Slipknot To Reveal New Masks
June 28, 2008
On July 1, Slipknot, the Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum nine man metal enigma will unveil its new imagery in an exclusive partnership with AOL Music. This highly anticipated debut kicks-starts the launch of Slipknot’s new album, 'All Hope Is Gone', which is set for release on Roadrunner Records on August 26th.
Masks are an integral part of the band’s identity and to reflect this point, AOL Music’s Spinner.com will host a retrospective photo gallery of Slipknot masks throughout their career, spanning all three previous albums and including the most recent controversial “Purgatory Masks.” The Slipknot mask unveiling will be featured on the main page of Spinner.com worldwide for 24 hours.
Slipknot is a groundbreaking nine-piece metal machine born out of Des Moines, IA. The band has sold over 10 million albums worldwide. Their last studio album, 'Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)', was released in May 2004, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, selling over 240,000 copies its first week and 1.5 million copies in the U.S. to date. The album broke new ground for the band and spawned the hit singles “Duality,” “Vermilion” and “Before I Forget.” In November 2005 the band released 'Slipknot 9.0: Live', a gold-certified double live album. December 2006 saw the release of the DVD 'Voliminal: Inside the 9'. Certified platinum, it is a vivid, brutally honest glimpse of the world inside the band.
In related news, Slipknot will be headlining this years inagural Rockstar Mayhem Festival, which also features Disturbed, Dragonforce, Machine Head, Five Finger Death Punch, Black Tide and more.
Rockstar Mayhem Festival tour dates:
07/09 - White River Amphitheatre – Seattle, WA
07/11 - Sleep Train Amphitheatre – Sacramento, CA
07/12 - Shoreline Amphitheatre – San Francisco, CA
07/13 - Glen Helen Pavilion – San Bernardino, CA
07/15 - Selland Arena – Fresno, CA
07/16 - Coors Amphitheatre – San Diego, CA
07/18 - Cricket Pavilion – Phoenix, AZ
07/19 - Journal Pavilion – Albuquerque, NM
07/20 - Coors Amphitheatre – Denver, CO
07/22 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Kansas City, MO
07/23 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – St. Louis, MO
07/25 - Smirnoff Music Centre – Dallas, TX
07/26 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – San Antonio, TX
07/27 - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Houston, TX
07/29 - Ford Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL
07/30 - Sound Advice Amphitheater – Miami, FL
08/01 - Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
08/02 - Verizon Wireless Music Center – Indianapolis, IN
08/03 - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center – Buffalo, NY
08/06 - DTE Energy Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
08/08 - Molson Amphitheatre – Toronto, ON
08/09 - Post Gazette Pavilion – Pittsburgh, PA
08/10 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL
08/13 - Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts – Boston, MA
08/15 - Tweeter Center at the Waterfront – Camden, NJ
08/16 - Nissan Pavilion – Washington, DC
08/17 - New England Dodge Music Center – Hartford, CT
08/20 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center – Saratoga, NY
08/21 - PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ