Slipknot will bring metal, masks and the flavor of a new album to Prague
The members of Slipknot present their mix of alternative, classic and numetal with an indiscriminate punch, so their albums are dynamic, ferocious and their concerts are damn loud. Musicians wear costumes in the form of work overalls and complement them with bizarre masks. He changes them from time to time, depending on how he develops musically and personally.
They got the idea to have masks already in 1995 before their first concert. Shawn Crahan was then the first to come out with the mask. The other members were not in favor of it, but gradually they also started wearing masks during concerts. At first they created them themselves, now they have a team to do it.
If the band is very wild during concerts and actually in their free time, the same is true of their fans. It is said that, for example, a fan came to her and had a real animal heart written on her. Other fans have not only the name and logo of the group, but also the masks of the individual members tattooed on their bodies.
“There’s a guy in Chicago we call The Tattooed One. I don’t know if we know his real name, but he has the whole band tattooed on his back. He’s a huge guy, the tattoo starts on his neck and goes all the way to his butt. He was inspired by our Iowa tour, when we wore crazy masks. And he has them all tattooed on his back. And now every time we change masks, I get them tattooed on a different part of my body,” says singer Corey Taylor.
The wildness in the hearts of individual members is also a sign of their lives. Slipknot have already lost two members of their lineup during their career. In 2010, bassist Paul Gray died of an overdose of morphine and pain medication. Drummer Joey Jordison was found dead in his apartment in July last year. According to the media, he was poisoned by alcohol, to which his other health problems “contributed”.
They released their first album, simply called Slipknot, in 1999 and underlined the power and popularity of the numetal wave that dominated the music scene at the time. They confirmed their quality on the second album Iowa from 2001. So far they have released six studio albums, while the seventh one was released on the last day of September this year.
It will be called The End, So Far and the band said of it: “New music, new art and new beginnings. Get ready for the end.” It will contain twelve tracks including the older single The Chapeltown Rag, which followed the last studio album We Are Not Your Kind from 2019. The current single is called The Dying Song (Time to Sing).