Hardcore Slipknot fans might know that Jim Root came into the band after the recording of their infamous demo, Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. In fact, it was right when they started recording their debut for ...

After spending most of the '90s as a member of the Mid-West thrash and alt-metal scene with Atomic Opera and Stone Sour, Jim Root joined Des Moines, Iowa nu-metal-meets-groove-metal outfit Slipknot.

The End, So Far is in sight. Slipknot's latest album is due this Friday (Sept. 30), but it wasn't necessarily an easy journey in getting to the point of release. Guitarist Jim Root detailed some of ...

Even Slipknot's Jim Root has tired of the wait for Slipknot's long-delayed Look Outside Your Window album. The guitarist revealed as much during a chat with Metal Hammer, going so far as to tell the ...

“After a while, you're listening to things and you're hearing them different because they're evolving so much from where they began.” He further explained that this sometimes leads to him guessing ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jonathan Weiner He was the last man in. When guitarist Jim Root joined Slipknot in the ...

As a member of Slipknot, Jim Root‘s guitar playing has been a major contributing factor to the band’s success. Yet leading up to the release of the band’s latest offering The End, So Far, Root ...

The world may still be in the honeymoon phase with Slipknot‘s new drummer Eloy Casagrande, but it’s really seeming like the dudes in the band are completely over the moon that they’ve got him behind ...