From KISS to Ghost, there’s been a long history of ambiguous imagery in music. No band has used masks quite like Sleep Token, ...

Rapper Playboi Carti recently debuted a new mask that many Slipknot fans feel looks a little familiar. In late February, Underground Sound and Hyperpop Daily both posted footage of Playboi Carti ...

Lemme give you folks a peek behind MetalSucks’ curtain: stories about Slipknot’s masks are REALLY popular. Like, insanely so. Like, the fact that my headline contains the words “Slipknot” and “mask” ...

Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande has explained the meanings behind the design of his mask. Talking to the Modern Drummer podcast, the 33-year-old, who joined the nu metal nine-piece last spring ...

a band with whom Slipknot had more than a little in common. Both wore masks and boiler suits. Both even had a bassist that dressed up like a pig. Corey Taylor and co, however, were the newer of ...

But other totems have significance for us as well — say, Lemmy’s amp, Blackie Lawless’ codpiece…and indeed Slipknot’s masks. Which is why some fans will be aghast, and some delighted, to watch Muse ...

In Slipknot, Taylor assumed the #8 as his own and typically remained hidden underneath his frightening, custom-made mask and uniform boiler suit. But his versatile talents couldn’t be concealed ...