Artist · chart history
Slipknot
Band Des Moines United States Formed 1995 US metal band
Slipknot formed in 1995 in Des Moines, United States. Slipknot has 190 chart appearances on 114 radio countdowns from 41 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Duality”, which appears on 42 lists with a best position of #4. In total the artist has topped 3 countdowns. The station that charted Slipknot most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 60 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
Slipknot came out of Des Moines, Iowa, founded by percussionist Shawn Crahan, singer Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray, and after a few early lineup changes they settled into the 9-man wrecking crew that ran from 1999 until Gray's death in 2010: Crahan, Gray, Joey Jordison on drums, Craig Jones on samples and keyboards, Mick Thomson and Jim Root on guitars, Corey Taylor singing, Sid Wilson on turntables and Chris Fehn on percussion. They came with an image built to grab you by the throat, music to match and live shows that tipped into chaos.
Their demo album, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., went nowhere, but the self-titled debut in 1999 sent them rocketing, "Wait and Bleed" and all. Iowa, in 2001, was darker and more brutal still, and it made them even bigger. After a short break they came back in 2004 with Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), which let some melody into the assault: "Duality" pairs Taylor's roar with a chorus you can actually sing, and "Before I Forget", "Vermilion" and "The Nameless" pushed the range further. All Hope Is Gone, in 2008, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with "Psychosocial" and "Snuff".
Gray died on May 24, 2010, and Donnie Steele filled in on bass for a time. Jordison was dismissed on December 12, 2013, and by .5: The Gray Chapter in 2014, with "The Devil in I", Alessandro Venturella and Jay Weinberg had taken over bass and drums. Fehn was dismissed in March 2019 and replaced by Michael Pfaff before We Are Not Your Kind, which brought "Unsainted" that August, and The End, So Far followed in 2022. Jones and Weinberg left in 2023, Eloy Casagrande took the drums the next year, and Wilson was dismissed in August 2026, leaving Crahan as the last founder standing.
They have sold 30 million records around the world, more than 12 million of them at home, and on rock radio's countdowns "Duality" is still the one that tears the place apart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Slipknot on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duality | 42 | #4 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Wait and Bleed | 40 | #1 | 1 | 2000 | |
| 3 | Psychosocial | 22 | #10 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Snuff | 14 | #6 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Before I Forget | 9 | #19 | – | 2005 | |
| 6 | Dead Memories | 10 | #1 | 1 | 2009 | |
| 7 | The Devil in I | 8 | #2 | – | 2014 | |
| 8 | Unsainted | 7 | #2 | – | 2019 | |
| 9 | All Out Life | 4 | #5 | – | 2018 | |
| 10 | Left Behind | 8 | #28 | – | 2001 | |
| 11 | Vermilion | 8 | #6 | – | 2004 | |
| 12 | Nero Forte | 3 | #1 | 1 | 2020 | |
| 13 | The Nameless | 2 | #47 | – | 2005 | |
| 14 | Killpop | 1 | #8 | – | 2015 | |
| 15 | Yen | 1 | #26 | – | 2022 | |
| 16 | The Chapeltown Rag | 2 | #12 | – | 2021 | |
| 17 | Spit It Out | 5 | #66 | – | 2000 | |
| 18 | The Shape | 1 | #91 | – | 2002 | |
| 19 | Sulfur | 1 | #87 | – | 2009 | |
| 20 | Circle | 1 | #97 | – | 2004 | |
| 21 | Sulphur | 1 | #198 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about Slipknot.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.