*sigh* Roll on Graspop in a couple of weeks. I couldn’t manage two festivals this year and settled on the smaller one in Belgium. Slipknot headlining there as well!

[...] Beez checks in from the field of this years Download festival. Coming off of the back of his best record for the better part of a decade, you want Marilyn Manson to turn up and slay the field. Read more here:  Download Reviews: Marilyn Manson & Slipknot (Metal Hammer) [...]

it was the fuckin best moment of my life, TOPS BEING BORN!

I watched the webcast of Slipknot, pretty awesome. Wish i was still there watching it instead of at home, but i still got the Friday there with FNM !!!

i watched the webcast, i am still grinning over it today, it was so amazing i have no words to describe just how mind blowing it was.
shame they didn’t show manson, i would have loved to see that, that would have made my night just perfect.

comom sonisphere somehow get slipknot haha

Manson totally blew it. Looked forward to seeing him for years, complete let down.
Slipknot absolutly killed everyone of us there

I really wish people would stop calling Slipknot a metal band. People REALLY overrate this band…

[...] See original here: Download Reviews: Marilyn Manson & Slipknot (Metal Hammer) [...]

I agree with Greg. And of course they are the biggest metal band in the world- there’s nine of them making that fucking horrrrrrrrible noise- my daughter just did a fart more interesting than them (she likes them though- explains the attempt at imitation)

Greg is right- I see you bastards

these people callin slipknot “overrated” either didn’t see their performance at download 09 or are jealous that they’ll never be as important in this lifetime

Just got back from Download and have to say that Manson was truely awful!!! For Gods sake lets hope that he is not booked again. Get it together Manson or get the fuck out of rock!!!!

Oh dear it appears that for the negferrets Slipknot are the new Korn, the band that nails every show, continually releases fresh challenging music, sells albums for fun yet still draw scorn form idiots who would just do better to fuck off and stop littering message boards with your innate shit.

Slipknot were mesmeric, as Korn were the day before. Manson still seriously struggles with festival crowds and was well and truly shown up by Pendulum who I had never seen before but were a welcome suprise. The other act of the weekend for me was Parkway Drive-awesome

you people are giving Slipknot too hard of a time. i’m into much heavier kind of music and thought they were a fad joke band at first. but they evolve and get better with each album. they do deserve respect no matter how “serious” of a metalhead you are.

ALL HAIL THE ‘KNOT! Delivering as always! Pretend it’s otherwise if your damaged pride allows you to discard the truth.

That Slipknot gig was one of the most intense experiences of my life, they were fucking amazing and they deserve every fan they have.

What a let down Manson was couldn’t wait to see him, and he didn’t meet my expectations at all. Slipknot blew the field away what an utterly amazing performance loved every minuite memories to hold forever, they deserve every fan they have thenk you Slipknot for the best night of mine and my 6yr olds life !!!! (they literally bought him to tears. couldn’t put a price on it)

SLIPKNOT IS A LEGEND !
ALL HAIL THE NINE !

Slipknot were quite simply awesome!! 3rd time I’ve seen the ‘knot and they never fail to disappoint! There is something about their live acts; incredibly energetic and entertaining!! This cannot be overlooked despite what some might say about the music – besides I wonder if some of the people who have posted negative comments here have listened to any of the Subliminal Verses album? Tracks like Circle and Vermillion show that this band is not a one-trick pony and can certainly produce tracks without an obligatory scream!

As for Manson, well his performance was awful.. he was a complete let-down and seemed to be more interested in getting people to towel him down all the time and acting like a prima-dona rather than entertain! It appears that he really didn’t want to be there! I was hoping for a lot more from him! I would recommend most of the many bands I saw this weekend and his was one of only two that I would say avoid!!

i was near the back for slipknot, i didnt take part for jump the fuck up and fucking hell im glad i didnt tbh. never seen anything like it

now hurry up bloodstock

Was right at the front rail for Slipknot and it was the most amazing experience of my life, managed to touch Shawn Crahan, Jumped the fuck up and sang my heart out to every song however on the other hand Marylin Manson was a HUGE let down as I have been a big fan for a long time but after that… I don’t think i’d see him live again as his stage presence was awful, too arrogant and little/no stage presence little/no interaction with the crowd big thumbs down for that. Sad that i missed Prodigy but they are a UK band and more likely to tour over here sooner than Slipknot. Loved every minute of Download.

Slipknot stole the whole fucking show. The reason I went was for FNM and I fully expected them to be my bands of the weekend but Slipknot took a big steaming piss all over them

Slipknot were immense, 60 thousand odd people signing along with you? nothing can top that!

don`t care if they`re classed as metal, rock or what the fuck ever, labels are for your clothes when your at school…..

Manson was off his tits, was funny i actually enjoyed it, he made me laugh and had some seriously good music comin out of that stage.

Highly disappointed with Manson. Wanted to see him for years and his performance made me cry. I feel sick on how he thinks its fine to do a shit show, no surprise people were chanting for Slipknot. Good music, just a massive let down on the rest.

Slipknot however, I still can’t get over how good they were. They were amazing!! And I wasn’t planning on seeing them Loved it when we all got low and some dude didn’t so he got bottled >.<

ALL HAIL THE 9 INDEED

slipknot wer fan-fuckin-tastic the single best live band i have seen in my life!!
SIT THE FUCK DOWN!!!

Fuck you greg! Slipknot is the best metal band around! so suck my left nut buddy!

Gives me the shivers just reading about it, Slipknot were fucking insaaaaaaane!!!!

I wasnt there but watched it on the web, and it was something special, I was fortunate enough to see their 1st UK show at the astoria and have been hooked ever since, they are quite literally a phemoena! Everything that a metal band should be and to be that succesful and that heavy is a triumph, so to all the die hard death metal fans out there ( like many I know) that diss Slipknot and say they arent real metal, blah blah blah…this band has since September 1999 opened the gates for Brutal Metal to grtow and become more exposed any true metal fan should respect them for that! Corey Taylor, best metal frontman/singer since Bruce Dickinson! If your 555 then im 666!!!!

I was there and there are no words that can be said to say how insanely sic the show was.
All I can say is that it was the best day of my life & I can die a very, very happy man XD

I saw them on March and they just completely blew the roof out of Jobing.com Arena! they’re THE best band EVER! no kidding! ALL HAIL SLIPKNOT!

Slipknot hai, I is your fans from indonesia, I’m impressed with the costumes you are wearing metal. oh ya when Slipknot appear in Indonesia
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After seeing slipknot in december 2008 i thought no show could top that! Then came download fter watchin them on webcast hopefull they will be tourin england very soon !!

slipknot was brill that night i was at the front and it was mental well worth getting crushed saw them in december too and this time they blew my mind even more cant wait for the next album and another tour 2012 cannot come fast enough!!!!!

i,ve seen a shit load of bands in my 45 years on this planet but fuck all came close to slipknot!…deadly!!!!

Greg….. you what?! 3rd time we’ve seen them at a festival, music that makes you feel something and guys who fuckin give it to you as you want it and then some! overated my arse they’re exactly where they should be right now!! Greg get back to MCR there much more your scene….

my dad saw acdc back in the 1978 the famous glasgow concert, led zeppelin, cream, the who rolling stone, balck sabbath, iron maiden, kiss and rush all in their prime and he said none of them were as good as slipknot. Ill take his word for it