Slipknot on top

Belfast Telegraph 
Tuesday 4th August 2009

MASKED heavy metallers Slipknot stole the show last at the Kerrang! awards last night, walking away with two prizes. Slipknot, whose frontman Corey Taylor hosted the ceremony, took the award for Best International Band and Best Live Band. 


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