Members of DRAGONFORCE, SHADOWS FALL and SLIPKNOT will be signing autographs at the Ibanez Guitars booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 15-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

The Ibanez Guitars schedule is as follows (all appearances and times are subject to change):

Friday, January 16:

11:00 a.m.

Dino Cazares (DIVINE HERESY, ASESINO)
Muhammed Suicmez (NECROPHAGIST)
Matt Bachand (SHADOWS FALL)
Chris Broderick (MEGADETH)

1:00 p.m.

Steve Vai

2:30 p.m.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (THE MARS VOLTA)
Pablo Hinojos-Gonzalez (THE MARS VOLTA)

3:30 p.m.

Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG, RACER X)
Andy Timmons

4:30 p.m.

Peter Iwers (IN FLAMES)
Paul Romanko (SHADOWS FALL)
Fieldy (KORN)

Saturday, January 17:

12:00 p.m.

Herman Li (DRAGONFORCE)
Sam Totman (DRAGONFORCE)

2:00 p.m.

Mick Thomson (SLIPKNOT)

3:00 p.m.

Joe Satriani

Important: The NAMM show is **NOT** open to the public. The only attendees are NAMM member companies and their invited guests.

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has slammed Coldplay – accusing them of making "music to wipe your ass to".

Taylor made the remark when asked to comment on Coldplay's latest album 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends'.

"That is one of the most self-celebratory pieces of **** I’ve ever ******* heard in my entire ******* life,” Taylor said on MTV2's review of the year."

"Go suck a ******* ****. Are you watching Martin? Suck it. Go eat a bag of ****. I ******* hate that album. It’s music to wipe your ass to."

Hey, hey, hey folks! I've got for you some exclusive stuff from SlipKnoT gig at Hammersmith Apollo! Check it out below (be sure to click on "watch in high quality"):

Psychosocial:


Dead Memories:


Duality:



Other videos - People=Shit, Before I Forget, The Blister Exists, Surfacing, Intro

thx to MiSo!

Corey Taylor is on the cover of the latest Kerrang! Magazine. Check it out below:

In this week's issue of U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor reveals that the band has been approached to headline next year's Download festival. He says: "We've had an offer from Download but we've also got a few other options open to us at the moment. A couple of the guys in the band really want to come back and do Reading and Leeds. Obviously we had to cancel this year and it's been such a long time since we last played there, so that's definitely an option we're considering."

SLIPKNOT was forced to cancel several European festival appearances — including Reading and Leeds — as well as performances for MTV Europe and Virgin TV this past summer after drummer Joey Jordison broke his ankle and was advised to rest for four to six weeks.

In other news, SLIPKNOT's latest CD, "All Hope Is Gone", was voted "Best Album" and "Worst Album" of 2008 in the Kerrang! Readers' Poll 2008. The band was named in the following categories:

Best Album - "All Hope Is Gone" (1st place)
Worst Album - "All Hope Is Gone" (1st place)
Best Track – "Psychosocial" (1st place)
Best Video - "Dead Memories" (2nd place)
Best Video - "Psychosocial" (3rd place)
Best Band - SLIPKNOT (2nd place)
Best Live Band - SLIPKNOT (2nd place)
Hero Of The Year - Corey Taylor (4th place)
Villain Of The Year - Corey Taylor (2nd place)
Worst Thing About 2008 - SLIPKNOT cancelling Reading/Leeds Festivals (4th place)

A seven-minute interview with SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor conducted backstage on November 7, 2008 at Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland can be viewed below.

SLIPKNOT has garnered another Grammy nomination — this time for "Psychosocial", the first single from the band's latest album "All Hope Is Gone", released in August 2008. The song is nominated for "Best Metal Performance".

SLIPKNOT's latest album, "All Hope Is Gone", was officially certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 9, 2008 for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the LP has shifted 592,000 units in the United States since its August 26 release.

"All Hope Is Gone" claimed the coveted No. 1 debut slot on Billboard's Top 200 chart, after an extraordinary SoundScan recount. The album was initially announced on September 3 as a No. 2 debut, a mere 13 units behind THE GAME's No. 1 debut, marking the closest margin in SoundScan history. The chart positions resulted from a reported 238,272 copies of "All Hope Is Gone" its first week in stores, while THE GAME's "LAX" reported 238,285. With such an unprecedented margin, Roadrunner Records and WEA requested an historic recount. SoundScan obliged and chart positions were reversed, with SLIPKNOT claiming No. 1 and a new margin of 1,134 albums.

Video interview with percussionist Chris Fehn, better known as #3, from the metal band Slipknot. FaceCulture, www.faceculture.nl , spoke to #3 about having a break, healing, touring, going crazy, being pissed off, anxiety, losing it, the new album All Hope Is Gone, being an electrician, joining Slipknot, his masks, his mask getting stolen in Ireland, their first album Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat, being in Slipknot, having a hard time in the band due to bandmembers, feeling accepted, part of the family, ideas, feeling confident and more.

Part 1 - Having a break, touring, going crazy, being pissed off, anxiety:

Part 2 - New cd All Hope Is Gone, being an electrician, joining Slipknot:

Part 3 - His masks, his mask getting stolen in Ireland:

Part 4 - Being in Slipknot, having a hard time, feeling accepted: