Jon Wiederhorn

'Blasting our way through the boundaries of Hell, no one can stop us tonight.'

Turmoil, disaffection, misanthropy and self-indulgence have always been creative tools for Slipknot.

The last of five albums Black Sabbath recorded with vocalist Tony Martin.

Dave Mustaine would go on to form Megadeth and release one of the best thrash debut albums ever.

Skid Row's devastatingly heavy second album came out on June 11, 1991.

It's amazing this album ever got made at all.

Their follow-up to 'The Black Album.'

In the blackened world of Slipknot, dysfunction and turbulence have often coincided with artistic triumph.

The first with Nicko McBrain.

Here's how it happened.