SLIPKNOT will perform in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 2 at Hangar No. 1 at the Fair, Trade and Convention Center. A poster for the show can be viewed below.

Revolver magazine recently spoke to the members of SLIPKNOT about their experience of working with legendary producer Rick Rubin (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SLAYER, AUDIOSLAVE, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, METALLICA) on the band's 2004 album, "Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)".

Shawn Crahan (percussion): "'Vol. 3' was all about rebuilding friendships and since we were rebuilding, it was reall easy to rebuild the innovation of our music. Listen to that fucking record. It's spiritual. Rick Rubin's the oracle. He sat us down with each other. I heard things from the other members I don't care to repeat. I gained a couple of friends. I might have created a couple of enemies. We all agreed we were going to get on a plateau of communication and that's what we did."

Jim Root (guitar): "Rick was really attentive to what we needed as a band. He knew I was going through major anxiety. I got a knock on my bedroom door one day, and his assistant came up and he had this herbal drop that you put on your tongue to mellow out. A lot of the guys in the band say Rick was unavailable. And yeah, he takes on a lot of projects at one time, but he also does things that are beneficial. He would listen to what we'd done, then have us retrack things that needed work. He's kind of like Big Brother up on the hill. Even though he wasn't there physically every day, he was. That's my favorite record we've done."

Corey Taylor (vocals): "I wouldn't know what it's like to work with Rick Rubin. I only saw him about four times. Rick Rubin is a nice man. He's done a lot of good for a lot of people. He didn't do anything for me. I'm not happy with the vocals on that record. There were a lot of takes that I thought were much better than the ones they fuckin' used and I wasn't asked about a lot of shit. It sounds amazing; the songs are great. But we were being charged horrendous amounts of money. And for me, if you're going to produce something, you're fucking there. I don't care who you are."

Kerrang! The Album '08 - a 42 track compilation of the most essential and hardest rocking tracks of 2008 - hits stores on Monday.

"Green Day, Nickelback, My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park are the biggest bands of the decade," states Kerrang! editor Paul Brannigan. "Kid Rock has scored the soundtrack to the summer. Rock is back? Nope, rock never went away actually! Kerrang! has driven the rock scene in the UK for the past 27 years and here's our state-of-the-rockin'-nation address for 2008. Turn it up loud and prepare to have your mind blown by the hottest bands in the world."

Kerrang! The Album '08 features the following tracks:

CD1:
Kid Rock - All Summer Long
Nickelback - Rock Star
Weezer - Pork And Beans
Biffy Clyro - Saturday Superhouse
Good Charlotte - Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
Pendulum - Propane Nightmares
Slipknot - PsychoSocial
Enter Shikari - Sorry, You're Not A Winner
Linkin Park - Given Up
Serj Tankian - Empty Walls
Airbourne - Runnin' Wild
Black Tide - Warriors Of Time
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver
Dillinger Escape Plan - Black Bubblegum
Scars On Broadway - They Say
Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon
Slaves To Gravity - Mr Regulator
The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
The Nightmarchers - I Wanna Deadbeat You
Coheed And Cambria - Feathers
30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill

CD2:
Green Day - American Idiot
My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
Elliot Minor - Parallel Worlds
Simple Plan - When I'm Gone
Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon
Alkaline Trio - Love Love Kiss Kiss
The Blackout - Spread Legs, Not Lies
Funeral For A Friend - Waterfront Danceclub
Madina Lake - House Of Cards
You Me At Six - If I Were In Your Shoes
Billy Talent - Red Flag
Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs A Nemesis
HIM - Wings Of A Butterly
Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife
Machine Head - Aesthetics Of Hate
Atreyu - Falling Down
Kids In Glass Houses - Give Me What I Want
Kill Hannah - Lips Like Morphine
Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer
Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves

Check out the TV trailer here:

Corey Taylor and his thoughts after MTV Video Music Awards 2008 ceremony:

Metal Hammer is proud to present a very special Slipknot special that scans our archives to bring you the definitive history of the eighteen-legged Des Moines noise machine.


And here some scans from the newest issue of Revolver Magazine which is called SLIPKNOT: THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST TWISTED BAND:

According to people from Hit Parader Magazine, SlipKnoT is the #1 band of the 21st century:

Ibanez is hosting two Mick Thomson (SLIPKNOT) meet-and-greets next week. Mick will be appearing at Spitzer Music in Fresno on September 18 and Skip's Music in Sacramento on September 19.

The details are as follows:

Spitzer Music
Thursday, September 18
3821 N. Blackstone Ave.
Fresno, CA. 93726
PH: 559-224-5277

Skip's Music
Friday, September 19
2740 Auburn Ave.
Sacramento, CA. 95821
PH: 916-484-7575