Tag: Slipknot

Review: “Hunter Gatherer” by Avatar

In 2019 Avatar reunited with producer Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Slipknot, Anthrax) at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, California, where the foundation for each song on Hunter Gatherer was laid with the band performing altogether, as they’d done only once before on 2014’s “Hail the Apocalypse“. Aimed at capturing the bands live energy by allowing

Review: “Watch Me Burn” by Crystal Lake

Part of a package that in the physical form includes a DVD of their full live set at Spain’s Resurrection Fest in 2019 and a documentary with interviews and guests, Japanese Metalcore merchants Crystal Lake have looked to keep both fans and their label SharpTone Records happy with a pair of new cuts. For the

Interview: How Does One Become The New Slipknot Bassist?

Stray From The Path drummer Craig Reynolds chats to Alessandro Venturella aka V-Man, Slipknot bassist in this latest episode of The Downbeat Podcast. The pair go back 15 years as UK Techs, Reynolds doing the job for Architects and both now play in US bands so there is a fair amount of reminiscing in this

Bootleg: Slipknot in Detroit 2001!

Courtesy of Liberated Tape Archive, here’s a full set from the Golden Era of Slipknot. Back in 2001 on the Pledge Of Allegiance Tour, they joined forces with Rammstein, System Of A Down, No One and American Head Charge as their then new monster of an album “Iowa” was unleashed. This set was from the

Listmania: The 10 Worst Albums By 10 Brilliant Bands..?

Louder.com have put together “The 10 Worst Albums By 10 Brilliant Bands” which is an interesting read as some of these may actually be fans guilty pleasures. Take “Diablous In Musica” by Slayer as a prime example. Who doesn’t like “Stain Of Mind“? “Psychosocial” from “All Hope Is Gone” by Slipknot is a banger and

Bootleg: Slipknot at Rock In Rio!

That would be a freshly released pro-shot full set including “The Heretic Anthem“, “Liberate” and “The Blister Exists” from Rock In Rio 2011. The set includes former drummer Joey Morrison’s infamous 360 drum kit rotation after the classic that is “Surfacing” so hold on to your hats for that. It wouldn’t be Slipknot any other

NEWS: Slipknot and Eminem get mashed up!

Hats off to William Maranci, who has proved his wizardary with this piece of brilliance. He’s created a mash up of “Unsainted” by Slipknot and “Soldier” by Eminem that sounds like a solid remix of the former with Eminem’s vocals on it. But that’s not all. He’s taken Corey Taylor and companies performance at Download