Slipknot News

The summer concert series at the White River Amphitheater might have kicked off officially this past Tuesday with the New Kids on the Block concert.

Or rather, a tank. With three drummers, a dj, blistering guitars, and a vocalist who roars, this band creates what can only be described as a wall of sound.

The Concert Authority Listen Live The 2009 Awards will be held at a top secret London location on August 3 and this year's event will be hosted by Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian .

SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian will host this year's Kerrang! Awards , which will be held at a "top-secret" London, England location on August 3. "It's going to be awesome presenting the Awards with my good friend Corey ," says Scott Ian .

Head bangers, rejoice: thrash metal titans Slayer have announced that their ninth studio album, World Painted Blood , will be released late this summer.

Masked metal outfit Slipknot lead the nominations for this year's Kerrang! Awards.

Heavy metal band Kittie have signed a worldwide deal with E1 Music and will release three albums through the label.

Reactivated British extreme metal legends CARCASS performed at year's Gods Of Metal festival, which was held June 27-28, 2009 in Monza, Italy.

Fender signature bass player Frank Bello is back on the road with his New York-based metal band ANTHRAX .

Currently in the middle of a European festival run, Slipknot has revealed a late-summer trek of the western US behind last year's " All Hope Is Gone ." The masked metal-heads will begin the stateside outing Aug.

Tickets go on sale Saturday for shows in San Diego and Las Vegas, as well as in Orlando, Tampa and Miami, FL.

With metal fans gathering across Europe for the epic Sonisphere tour, the organizers now present the unique Sonisphere souvenir USB wristband, offering fans the ultimate collection of content from the festival.

Costumed metal act Slipknot will perform along with thrash metal pioneers Anthrax at the Four Seasons Arena in Great Falls on Tuesday, Aug.

A new BEHEMOTH track, "Ov Fire And The Void" , is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page .

Rock music returned to its spiritual home as 135,000 metal fans partied the weekend away at this year's Download Festival at Donington Park.

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA a ' the dynamic Mexican duo who became international world-music superstars with their self-titled album of aggressive acoustic guitars and irresistible Latin rhythms a ' will release its new studio CD, entitled "11:11" , on September 8 through ATO Records .

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SUBO has bagged herself an unlikely fan - Slipknot's frontman. Heavy metal star Corey Taylor has admitted he's obsessed with the 48-year-old virgin and says he's mesmerised by the clip of her Britain's Got Talent audition.

Why join? The Concert Authority Listen Live British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN were honored with the "Golden God" and "Best UK Band" awards at last night's Metal Hammer Golden Gods event, which was held at the IndigO2 venue in South London, England.

London, June 16 : Rock band Iron Maiden won the best British band trophy for the second year in a row at the Metal Hammer Golden God awards here.