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During a Pollstar Live! panel discussion, Slipknot founding member Shawn Crahan reveals metal bands' reputations and realities don't match.

Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen’s longtime drummer, admitted he couldn’t take his son Jay’s place as the drummer in Slipknot.

Ozzy Osbourne joined together with Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor today to announce the combination of their respective festivals into one huge metal event this fall.

On May 12, some legendary musicians are coming together to honor Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes and Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander.

Following the news earlier that Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson was stabbed in the head by his own brother during a scuffle, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has commented on the situation

In a new interview with Corey Taylor, the vocalist gave an update on Slipknot's next album, claiming fans "will lose their minds" after hearing it.

Update (5:45PM ET): This story has been amended with a statement from Stone Sour confirming that Jim Root is in fact no longer in the band. Earlier this year, guitarist Jim Root sat out Stone Sour's tour with the reason given that he was concentrating his efforts on writing music for Slipknot's next album. However, now the band has announced that it has parted ways with Root.

Slipknot had such an enjoyable time playing 2013's Ozzfest in Japan that they took a page out of the book and relocated Knotfest to Japan for 2014. The second staging of the Slipknot-organized event will take place Nov. 15 and 16 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Tokyo and the first two acts joining Slipknot have been revealed.

Slipknot are bringing back their Knotfest music event in 2014, but taking a page out of Ozzfest's book, Slipknot will be staging the fest in Japan. Slipknot were actually part of last year's one-off Ozzfest performance in Japan and will now deliver their very own festival to the country on Nov. 15 and 16.

Slipknot / Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor has taken his talents to the silver screen. The musician will appear in the upcoming horror flick 'Fear Clinic,' which stars 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' legend Robert Englund.

A new Slipknot album is becoming more and more of a reality, as frontman Corey Taylor has revealed in a new interview with Kerrang (excerpted by NME) that the band will begin major work on the disc in March.

Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor was the guest on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show this past weekend. The always busy rocker spoke about some of the lessons he's learned in music and about his participation in the upcoming film 'Fear Clinic.' If you missed Jackie’s show, here’s her full interview with Corey Taylor.