Slipknot guitarist Jim Root once asked Diamond Rowe of rising nu metal stars Tetrarch for lessons on his own instrument. Rowe, who co-founded her Atlanta-based band while in middle school in 2007, ...

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has started writing music for the nu metal nine-piece’s next studio album and hopes for it to have shared traits with their first two releases.. During a new ...

Root concludes, “Obviously, Slipknot is my priority and it’s what I’m always gonna have as a priority … With all the arrangements I’ve written for the last couple of Slipknot records, ...

These aren't Root's only new guitars - he used two new Fender models with Slipknot at comeback festival shows in Rocklahoma, Inkcarceration and Riot Fest. A post shared by James Root (@jamesroot) A ...

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has said that he’s started to develop his own solo project. Root, who joined the band back in 1999, spoke about his solo ambitions in a new interview that’s been ...

As for what a Jim Root solo project might sound like, that’s anyone’s guess. Hard rock? Country? Polka? Everything’s fair game, but I’d reckon it probably won’t be metal. That would likely piss off a ...

A short video shows off various bits of the bike and confirms that “The Motorwitch x James Root build is Surfacing in 2 weeks” (we see what you did there!). Meanwhile, Slipknot have been ...

Jim Root takes us inside the creation of Slipknot’s sixth album We Are Not Your Kind, one track at a time. “Before we even started writing this record, Clown had been like, ‘I want to get a ...

The latest video features Jim Root (Slipknot) as he sits down for an intimate, unmasked discussion of his bouts with depression. He’s apt to mention that even though he’s lucky enough to be in the ...

Slipknot and former Stone Sour bandmates Corey Taylor and Jim Root are discussing the possibility of forming a new band. Root previously stated that he wanted to “get away from that sinking ship ...

Slipknot recorded two albums in 2008 – All Hope Is Gone, which we've all heard; and Look Outside Your Window featuring vocalist Corey Taylor, guitarist Jim Root, percussionist Shawn "Clown ...