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Posted 01/12/2012 at 11:41am | by Paul Riario

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Finding that perfect guitar can also be choosing a certain style of playing. Naturally, you should be able to play any style of music on any guitar, but the glaring truth is some guitars are better suited for certain musical styles than others. You wouldn’t necessarily show up at a Wes Montgomery covers gig with a B.C. Rich, much less play Slipknot’s songs with a D’Aquisto hollow body.

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From the Archive: Mick Thomson, Corey Taylor, Paul Grey and Jim Root Discuss the Dark, Brutal World of Slipknot

Posted 12/13/2011 at 12:52pm | by Brian Stillman

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As the lights go down in New York City's Roxy music theater, a sinister, disembodied voice repeats hypnotically, over and over, a digital sample locked into an endless loop: "The whole thing I think is sick/The whole thing I think is sick/The whole thing I think is sick... "

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Interview: Mick Thomson and Jim Root on the Past, Present and Future of Slipknot

Posted 11/01/2011 at 10:36am | by Josh Hart

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Tomorrow sees the release of the 10th anniversary edition of Slipknot's Iowa, a record which has undoubtedly stood the test of time better than many of the other record that came out that year, records by bands that now seem all but a nostalgia act even after just a decade.

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Dear Guitar Hero: Jim Root and Josh Rand

Posted 05/03/2011 at 2:14pm | by Kory Grow, Photo By Timothy Hughes

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They’re named for a drink and related to a band of mask-wearing dudes from Des Moines. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…

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Slipknot Unveil "Snuff" Short Film

Posted 12/18/2009 at 12:01pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Set to debut on AOL December 18.

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Slipknot Celebrate Tenth Anniversary of First Album

Posted 07/27/2009 at 12:37pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Deluxe CD/DVD scheduled for release 9/9/09

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Slipknot Announce U.S. Tour Dates

Posted 06/23/2009 at 4:50pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Fan club members offered tickets first.

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Slipknot Gear Tour

Posted 03/04/2009 at 6:54pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Watch this video gear tour featuring Jim Root and Mick Thomson in their native land of Idaho.

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Slipknot Announce U.S. Headlining Tour, with Coheed and Cambria, Trivium Supporting

Posted 11/25/2008 at 5:58pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Masked metallers Slipknot announced today their first U.S. headline tour in support of their new album All Hope Is Gone.

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Slipknot: The Futility of Hope

Posted 09/29/2008 at 3:07pm | by Chris Gill

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As rivers rise and civilization falls, Slipknot guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson find a patch of dry land and talk about their group's apocalyptic new release, All Hope Is Gone.

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