Watch Slipknot kick off their 2022 European tour

Slipknot have had a roaring begin to their European tour, kicking off the 11-date run in Romania this week.

Acting on Wednesday July 20 as a part of Romexpo in Bucharest – the place frontman Corey Taylor donned his new masks – the Iowa outfit’s 16-track setlist (per Blabbermouth) included a few of their most revered classics: ‘Spit It Out’, ‘Psychosocial’, ‘Duality’, ‘Wait and Bleed’ and ‘The Satan In I’ amongst them. A two-song encore comprised of 2002’s ‘Individuals = Shit’ and ‘Surfacing’.

Try the fan-shot video of Slipknot’s efficiency of final yr’s single ‘The Chapeltown Rag’, ‘Sulfur’ and ‘Custer’ beneath:

The rest of tour will see the nu-metal legends hit up Greece, Germany, Poland and Estonia amongst others – extra particulars right here. Alongside for the run in assist are Ukrainian outfit Jinjer and Vended, the latter band fronted by Taylor’s son, Griffin.

Earlier this week Slipknot introduced the long-awaited launch of their seventh studio album, ‘The Finish, So Far’, releasing new single ‘The Dying Track (Time To Sing)’ to coincide.

Set for launch on September 30 through Roadrunner Data, ‘The Finish, So Far’ would be the band’s final release with the label, having first singed with them again in 1998.

Taylor just lately spoke about how writing the upcoming providing “felt nearly like a reset”. “I may get away from the shit that I’ve wanted to say, and get again to the stuff that I wish to say,” he stated.

‘The Finish, To date’ will function the follow-up to 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Type’. The album was lauded by NME‘s Jordan Bassett in a five-star evaluate as “astonishing” and “a roaring, horrifying delve into the center of the band’s revulsion”.

“Slipknot have someway remained true to their core as every little thing round them (and even their line-up) has modified.”