26, 2002
- 221VideoOur Last Interview with Paul Grey from SlipknotandPOP — June 6, 2010
- 222NewsConcert review: Slipknot at the Sprint Center with Coheed & Cambria and TriviumShea Conner — News-Press & Gazette Company — January 26, 2009
- 223MagazineBehold: the rebirth of a giantEmap — December 6, 2008
- 224NewsSlipknot bring fire and destruction to DownloadJune 14, 2009
- 225Slipknot make blazing return in first show of 2022Rich Hobsonpublished — 2022-03-17
- 226NewsInterview with Corey Taylor of SlipknotTalia Soghomonian — NYRock — 2002
- 227NewsNews Archive May 20, 2001May 20, 2001
- 228VideoSlipknot – Ahoy Netherlands InterviewThe Box — 2004
- 229VideoVermilion Music VideoRoadrunner Records
- 230VideoKerrang! Podcast: Slipknot exclusive!July 1, 2008
- 231VideoSlipknot – Chris and Paul – Boogie TV Interview 2004Boogie TV — 2004
- 232VideoLoud Times Video Magazine – Vol. 3Quantum Leap — 2001
- 233NewsSlipknot's Chris Fehn: 'It's A Blessing That We Don't Get Recognized'May 25, 2005
- 234MagazineSlipknot App Lets Fans 'Wear the Mask'Joe Pinsker — July 24, 2012
- 235Slipknot – Best Band LogosAugust 6, 2012
- 236Top 50 Metal Bands of All TimeLoudwire Staff — 2016-07-20
- 237The 'Big 4' Bands of 2000s MetalSeptember 19, 2025
- 23812 bands who wouldn't be here without SlipknotPaul Travers — July 20, 2020
- 242Album Review: SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL KostolomMax Heilman — 2021-08-11
- 244Asking Alexandria's Ben Bruce Discusses New Album PlansFull Metal JackieFull Metal Jackie — 2014-09-24
- 245NewsSlipknot offers fans Tattered ready-to-wearJuly 11, 2008
- 246NewsSlipknot's 'Tattered And Torn' Clothing Line; First T-Shirt Designs UnveiledJuly 27, 2008
- 247SLIPKNOT Linked To German School MassacreBlabbermouth — 2002-04-30
- 248NewsYoung Killers Try To Blame Slipknot For MurderMegan O'Toole — Chart Communications — July 10, 2003
- 249NewsSlipknot Lyrics Found At Site Of Grave RobberyMindslavor — Metalunderground.com — August 17, 2006
- 250Slipknot's Burger King BeefSeptember 21, 2011
- 251NewsSlipknot Singer Speaks Out About Stabbing In South AfricaVictoria Tsigonis — August 22, 2008
- 252NewsMushroomhead Drummer: Slipknot 'Traded A Platinum Record For Dignity, Honor And RespectOctober 9, 2006
- 253NewsSlipknot Frontman Discusses Mushroomhead 'Feud'March 11, 2005
- 254MagazineSlipknot and Mushroomhead on the Same Stage? Corey Taylor Says It's PossibleMary Ouellette — February 10, 2012
- 255NewsMushroomhead Vocalist Says There is No More Beef With SlipknotSeptember 14, 2009
- 256MagazineEx-Mushroomhead vocalist puts former bandmates on blast, says "Slipknot is better"Tyler Sharp — July 27, 2016
- 258Slipknot FeudDecember 9, 1999
- 262Slipknot Praises and Disses Fred DurstApril 29, 2008
- 264That bust-up between Slipknot and Limp Bizkit was one of the greatest feuds of the early 00sMatt Millsl — May 30, 2022
- 265Slipknot's Knotfest Japan 2014 Welcomes Korn and Limp BizkitChad Childers — April 24, 2014
- 266Watch Limp Bizkit and their fans pay tribute to Slipknot's Joey JordisonSam Moore — August 4, 2021
- 267NewsSlipknot Working On Album As They Ponder Grammys, TouringJoe D'Angelo — MTV — February 16, 2001
- 268NewsSlipknot's Paul Grey: "I Know System Of A Down Will Win Grammy"February 27, 2002
- 269NewsGrammy Awards Nominees Announced!January 7, 2003
- 270NewsMetallica, Cradle Of Filth, Motorhead Among Grammy NomineesDecember 7, 2004
- 271NewsMetallica, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Slipknot, Disturbed Among Grammy NomineesDecember 3, 2008
- 27358th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees - GRAMMY.comApril 30, 2017
- 274BookSlipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the MasksJason Arnopp — Ebury — 2001
- 275BookBarcode Killers: The Slipknot Story in Words and PicturesMark Crampton — Chrome Dreams — 2001
- 276BookSlipknot: Unmasked (Again)Joel McIver — Omnibus — 2003
- 277BookSlipknot: La monstrueuse paradeChristophe Lorentz — Camion blanc