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Slipknot: New Album Announced

Slipknot, the Grammy Award winning hard rock machine from Des Moines, Iowa is back! The band will release its fourth album, titled ‘All Hope is Gone’ on Roadrunner Records on 25th August 2008. The album was recorded this spring in Slipknot’s home state and is co-produced by the band and Dave Fortman.

“The nine” will spend their summer laying waste to arenas in the US as they headline the first annual Rock Star Energy Mayhem Festival. As Slipknot’s first tour in three years, these dates are sure to bring the band’s legion of diehard fans, affectionately dubbed “maggots,” out in full force. The tour kicks off in early July and will lead the band through to a Reading/Leeds Festival slot in the UK at the end of August (Fri 22nd Aug: Leeds, Sun 24th Aug: Reading).

‘All Hope is Gone’ is more of a statement than a record. Corey Taylor comments, “Every album we have made is a statement about that space in time. I think this era is the most mature, most beautiful and the most powerful. We have made an album that will show the road behind, the road ahead, and where we are as men. I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever made and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong.”

The album promises to blend elements of 2004’s ‘Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)’ and 2001’s ‘Iowa’, while adding a perspective, freshness and depth that only three years apart can bring. The first official single ‘Psychosocial’, will be released digitally on 30th June.

Band Links = www.myspace.com/slipknot1 | www.slipknot1.com

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