Masked heavy metal band SLIPKNOT on course to knock ED SHEERAN off the No 1 spot

Masked heavy metal band SLIPKNOT on course to knock ED SHEERAN off the No 1 spot 1

Masked American heavy metal band Slipknot are set to peak at the number one spot on the UK Official Charts this Friday with ‘WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND’ the band’s first studio LP in almost five years. The album is currently 13,000 chart sales ahead of Ed Sheeran’s ‘No.6 Collaborations.

Produced by SLIPKNOT and Greg Fidelman, ‘WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND’ follows the band’s blistering 2014 LP, ‘.5: THE GRAY CHAPTER’, which debuted Top 5 in the official album charts of 19 countries around the world, including the U.S. (#1), Japan (#1), Australia (#1), Russia (#1), U.K. (#2) & Germany (#2).

Guitarist Jim Root noted, “This is the most time we’ve had to write a record, and work stuff out together. One of my inspirations this time around was those artists that recorded full-length albums – not just songs. While the industry is moving toward singles, SLIPKNOT wanted to make an album experience, front to back.”

“These days the art we are making comes with the highest reward because it’s taken the most time,” adds Crahan. “Almost four years to create this emotion and temperature, and the reward now is nothing short of salvation.”

SLIPKNOT kicked off their new cycle last October with the release of the standalone single, ‘All Out Life.’ Reaction to the track was staggering, with the official music video – also directed by M. Shawn Crahan – trending Top 10 on YouTube across the board for its first day on the band’s official YouTube channel. Since release, ‘All Out Life’ has racked up over 42 million YouTube views.

SLIPKNOT WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 9TH
SLIPKNOT WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 9TH

  1. Insert Coin
  2. Unsainted
  3. Birth Of The Cruel
  4. Death Because Of Death
  5. Nero Forte
  6. Critical Darling
  7. Liar’s Funeral
  8. Red Flag
  9. What’s Next
  10. Spiders
  11. Orphan
  12. My Pain
  13. Not Long For This World
  14. 14. Solway Firth

Slipknot Tour Dates:

Dublin, Ireland

Manchester, United Kingdom

Newcastle, United Kingdom

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Frankfurt, Germany

Paris, France

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Lyon, France

Budapest, Hungary

Lodz, Poland

Stuttgart, Germany

Munich, Germany

Milan, Italy

Zurich, Switzerland

Vienna, Austria

Hamburg, Germany

Berlin, Germany

Dortmund, Germany

Copenhagen, Denmark

Stockholm, Sweden

Oslo, Norway

Helsinki, Finland

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Mark Millar is the founder of XS Noize and looks after the daily running of the website as well as hosting interviews for the weekly XS Noize Podcast. Mark's favourite album is Achtung Baby by U2.

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