Slipknot Live

From London's Disasterpieces to the 2009 Download Festival, Slipknot's live releases capture three decades of raw energy and lineup evolution.

Slipknot has released three live albums and four video albums that document their intense stage presence. Their first two videos, Welcome to Our Neighborhood (1999) and Disasterpieces (2002), captured music videos and a London concert respectively. Following a short hiatus, the band returned with Vol. A third video album, Voliminal: Inside the Nine, arrived in December 2006. Later, after the death of founding member Paul Gray in May 2010, the band released a fourth video album documenting their 2009 Download Festival performance.

Quick Facts

Band: Slipknot
Genre: Heavy Metal; Nu-Metal
Live albums count: 3
Paul gray death date: May 24, 2010

Lore & Background

The band solidified its nine-piece lineup featuring Corey Taylor on vocals, Mick Thomson and Jim Root on guitars, Paul Gray on bass, Joey Jordison on drums, Shawn "Clown" Crahan and Chris Fehn on percussion, Sid Wilson on turntables, and Craig Jones on samples. This configuration delivered the self-titled debut in June 1999, which reached number 51 on the US Billboard 200 and earned double platinum certification. By 2001, Iowa topped the UK Albums Chart and hit number 3 in the US. The band also released Voliminal: Inside the Nine in December 2006 as their third video album. Tragedy struck on May 24, 2010, when bassist Paul Gray died from an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl.

Reader's Guide

Fans can trace the band's live evolution through specific releases starting with Welcome to Our Neighborhood in 1999 and Disasterpieces in 2002. For a look at the band's internal dynamics, Voliminal: Inside the Nine was released in December 2006. The tribute to Paul Gray is found in the fourth video album from the 2009 Download Festival. Key singles like "Duality," "Vermilion," and "Before I Forget" supported their third studio album in 2004, while later hits included "Psychosocial," "Dead Memories," and "Snuff." As of 2019, the band had sold 30 million units worldwide. The final Roadrunner Records release, The End, So Far, arrived in September 2022.

Did You Know?

Slipknot's self-titled debut album reached number 51 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
We Are Not Your Kind, released on August 9, 2019, was Slipknot's first number one album on the UK Albums Chart since Iowa in 2001.
The band replaced percussionist Chris Fehn with Michael Pfaff for the recording of their seventh studio album, The End, So Far.