List of Awards and Nominations Received By Slipknot

List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Slipknot

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Originally formed under the name of The Pale Ones in September 1995, Slipknot have gone through multiple line-up changes, their lineup remained unalterd from 1999 until 2010 with the death of bassist Paul Gray. The line-up consists of vocalist Corey Taylor, guitarists Mick Thomson and Jim Root,drummer Joey Jordison, percussionists Shawn Crahan and Chris Fehn, sampler Craig Jones and turntablist Sid Wilson.

On June 29, 1999 they released their debut self-titled album Slipknot. "Wait and Bleed", a single from the album won a Kerrang! Award for Best Single in 2000 and also brought the band its first Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 2001. Following the release of their second album Iowa, singles "Left Behind" and "My Plague" were also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2002 and 2003 respectively. "My Plague" was also nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Video in 2002. On May 25, 2004 Slipknot released their third album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), which was nominated for Best Album in the 2004 Kerrang! Awards. In 2006, "Before I Forget" a single from the album brought the band their first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance after six nominations. In 2008 then band released their fourth album All Hope Is Gone, "Psychosocial" single from the album brought the band their first MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Rock Video, as well as their seventh Grammy nomination in 2009. Slipknot received their first MTV Europe Music Awards nomination in the Rock Out category, also Kerrang! awarded the band the Kerrang! Icon award. Also in 2009 they received 6 nominations at the Kerrang! Awards, the most of any band that year and in Slipknot's history. Overall, Slipknot has received 16 awards from 46 nominations.