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Slipknot, The Sandbox unleash new metaverse experience KNOTVERSE

Slipknot have partnered with The Sandbox to create the KNOTVERSE. It will be the home for Slipknot and Knotfest experiences, concerts and lifestyle in the metaverse. Read more: Slipknot’s Sid Wilson sampled “different moons around different planets” for upcoming album M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan spoke about the decision to bring Slipknot to the metaverse in […]

Slipknot recorded “another 15 songs” that won’t be on upcoming album

Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan just revealed some news about songs the band recorded that will not be featured on their upcoming album.  In an interview with Kerrang!, Crahan discussed the process of cuts and revealed that “another 15 songs that didn’t make the cut” exist.  Read more: ‘Deadpool’ star Ryan Reynolds hints at […]

Clown’s wife is “not feeling” his new Slipknot masks

Well, you can’t win them all — At least that seems to be the case for Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan. In an interview with Kerrang!, the Slipknot percussionist says that his wife doesn’t like his new mask. While fans may have simply gotten a tease on Instagram, Clown’s wife has been lucky enough to see […]

Slipknot's Clown teases unheard 'All Hope Is Gone'-era album

Slipknot figurehead Clown, a.k.a. M. Shawn Crahan, says there’s a whole album’s worth of unreleased material from around the time the masked Iowa metalheads recorded their watershed 2008 fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone. Read more: James Corden says we’re all pronouncing blink-182’s name wrong, but are we? “There’s a collection of songs that […]

Slipknot's Clown teases reissue of band's self-titled album

Slipknot percussionist and all-around band visionary M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan hints at a 20th anniversary edition of the group’s watershed self-titled album in a new interview with Lazer 103. The longtime metal act’s founder and figurehead cryptically teases the reissue while promoting this Halloween’s Slipknot-themed haunted house in the band’s home state of Iowa. Are […]

Corey Taylor and Clown, together again, tease new Slipknot for 2019

[Photo by: Slipknot/Twitter] What were you doing on 4/20? Bandmates Corey Taylor and M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan were busy teasing the internet with a (seemingly in-studio?) selfie on Slipknot's social media, the caption proudly proclaiming, “2019”—see it below. Read more: The next Slipknot album could be Clown's last We've steadily reported on Slipknot's long-standing plans […]

Watch the kid sons of Corey Taylor and Clown cover Slipknot

[Photo by: @simon_crahan/Instagram] Guess what? Slipknot singer Corey Taylor and percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan each have sons, and those sons seem to have a band together—a band that covers Slipknot. Don't believe us? Just catch the latest vids from the chip-off-the-old-block rock ensemble below. Read more: Slipknot's Clown rates the scariest clowns The acorn […]

Slipknot's Clown reportedly booked for solo festival gig this summer

[Photo by: Slipknot/Facebook] Is Slipknot's M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan playing a solo show at this year's Montebello Rockfest? That appears to be the case, as the musician's name is listed among the performers for the music festival in Canada this June. Read more: Slipknot's Clown rates scary clowns As seen in the festival lineup image […]

Slipknot's Clown on why they won't play with bands like Foo Fighters

[Photo by: Brantley Gutierrez] Slipknot founder and percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan would apparently like to keep his band away from shared festival bills with acts like Foo Fighters, as the musician revealed during a recent concert panel discussion. Read more: The next Slipknot album could be Clown's last Crahan took part in the panel […]

Slipknot's Clown will go "fishing indefinitely" when the band ends

[Photo by: Slipknot/Facebook] Slipknot founder and percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan is further hinting toward an impending end for the band, saying he might make the group's next album “the last one.” See what the Clown has to say below. Read more: Pennywise cosplayer covers Slipknot As we previously reported, Crahan recently told Hatebreed's Jamey […]

The next Slipknot album could be Clown's last

Will Slipknot's founder and percussionist, M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan, be hanging up his mask after the band's next album? A new interview with the enigmatic musician seems to put his future with the group in question. Read more: Slipknot have eight new songs, according to Clown We've been keeping tabs on Slipknot's progress on their […]

Corey Taylor "hasn't even heard" any of Slipknot's new music

UPDATE: Monday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p.m. EST Corey Taylor has responded on Twitter that he “just spoke to the [Slipknot] guys” and will be “hearing new music soon.” He says, “Take these 'Slipknot' clickbait 'news stories' with a grain of salt.” Read the full post below. Everybody do me a favor and take these […]

Slipknot have eight new songs, according to Clown

Slipknot are already hard at work on their next album, according to the band's founder and percussionist, M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan. In fact, Crahan says the group already have “seven or eight” full songs ready to go. Read more: How does Slipknot's Clown feel about scary clowns? In an illuminating new interview over at Metal […]

But how does Slipknot's Clown feel about the world's scariest clowns? We discuss

Who better to evaluate clowns than Slipknot’s very own Clown? With the release of the new adaptation of Stephen King’s It hitting theaters this week, we figured we’d get Slipknot founder and percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan’s take on some of the scariest clowns around. Find out what he has to say below! Ever the […]

Slipknot fans are so devoted, Clown says a family sold their car for tickets

“I shouldn’t be on fire, but I am,” says Slipknot founder and percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan halfway through the band’s new concert documentary film, Slipknot: Day Of The Gusano. He’s describing the band’s “anything goes” attitude in regard to touring, performing and reaching out to fans, but the choice of language isn’t exactly figurative: […]

Slipknot's Clown speaks out on mental health after the deaths of Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell

[Photo credits: Facebook/@slipknot, Ricky Swift/WENN.com, Whitney Newell/@whitnewell] Slipknot founder and percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan is speaking out on the importance of mental health care following the deaths of Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. Read more: Mike Shinoda shares pic of Linkin Park when Chester Bennington first joined the band […]