52,000 people heralded the return of the mighty SLIPKNOT when they downloaded a brand new MP3 track called ‘Pulse of the Maggots’ from www.slipknot1.com on launch day, Monday 30th March. Download figures for the week are expected to be well in excess of 200,000. The ‘Knot are clearly back!! As you know, the track was made available to launch the release campaign for the album, ‘Vol.3: (The Subliminal Verses)’, which hits shops on 24th May. A single, ‘Duality’ will follow on 14th June. Slipknot filmed the promo video for the track in a disused house just last weekend in their Des Moines hometown, ably assisted by 500 loyal maggots. Kids travelled from as far afield as Dover, England and the Ukraine, to be in the clip. Don’t forget you can catch Slipknot live at the Download Festival (www.downloadfestival.co.uk) on 2nd (Glasgow) and 6th (Donington), before they tour Europe as special guests to Metallica! Watch out for more exciting Slipknot news shortly, including UK activity for album release day…