photo by Jon Wiederhorn
About 30 minutes before Killswitch Engage opened the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards with a riveting three-song set, Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor spun records for the crowd to warm them up for the show.
Afterwards, during an exclusive on-site interview with XM Satellite Radio DJ Jose Mangin, Taylor talked about deejaying, the arrival of the Golden Gods and Slipknot's new video for "Sulfur." Click "more" to watch it, and don't miss a special edition of "Headbangers Ball" hosted by Taylor and Suicide Silence tonight at midnight on MTV2. Read more...
Just a couple more days of special "Headbangers Ball" programming on MTV2 before the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards special telecast rips you a new orifice Saturday night at 11 p.m. Tonight's "Ball," which starts at 11 p.m., will be hosted by Massachusetts mainstream metalcore band All That Remains, and will feature exclusive interview footage and videos.
Tomorrow's special "Headbangers Ball" will air at midnight and will feature 30 minutes with Cali deathcore sensations Suicide Silence and a half hour with Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, who deejayed the Golden Gods pre-show.
Stay tuned after Saturday's Golden Gods special for a one-hour post-show special featuring performance outtakes as well as more interviews and backstage footage. Click "more" to see our Golden Gods interview snippets with All That Remains. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Following a week long hiatus, the Clown is back. Slipknot percussionist and artist Shawn Crahan has dusted off his picture boxes and combed through his gnarled memory to bring us some of his most striking images to date. We begin this week with "After the Show," a shot of a girl with a cigarette that's aglow with color and life. What blows us away isn't her bright blue hair, it's that rough, weatherbeaten hand with chipped black nail polish that makes us wonder if she's been working in a machine shop -- or worse. Click "more" to see the pic and read Clown's comments. Read more...
Following a week-long hiatus, we'll resume our photo guest blog with Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan (Clown) tomorrow, and in the months ahead we've we posting some of his most surreal, sexy, funny and disturbing pictures to date. But for now, check out the last installment of Clown photos we've posted over the past six months. Click "more" to see such stuff as screams are made of. Read more...
Here's the second of three batches of photos we've posted over the past six months from Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) for his weekly "The Eye of a Clown" guest photo blog. Click "more" to see all of the photos and read Clown's revealing commentary. Read more...
"Glassghostboys" by Shawn Crahan
Pretty much every week for the past six months, we've posted a photo by Slipknot percussionist and creative force, Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown). Some have been hypnotic, others have been disturbing, but they've all been surreal and evocative. Over the rest of the week we'll post links to everything that's gone up so far, and get ready for another six months of Clown's creations starting next week. Click "more" to see the first batch and read Crahan's comments. Read more...
We've kinda been waiting for this and at last the time is come. We've got three of last week's video premieres to throw your way for the next installment of "Your Vote Counts." And while we're pretty sure there are enough maggots out there to dust the floor with the competition, we've got a couple of worthy competitors to Slipknot's new video "Sulfur." First, there's Lazarus A.D.'s worthy thrash-fest "Thou Shall Not Fear." Then, we've got the Brit metalcore darling band Bring Me the Horizon and their latest vid "Diamonds Aren't Forever." And finally, there's all the stuff that premiered in prior weeks, like Oceano's "District of Misery." Click "more" to see all your choices for this week. Remember, recent winners are ineligible, so only select from out list. Also, one vote per IP address. Voting runs through Wednesday at 3 p.m. Here are your choices. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Although were were still suffering the after-hangover of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods for much of last week, we were still able to bring on the rock and offer a slew of exclusive videos, interviews and news stories, including the premiere of Slipknot's new video for "Sulfur." Click "more" to see what else you might have missed if you were also hungover all week. And don't miss out regular posts on Twitter. Read more...
photo by Jon Wiederhorn
Having shot a couple dozen or so videos, Slipknot have become masters of the art -- so much so that percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan has co-directed the last two of the band's clips with Paul Brown. The latest, "Sulfur," is visually stunning, creepy and conceptual in a way the Iowa band have never been before. Click "more" to read Crahan's description of the video and to watch the Internet premiere. See it again on Saturday on "Headbangers Ball," which airs from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. on MTV2. Read more...
Check out "Headbangers Ball" this Saturday night for the debut of Slipknot's "Sulfur" video. The clip was shot in Los Angeles in February and directed by band percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) and P.R. Brown. The video depicts the nine members rocking out in groups of three and submerged in water one at a time. The video concept was modeled after a video installation by Bill Viola called "Ascension" that's currently on display at the Des Moines Arts Center. Click "more" to watch a preview of the video. Read more...
