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Pheew! Corey still doesn’t want to do a new album

Did we dodge a bullet, or what? Corey Taylor apparently isn’t ready for a new Slipknot album. Thank God for that, I don’t think my ears could take another one. Could yours?

“I feel better about it, but I’m still kind of on the fence. We’re taking baby steps and we’re going to take our time.“

Read full article here.

Of course, that means he’s just ‘taking his time’ in the press and that he will, eventually, record a new album. Knowing this industry and the lack of money around it, every band is reuniting and releasing shit.

So our luck will run out and a new CD will be out. Mark my words, folks.

Slipknot’s Paul honored at UK Sonisphere

The late bassist of Slipknot, Paul Grey, was honored at today’s Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, UK. A two minute silence was held by the festival at 2pm in honor of Paul, who was known as ‘number 2’ in Slipknot.

In case you’re wondering what two minutes of silence looks like, a video of the two minute silence can be viewed above courtesy of RockAAA. Paul’s bass and red costume and mask were placed at the center stage as other members of the band and their crew stood nearby watching the proceedings.

Crappy fan footage of Slipknot ain’t that crappy

It’s no secret that I hate fan footage from gigs. First of all, you’re there to see the band live. Put the camera down and fucking see them. That’s why you paid for the ticket, right?

Secondly, most of it is filmed with cellphones and it gets shaky as shit. Even HD footage sucks. I’d rather not see it than have to sit through that shaky pile of shit.

But this Slipknot video is pretty well filmed, all things considered. In Soviet Russia, concert films you.

More not-that-crappy vids from the gig, after the jump.

Ever wondered why Slipknot have 9 members?

Have you ever wondered why Slipknot need 9 members in the band? Well, watch the video of the band’s recent performance at Sonisphere above and all becomes clear. It’s obvious the band need a DJ to be able to jump into the crowd and a clown to bang a steel drum.

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Clever title, right? Blow me. Let’s talk some headlines, yo:

Slipknot (pictured above) played their first headlining show without Paul Gray two days ago in Berlin. What’s interesting about this performance is that they got their old red suits and old masks for it. Nostalgia alert, if you ever liked them. Make the jump to see a few badly shot videos of the gig. Or don’t. See if I care.

We’ve talked before about Queensrÿche, the band that has two dots over the y, making me go to Wikipedia so I can copy it and paste it here. Their drummer, Marko Syrjälä (argh, here we go again with those dots), talked about the new album and a bunch of other stuff in this interview. Their guitarist,  Mike Wilton, also talked about the new album, but in a statement on their official site. Apparently he’s 100% behind the new record. Gee, what a surprise.

Katatonia have released a free iPhone app. It’s called ‘Katatonia’ (go figure) and you can get it here. The great thing about it is that it lists all the band’s tour dates, so you know which cities to avoid and when. Awesome.

Bruce Dickinson’s son also has a band. And that band will release their debut album in September. Gee, I wonder if who his daddy is played a part in them getting a record deal. Doubtful. In the music industry, it’s not whom you know, it’s simply about talent. Haha,  I crack myself up. Anyways, band is called Rise To Remain, album is called City Of Vultures and you can watch the video of their debut single after the jump.

Machine Head will tour Europe with Bring Me The Horizon, Devildriver and Darkest Hour later this year. In other equally interesting news, I spilled mustard on my favorite shirt today. Dates after the jump.