Newly reformed rap-rock band RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE won the Hall of Fame award, which has previously been awarded to JUDAS PRIEST and AC/DC, while SLIPKNOT collected the Kerrang! Icon award.

SLIPKNOT lead singer Corey Taylor dedicated the award to the band's drummer Joey Jordison, who was absent due to a broken ankle.

Taylor said: "I'm speechless; I don't know what to say. I wish there was more of us here. I just showed up for the booze."

Move over, Marilyn Manson. The masked men in Slipknot are the latest heavy metal dudes being blamed for a school slaying. On Monday, a teen wielding a sword attacked four people at his high school in Krugersdorp, South Africa, killing one. According to eyewitness accounts, the suspect was wearing a mask similar to that of Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison. A community leader was quick to blame "bad Satanic music" for the incident.

Slipknot front man Corey Taylor calls bullshit. "Obviously, I'm disturbed by the fact that people were hurt and someone died," he tells Blender. "As far as my responsibility for that goes, it stops there, because I know our message is actually very positive." In the past, when Slipknot was linked to real-world violence, "I used to sweat it really hard," he adds. "But the thing I have to realize is the fact that I'm not encouraging anybody to kill anybody. I encourage our fans to express themselves, to stick together and to help each other."

"You have something like this happen, it could have been Marilyn Manson, it could have been any number of people who make art that is startling visually, on the darker side. It could've been Pat Boone, for Christ's sake. At the end of the day, there are always going to be mental disorders and people who cause violence for no other reason than the fact that they're fucked up and lost. And all we can do is try to learn from it."

Meanwhile, Slipknot — whose fourth album, All Hope Is Gone, comes out next week — have been forced to cancel their upcoming European festival dates to allow Jordison time to recover from a broken ankle.

A representative for SLIPKNOT's record label, Roadrunner Records, has told South Africa's The Times web site that the band had no comment regarding reports that the schoolboy (18-year-old Morné Harmse) who stabbed a fellow student to death with a sword in Krugersdorp, South Africa Monday morning (August 18) was dressed like SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison.

Declining to provide her name, the woman at Roadrunner Records said: "We've had no confirmation that it was, in fact, a SLIPKNOT mask. The band is not going to respond."

When asked how they had found out about the stabbing, the representative would say only that people had been phoning the label all day.

Police found this mask (see below) which resembles that of SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor, among other "Satanic" materials, in Morné Harmse's room after he had killed Jacques Pretorius with a sword at a school in Krugersdorp. (Photo: Sizwe Ndingane, The Star)

Harmse's mask:

Corey Taylor:

Accused 18-year-old killer Morné Harmse:

Murdered 16-year-old student Jacques Pretorius:

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Corey Taylor Sings "Happy Birthday" to Candace (from Walls of Jericho):

Child of Burning Time

Child of burning time
The child of burning time

My only consolation is all lies
The apex of my consequence is dying here tonight
Winter has returned and it always looks like rain
I cant remember anything...anything
Inside the absolution is to come
And appetites are bittersweet I think I'm coming home
A chance to give up Avarice has marked my one regret
The child of burning time has gone, he hasn't come back /he hasn't come back yet

Before I tell my story please consider who I am
I missed my window years ago, I'm doing all I can
A tragedy is commonplace but in the end they go away
A skin is still the only stain I'm left to wear in shame
And I cut my need into my heart, I tear it all apart
I beg you burn me away, I won't become your hero just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away, I won't give up tommorow just to lose it all today

I burn away
I burn away
I burn away
I burn away

My isolation is my course
The effect it has on life itself is a cancer on its source
I rue the moments spent between the fetish and the flame
Until this war is over I won't ever lose my rage

And I cut my need into my soul, I guess I'll never know
I beg you burn me away, I won't become your hero just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away, I won't give up tommorow just to lose it all today

Burn me away, I wont become your hero just to fight the life I saved
Burn me away, I wont give up tommorow just to lose it all, lose it all today

Til We Die

My friends are all hurting from moments and regrets and charity laced with a lie
And still we keep hoping, to fix all the defects and strengthen these seminal ties
We go on together for better or worse, our history is to real to hate
Now and forever we stay until morning, and promise to fight for our fate

'Til we die
'Til we die

The start of the journey is every bit worth it, I can let you down anymore
The sky is still clearing, we're never afraid and the consequence opens the door
I've never stopped trying, I've never stopped feeling like family is much more than blood
Don't go on without me, the piece that I represent complements each and every one

'Til we die
'Til we die

We won't be forgotten, we'll never give in
This war we've acheived has allowed us to win

'Til we die
'Til we die

My last true confession will open your eyes, I've never know trust like the nine
Let it be spoken, let it be screamed, they'll never ever take us alive

'Til we die
'Til we die

We won't be forgotten, we'll never give in
This war we've acheived has allowed us to win

Carry on
Carry on

We'll never be broken, we won't be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny
We'll never be broken, we won't be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny

'Til we die
'Til we die

We won't be forgotten, we'll never give in
This war we've acheived has allowed us to win

Carry on
Carry on

We'll never be broken, we won't be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny

'Til we die
'Til we die
'Til we die

We won't be forgotten, we'll never give in
This war we've acheived has allowed to us win
We'll never be broken, we won't be denied, our war is the pressure we need to deny

Thx to Opiumofthepeople.net!

SLIPKNOT has released the following statement:

"It is with huge regret and disappointment that we have been forced to cancel our imminent European festival appearances at Leeds, Reading, 2 Days a Week, Area 4, as well as exclusive performances for MTV Europe and Virgin TV. The other night, Joey Jordison [drums] broke his ankle and doctors have advised Joey to stay off his leg for 4-6 weeks to prevent further injury or permanent and more serious damage.

"We know you will be hugely disappointed and so are we. Canceling shows is never an easy decision and we apologize to all our fans, friends and family for not being there to throw down with you. We will be back in Europe this November and can't wait to see you all then."

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Slipknot will be rocking the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend. In an exclusive interview in tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine, we asked Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor how he feels about returning to the former Carling Weekender after a six year absence, and if he is at all unnerved by the prospect of facing the infamous British bottle throwers..

"No, not at all," laughs Taylor. "Because, honestly, we're gonna step out on stage and start throwing bottles at people. Just kidding! That was a joke. Please don't kick us off the bill!

"I think we've earned the right to be on the main stage at Reading and Leeds," he adds. "And I think a lot of people will be there to see Slipknot. It's not like the first time I've had shit thrown at me, let's put it that way. The bottles are fine. The bottles of piss are fine. But when you're throwing whiskey bottles and wrenches and shit? That's a bit much. Please leave that shit at home, folks."

When asked if Metallica and Tenacious D will have a hard time following the masked men from Iowa, Taylor said:

"Yeah, but we'll take it easy on them. It's The D and it's The 'Tallica for fuck sakes! We can only be so badass, you know what I'm saying? "

For the full interview, be sure to pick up a copy of today's Kerrang! magazine.