[dropcap]T[/dropcap]oday, venerable metal icons Slipknot have announced the next chapter in their creatively devastating careers. The band will release their fifth studio album, titled ‘.5: The Gray Chapter’ on October 21st via Roadrunner Records. Following the release, the band will embark on the Prepare For Hell tour throughout North America; this coming immediately after their three day titular event, Knotfest.
.5: The Gray Chapter is the follow up to Slipknot’s 2008 internationally chart topping, platinum certified album ‘All Hope Is Gone’; making it the band’s first release in over six years. Slipknot unveiled their first single off the new record, ‘The Devil In I” yesterday. The new single is the second track off the upcoming album to be revealed. Earlier this month the band released ‘The Negative One’, their first piece of new music since All Hope Is Gone.
In addition to the new album, Slipknot will be joined on their upcoming Prepare for Hell tour by special guests Korn and opening act King 810. The tour will kick off on October 29th in El Paso, TX and conclude on December 7th in Boston, MA.
“We’ve been waiting a long time for this,” states Slipknot’s Corey Taylor. “Not only do we get to tour with friends who we respect, we’ve also chosen a band that represents the fury of the future. Slipknot is coming to your town. And hell’s coming with us.”
Before the tour begins, Slipknot will put on their rapidly growing, heavy hitting Knotfest on October 24-26th in San Bernardino, CA. The three day event marks the band’s live return to the US with a pair of headlining performances. This year’s festival also acts as the event’s epic return to North America after its inaugural run in 2012, for which it drew over 45,000 fans to attend its two day stay in Council Bluffs, IA.
Fans can pre-order .5: The Gray Chapter now through iTunes Store, with all pre-orders receiving instant downloads of the tracks ‘The Devil In I” and ‘The Negative One’. In addition, any fan who purchases a ticket to either Knotfest or the the upcoming Prepare For Hell tour from now until October 5th will receive a digital download of .5: The Gray Chapter upon its release.
Tracklisting for .5: The Gray Chapter, as well as dates for the Prepare For Hell tour can be found below.
SLIPKNOT – ‘.5: THE GRAY CHAPTER’
(Available October 21st)
Tracklist
1. XIX
2. Sarcastrophe
3. AOV
4. The Devil In I
5. Killpop
6. Skeptic
7. Lech
8. Goodbye
9. Nomadic
10. The One That Kills The Leat
11. Custer
12. Be Prepared For Hell
13. The Negative One
14. If Rain Is What You Want
—-SPECIAL EDITION BONUS TRACKS—-
15. Override (Bonus Track)
16. The Burden (Bonus Track)
Slipknot on the PREPARE FOR HELL Tour
(with special guests Korn and King 810)
10/25-26: San Bernardino, CA Knotfest
10/29: El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum
10/31: Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion
11/1: Corpus Christi, TX American Bank Center
11/2: San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
11/4: Little Rock, AR Verizon Arena
11/5: Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
11/6: Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center
11/8: Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
11/9: Sioux Falls, SD Denny Sanford Premiere Center
11/11: Denver, CO Denver Coliseum
11/19: Baltimore, MD Baltimore Arena
11/21: Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
11/22: Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
11/23: Ft. Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
11/25: Moline, IL iWireless Center
11/26: Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
11/28: Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
11/29: Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
11/30: Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
12/2: Reading, PA Santander Arena
12/3: Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
12/5: Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
12/6: East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
12/7: Boston, MA Paul E. Tsongas Arena
