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Slipknot

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Ambient Rock
Metal
Alternative Metal
Nu Metal

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23 апр 2024 :	SLIPKNOT's Iconic Masks Invade World Of 'Dead By Daylight'
9 апр 2024 :	Original SLIPKNOT Vocalist ANDERS COLSEFNI Releases New Version Of 'Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'
13 мар 2024 :	SLIPKNOT's CLOWN On Decision To Fire JAY WEINBERG: 'There's No Hard Feelings; There Never Was'
11 мар 2024 :	SLIPKNOT Is Rehearsing With Mystery New Drummer
15 фев 2024 :	SLIPKNOT's SHAWN 'CLOWN' CRAHAN Opens Up About Personal 'Sacrifice' His Family Made During Band's Formative Years
27 янв 2024 :	JOEY JORDISON's Estate Sues SLIPKNOT, Accuses Band Of 'Callously' Using His Death 'As Marketing' For Latest Album
16 янв 2024 :	Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JAY WEINBERG Is Entering 'Second Phase' Of His Recovery After Undergoing Hip And Femur Surgery
5 янв 2024 :	Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JAY WEINBERG Walks Unassisted For First Time Since Undergoing Hip And Femur Surgery
17 дек 2023 :	CLOWN On SLIPKNOT's Split With JAY WEINBERG: 'We're Choosing To Do Something Different'
16 дек 2023 :	CLOWN Confirms SLIPKNOT Will Perform Entire Debut Album On 25th-Anniversary Tour
12 дек 2023 :	JAY WEINBERG 'Wouldn't Trade For The World' His 'Memories And Experiences' As A Member Of SLIPKNOT
11 дек 2023 :	SLIPKNOT To Celebrate 25th Anniversary On European Tour In December 2024
7 дек 2023 :	Watch: SLIPKNOT's MICK THOMSON Talks About His Early Thrash And Death Metal Influences
28 ноя 2023 :	Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JAY WEINBERG Shares "Everything Ends" Live Drumcam Footage From Prague 2016
20 ноя 2023 :	Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JAY WEINBERG Undergoes Hip And Femur Surgery
14 ноя 2023 :	COREY TAYLOR: I Sincerely Hope That I'm A Part Of SLIPKNOT Until I Hang The Mask Up
13 ноя 2023 :	JAY WEINBERG's Drumming Colleagues Offer Words Of Support Following His Shock Firing From SLIPKNOT
13 ноя 2023 :	JAY WEINBERG Says He Was 'Heartbroken And Blindsided' By SLIPKNOT's Decision To Fire Him
6 ноя 2023 :	SLIPKNOT Parts Ways With Drummer JAY WEINBERG
3 ноя 2023 :	Watch Pro-Shot Video Of SLIPKNOT's Entire Performance At 2023 Edition Of Spain's RESURRECTION FEST
2 ноя 2023 :	SLIPKNOT Live At Resurrection Fest 2023; Pro-Shot Video Of "Duality" Streaming
30 окт 2023 :	SLIPKNOT's JAY WEINBERG Shares "Sulfur" Live Drumcam Footage From Wacken Open Air 2022
26 окт 2023 :	SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: 'We Don't Make A Lot Of Money'
18 окт 2023 :	Watch Pro-Shot Video Of SLIPKNOT Performing 'Snuff' At Spain's RESURRECTION FEST
13 окт 2023 :	Watch: Original SLIPKNOT Singer ANDERS COLSEFNI Performs Entire 'Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.' Album At 2023 Tour Kick-Off
13 окт 2023 :	SLIPKNOT Shares Music Video For 'Hive Mind' From 'The End, So Far' Album

25 июл 2021

SLIPKNOT Bassist ALESSANDRO 'VMAN' VENTURELLA Says GUNS N' ROSES' 'Use Your Illusion II' Was His Gateway Into Heavy Metal

SLIPKNOT bassist Alessandro "VMan" Venturella recently chatted with Daniel DeKay on the latest episode of "Defender Of The Riff" on the Knotfest Twitch channel. Venturella discussed his musical upbringing, starting with clarinet into piano and eventually progressing to classical guitar at age 11. It's around this time Vman discovered GUNS N' ROSES' "Use Your Illusion II" album, which acted as his gateway into heavy metal. He revealed that his first concert was Ozzfest '98 at Milton Keynes Bowl, and spoke about how he started CRY FOR SILENCE, played shows with KNUCKLEDUST and STAMPIN' GROUND at an early age and more.

Regarding how he got into heavy metal, Alessandro said: "[In] secondary school, [I] started noticing there was little groups, and everyone had their little pockets of stuff that they listen to. And I think I kind of stumbled across people that were listening to metal from the older years. I always kind of looked older than the age I was, so I always hung around with people [who were] three or four years older than me. So I kind of got into heavy metal pretty [early]. [When I was] 13 or 14, I was listening to GUNS N' ROSES. I know it's not heavy metal, but it led to other things. It was a stepping stone."

He continued: "For me, I think it was [GUNS N' ROSES'] 'Use Your Illusion II' [album that my introduction to heavy music]. There's some serious work going on on that record, I think… So I think 'Appetite [For Destruction]' actually came afterwards for me, just because no one was, like, 'You've gotta listen to this one now.' There was none of that when you were, like, 13 or 14. It was, like, 'Here's a fucking bunch of shit. Listen to it.' It was kind of a process of elimination of what you wanna listen to and agree on. So, my brain went that way."

Venturella began working with SLIPKNOT during the recording of 2014's ".5: The Gray Chapter" album, contributing bass tracks along with guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson and former touring bassist Donnie Steele. He made his live debut with the band in 2014 at the first annual Knotfest.

In 2019, Alessandro told Bass Guitar Magazine that he landed in SLIPKNOT after getting a phone call from Root while working with MASTODON as guitarist Brent Hinds's tech.

"Me and Jim became friends while I was teching," Venturella said. "He was asking if I knew any bass players. When I found out what for, I put my hand up right away. He pointed out, 'But you don't play bass?' and I said something to the effect that I could do whatever he needed from me. Then I just had to make sure it was true."

According to Venturella, his role early on in SLIPKNOT was to "fill a great man's shoes and do him justice," referring to original bassist Paul Gray, who passed away in 2010. "My approach isn't the same as Paul's. I can't be him and never will be; every player is ultimately born different. That said, if you listen to Paul's note choices on 'Vermilion', he was all over the shop and it sounded great. I wanted to try things like that.

"After listening to his stems, I honestly looked at bass in a different light and understood how to support everything as the backbone," he continued. "Take the bass out of the mix and everything will fall flat on its arse — and equally, if you mix too bass-heavy, you're not going to get your point across either. Lead guitarists, on the other hand, always need to cut through because that's what the job entails. As the rhythm section, we're there to hold the fort."

Gray passed away in May 2010 from an accidental overdose of drugs.

SLIPKNOT spent much of 2019 and early 2020 touring in support of its latest album, "We Are Not Your Kind", which came out in August 2019.

SLIPKNOT Bassist ALESSANDRO

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