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Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The nine-piece Slipknot formed in 1995 and are currently signed to Roadrunner Records.

Slipknot albums and home videos have achieved platinum sales status. Slipknot 's Grammy award nominations include Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance, which their song, "Before I Forget", won after six successive years of nomination.

Slipknot's first songs were composed in 1993. The band went through the names "The Pale Ones," "PyGSYSTEM," and "Meld" before they settled on Slipknot. Many of the songs on Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat and some that were added to later albums were written during these sessions. Shawn Crahan was the lead drummer before Joey Jordison entered Slipknot. Crahan, being the founder, came up with the idea of having three drummers; first to create a powerful tribal sound, and second to create a "wall of sound", both of which Crahan wanted.

Slipknot achieved a stable line-up in late 1995, and released an album entitled Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat on Halloween 1996. The album was distributed by the small, Nebraska-based label "-ismist Recordings". A year later Slipknot hired Corey Taylor as the new lead vocalist and pushed Anders to percussion. They were recording their second release "Crowz" but dropped it when Anders left Slipknot to pursue his own musical goals.

At the insistence of Midwest Promotion representative John Kuliak, Roadrunner Records signed Slipknot in 1997. A year later, Slipknot, produced by Ross Robinson, was released in June of 1999. Regarding the album, Rick Anderson of All Music Guide wrote "You thought Limp Bizkit was heavy? They're The Osmonds. Slipknot is something else entirely." Also in 1999, Slipknot as part of the Ozzfest, which greatly expanded the band's fanbase. In early 2000, the album was certified platinum, a first for any album released by Roadrunner Records. In July 2001, Q magazine named Slipknot as one of the "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".

Iowa, Slipknot 's second album with Roadrunner Records, was released in 2001. Critical response to the album was generally favorable: Jason Arnopp of Kerrang! called the album "one beautifully crafted labour of hate", and David Fricke of Rolling Stone called the album "the first great record of the nu-metal era." It was a commercial success also, peaking at number three on the Billboard album charts, and at number one on the UK album chart. In mid-2001, Slipknot once again toured with Ozzfest, and in Autumn 2001, Slipknot went on The Pledge of Allegiance Tour with System of a Down. A live album entitled Pledge of Allegiance Tour: Live Concert Recording was recorded from this tour. Slipknot also appeared in the concert scene of the 2002 movie Rollerball. The single "Left Behind", a track from Iowa, was nominated for a Grammy in 2002. In 2002, the BBC said that Slipknot stole the show and proved entertaining after Slipknot performed at Reading Festival in England.

In late 2003, Slipknot began writing and recording with renowned producer Rick Rubin, who had previously worked with artists such as Johnny Cash, System of a Down, and Slayer. Slipknot released its fourth album, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), in May 2004. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200. Johnny Loftus of All Music Guide called the album "a satisfying, carefully crafted representation of [Slipknot 's] career to date." Robert Cherry of Rolling Stone said that the album "experiments with even newer extremes, which in Slipknot's case means tunefulness and traditional song structures." In 2004, Slipknot toured with Ozzfest for a third time. In early 2005, Slipknot went on The Subliminal Verses Tour with Shadows Fall and Lamb of God. Several members of Slipknot collaborated with other artists on the Roadrunner United: The All-Star Sessions CD released in October 2005. On the record, Joey Jordison was named a "team captain". James Root, Corey Taylor, and Paul Gray also contributed to the album. 9.0: Live, a live album recorded from shows in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Osaka, Singapore, and Tokyo, was released in November 2005. The album peaked at 17 on the Billboard 200.

In 2006, Slipknot won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance for "Before I Forget". The DVD Voliminal: Inside the Nine was released December 5, 2006. In January, Corey Taylor stated in an interview with VH1 that Slipknot is currently on hiatus until 2008 while the members work on their side projects.