Slipknot nominated for “Psychosocial” on Fuse!

“Psychosocial” has been nominated as one of the Best Videos of 2008 on Fuse. The band needs your help to win this. Thanks to everyone's voting last week we were able to blow Metallica out of the water in the first week of voting! This week we are facing Avenged Sevenfold so we need everyone to make sure they keep voting every day and get your friends to vote too! Head over to
http://www.fuse.tv/music/best-of-2008/
every day and be sure to vote.

Let's make sure we get “Psychosocial” to Number 1!!!!

Now, here’s some news...

Set-list for European tour

Slipknot began their European tour in Russia November 5th.Slipknot’s opening night set-list from Olympijskiy Stadium in Moscow was:

Surfacing

The Blister Exists

Get This

Before I Forget

Disasterpiece

Dead Memories

Eyeless

Psychosocial

The Heretic Anthem

Prosthetics

Pulse of the Maggots

Eyeore

Spit It Out

Duality

Only One

People = Shit

(sic)

The band will begin their UK tour, supported by Machine Head and Children Of Bodom.

Chris Fehn kicks 50 asses IN 4 hours!

On the 15th of October, Slipknot's Chris Fehn took part in an Xbox Live Game with Fame session from Osaka, Japan. Normally these things last two hours or so with fans signing up, 20 max at a time, to play one artist.
Well, Chris put his own spin on this and it easily became the most popular session to date. First, Chris extended the time frame to over four hours. And, well, he didn't want to play without his best buds, so with a little help from the KAOS studio this game was set up so Chris could play along with his regular clan of online gamers (including his best friend in Iowa). Chris' team was able to take on 50 people at a time.They blasted away at Frontlines: Fule of War throughout the morning and the afternoon, getting several hundred voice messages through the service and an astounding number of text messages. Because of this success, even more Game with Fame/Slipknot sessions are being set up. Chris also loved the game, saying that the graphics were amazing, it was his favourite game, etc.

The Eye of a Clown: Slipknot Percussionist Shawn Crahan’s Surreal, Beautiful and Terrifying Views of the World – part 3

As you know Clown is getting weekly column with Headbanger's Blog, the third installment of Clown's weekly photo blog is now up.
Head over

http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/11/05/the-eye-of-a-clown-slipknot-percussionist-shawn-crahan%E2%80%99s-surreal-beautiful-and-terrifying-views-of-the-world-2/

to check it out and get a glimpse into Clown's vast collection of photos and discover an other talented side of him!

Here's the Roadrunner Records Catalogue 08/09 interview by Jim

1) Most memorable Roadrunner Album of the past?

"King Diamond? No. Merciful Fate? Nope. Can't say that ever really listened to many of those bands... aside from Arise (Sepultura)... was Arise on Fucking Roadrunner? Ok, there you go! I dont remember seeing it in a store but a buddy of mine had the record and he copied the cassette for me, and then we passed it around in the band I was in at the time and that was it! But even when I was a big metalhead, I wasn't the kind of guy that would follow records and look to see what label they were on. About as deep as I would go was to look to see where it was recorded at. The only thing I cared about was the end result which was the music you were listening to"

2) Most Memorable Albums from the present Roadrunner Catalogue?

"Not really, no... I think it's all shit (laughs...)

"3) Album looking forward to for the future?

"I'd like to see a bunch of bands disappear... I think the genre pool musically has been pissed in so thoroughly that there is nothing really artistic, or that has any kind of integrity left. Most record labels just go on a signing spree and throw a bunch of shit to the wall and see what sticks instead of seeking out really good artists. Listening to the radio, its a Fucking joke. Every other song sounds like the one before. It's Pathetic."

4) Most Memorable Slipknot Album of the past?

"My Favourite Slipknot record is probably "The Subliminal Veres" still. We came together as a band, as nine people, and we all experimented with music in a way that we haven't done previously up to, or since. Because of that we were able to create some really cerebral music along with what we would normally create anyway. So to me that album is alot closer to an experimental record which is what I like to do with music. I'm not trying to take anything away from All Hope Is Gone, but I havent had a chance to let it sink in yet. The way we recorded it was very unorthodox from the way we normally record. Maybe I'll change my mind but for now, "Subliminal Verses" is my favourite one."

5) Most Memorable Experience from making All Hope Is Gone?

"Just being able to create and write the music at the house that didn't make it to the record. Honestly. I spent 3 and a half months every day at the studio, completly immersed in creating and writing, and of course that's what I'm going to remember because that's what I did"

6) What are slipknot working on for the future?

"Were just going to tour our asses off and then we are going to figure out how to sneak out some of the music that we created, that didn't make it to the record."

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