This is how Slipknot’s Jay Weinberg handles the band’s new song “The Chapeltown Rag”: drum cam video available

After an 86-year tradition of celebrating Halloween differently, Des Moines, Iowa – famously known as the birthplace of metal band Slipknot – is finally joining the rest of America in traditional Halloween celebrations. Weather concerns have prompted this historic shift, marking 2024 as the first year since 1938 that children will trick-or-treat on October 31st....

To the dismay of guitar virtuosos everywhere, the once-respected art of the guitar solo took a backseat as nu metal gained popularity in the mid-1990s and early 2000s. Many bands chose to follow the precedent set by bands like Korn in forsaking the art of shred, since this shift in taste preferred overall groove and...