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Jim Root: "My apologies to all the Tele purists, but I don’t play in a country band, so it’s not like I can use single coils"
By Jonny Scaramanga published
The Slipknot riff master explains how the Fender Telecaster fits perfectly with the Iowa metal institution's super-heavy sound

Scott Ian and Corey Taylor team up with Dave Lombardo and Lzzy Hale for new Netflix movie theme song, Thunder Force
By Richard Bienstock published
The raging track from the Slipknot-Anthrax-Slayer-Halestorm supergroup is the first single from the forthcoming Netflix action-comedy film of the same name

Jim Root recalls the time he hurled a Fender Tele at Joey Jordison "like a spear"
By Sam Roche published
“I thought for sure that I broke the hell out of it, but my tech just retuned it and I finished the show with the same guitar”

Corey Taylor: "I wanted this album to be stacked with the best songs that I have, because you don’t get a second chance to make that first impression"
By Ellie Robinson published
He brought nu-metal to the masses in Slipknot and got grungy with Stone Sour – now, Corey Taylor is putting his pedal to the metal with a solo album of searing ‘70s rock ’n’ roll

Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor announces debut solo album, CMFT, premieres first two singles
By Richard Bienstock published
Listen to guitar-heavy CMFT Must Be Stopped and Black Eyes Blue now

Fender Jim Root Jazzmaster V4 review
By Paul Riario published
It's a Jazzmaster, Jim, but 'knot as we know it – it's the latest minimalist metal machine for Jim Root and it's fierce

Slipknot bassist Alessandro Venturella to appear on Ernie Ball’s Striking the Chord podcast
By Richard Bienstock published
VMan will talk music and take questions from listeners live during the show, which takes place today

Jim Root: "Guitar solos are stressful!"
By Richard Bienstock published
The Slipknot guitarist talks his “anti-metal punk-rock mentality” and future collaborations with Fender
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