Tag Archives: Slipknot
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ALBUM REVIEW: Corey Taylor plays it fast and loose on eclectic ‘CMFT’
Corey Taylor has become one of hard rock’s standard bearers. Taylor speaks his mind on the state of the genre, while also serving as one of its primary champions. His prolific career has spanned work with Slipknot and Stone Sour, as well as acting and writing multiple New York…
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QUICK TAKE: Brian Posehn and friends seamlessly mix metal and comedy on ‘Grandpa Metal’
Grandpa Metal is Brian Posehn’s first metal album. It’s not his first album. The actor, writer and comedian has released numerous comedy albums. He’s also released a few metal songs by himself, though for this album, Posehn didn’t go it alone. Grandpa Metal Brian Posehn Megaforce Records, Feb. 13…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Orthodox drops a nu-core masterwork with ‘Let It Take Its Course’
When a hardcore band claims influence from System of a Down and Slipknot, it’s hard not to fear for the worst. But the nu-metalcore hybrid of Orthodox works, which explains the band’s fast growth in the underground scene. For its latest LP, the Nashville quartet focuses on sharpening its edges and…
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Aftershock secures place as heaviest fest in the West with Tool, Slipknot, BMTH
Tool performs at the Aftershock Festival on Oct. 13, 2019. Courtesy of Aftershock. SACRAMENTO — Northern California’s annual hard rock festival, Aftershock, continued its upward trajectory as one of the premiere national events for heavy music. What began back in 2012 as a one-day and one-stage event has ballooned…
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REWIND: Ease your stress with Slipknot and other loud, angry songs
Everyone manages stress differently. Some people use guided meditation, some people go with binge drinking and an underground fight club. There are as many coping strategies as there are people. Similarly, some people go for some mellow, soothing music. Most people really. But that’s not how I roll.…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Slipknot embraces a new era on ‘We Are Not Your Kind’
To be fair, no one could expect Slipknot’s sixth album to reach Iowa levels of heavy. Iowa, released in 2001, began with DJ Sid Wilson having a nervous breakdown and ended with frontman Corey Taylor stripping naked and cutting himself with broken glass—a headspace the Midwestern band left behind…
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REVIEW: Slipknot, Gojira, Volbeat and Behemoth kick off Knotfest with metallic mayhem
Slipknot performs at Knotfest at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on July 26, 2019. Photos: Alessio Neri. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Back in 1999 it would seem insane to predict that nine jumpsuit-wearing maniacs from Iowa would tour America with Denmark’s groove metal export, French ultra-heavy environmentalists and Poland’s…
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RIFF REWIND’s best songs of 2001: It was time to party, so Andrew W.K. partied hard
They didn’t know it yet, but only Beyonce could pay their auto-mo-bills. We’re still in that dark time between album rock and YouTube. Record company executives had almost all the power to decide what we got to hear. Worse, what they decided we wanted to hear was still boy…