Slipknot are inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2026 Rock Sound Awards, powered by EMP.

25 years on, ‘Iowa’, the sophomore record from the Midwest’s favourite metal collective, remains as punishing and gloriously brutal as it did on its first listen. Now, as they prepare to embark on a whole new era together, Clown looks back on the making of that iconic album and how it set the foundations for their next two and a half decades of success.

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