SLIPKNOT officially kicked off its Rockstar Energy Mayhem co-headlining tour with DISTURBED last night (Wednesday, July 9) at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. Setlist was as follows (not in order):

Prosthetics
Psychosocial
Duality
All Hope is Gone
Surfacing
Spit it Out
(Sic)
People=Shit
The Heretic Anthem
Before I Forget
Get This
The Blister Exists
Disasterpiece

Also check out more than 50 new photos from White River Amphitheatre in our M-L Gallery!

Videos:

>> Prosthetics
>> Psychosocial
>> Get This
>> Spit It Out
>> Before I Forget
>> (sic)
>> Začátek show + Surfacing
>> Duality

"Psychosocial" (better quality):

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Check out the Cover from RockOne's July issue. There's also Corey's mask on the Cover of Kerrang! (July).

An original short film by photographer Clay Patrick McBride incorporating behind-the-scenes footage from his Revolver magazine photo shoot of SLIPKNOT in Iowa can be viewed below. Check out the August 2008 issue of Revolver to see the photos and to read a feature on the band hard at work in the studio on their forthcoming album, "All Hope Is Gone".

The final artwork for the new SLIPKNOT album, "All Hope Is Gone", can be viewed below.

Apple's iTunes music store is currently accepting pre-orders for "All Hope Is Gone" featuring four bonus tracks, including one that will be made available exclusively to those customers who pre-order the CD.

"All Hope Is Gone" will arrive on August 26 via Roadrunner Records. The title track was made available last month, while "Psychosocial" arrived at rock radio last week.

Apple's iTunes music store is currently accepting pre-orders for the new SLIPKNOT album, "All Hope Is Gone", featuring four bonus tracks, including one that will be made available exclusively to those customers who pre-order the CD.

The track listing for "All Hope Is Gone", according to iTunes:

01. execute
02. Gematria (The Killing Name)
03. Sulfur
04. Psychosocial
05. Dead Memories
06. Vendetta
07. Butcher's Hook
08. Gehenna
09. The Cold Black
10. Wherein Lies Continue
11. Snuff
12. All Hope is Gone
13. Child of Burning Time (Bonus Track)
14. Til We Die (Bonus Track)
15. Vermillion Pt. 2 (Bloodstone Mix) (Bonus Track)
16. iTunes Exclusive Track [Pre-Order Only]

Here's the time schedule for main stage of this year's Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour:

STONE SOUR/ex-SOULFLY drummer Roy Mayorga has posted a solo track called "Desert Song" on his Myspace page. The song, which was written and performed entirely by Mayorga with the exception of the guitar solos (which were provided by Jim Root [STONE SOUR, SLIPKNOT] and Levon Sultanian [ONESIDEZERO, ABLOOM]), was originally composed for the drum clinic Mayorga took part in at the Drummer Live 2008 event in the UK.

Video footage of Mayorga performing "Desert Song" at Drummer Live 2008 can be found at this location (Quicktime required). A video interview with Mayorga conducted by VicFirth.com is available here (Quicktime required).