Slipknot collection

Nine masks, nine numbers stitched from 0 to 8: Slipknot made stage anonymity its true identity, and that setup belongs to no one else. The collective was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995, driven by Shawn Crahan, Paul Gray and Joey Jordison, before Corey Taylor joined the ranks in 1997 to alternate screaming and melody over a wall of percussion pushed to the front. The self-titled 1999 album and then the suffocating Iowa laid the foundations, while Duality and Psychosocial pushed their choruses far beyond extreme metal, and Before I Forget even won a Grammy in 2006! Its audience, for its part, goes by the name maggot. The passing of Paul Gray in 2010, then that of founding drummer Joey Jordison in 2021, left a lasting mark on the band's path. Imagery recognizable among thousands, which fans carry far beyond the albums.