5 Months Ago, Houstonpress.com says (in Slipknot celebrates anniversary with fall tour) With a European festival jaunt and late-summer trek of the US now complete, masked metal-heads Slipknot have added a three-week North American run to their fall schedule in celebration of their 10-year anniversary.

9 Months Ago, Houstonpress.com says (in Slipknot Planning Halloween-Themed Tour for Fall) Slipknot will spend most of the summer on the European festival circuit, but the Iowa-based group tentatively plans one more North American run before closing the books on their 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone.

And Houstonpress.com says (in REVIEW: Hope remains for Slipknot) Slipknot may sing that 'All Hope is Gone' on its latest CD, but amazingly, all hope is not gone for these masked metal maniacs from Des Moines.