Watch: Corey Taylor does mid-song front-flip at Knotfest Iowa

Though the days of huffing dead crows and setting each other on fire are long behind them now, Slipknot clearly haven’t slowed down when it comes to their explosive live shows – as Corey Taylor proved at the band’s recent Knotfest Iowa. A new video uploaded by FrontRowOrBust on YouTube shows the frontman signalling the start of Disasterpiece’s ultra-heavy breakdown with a somersault, dishing out his signature growl before throwing himself on the ground just two songs into the set. “Imagine being 50 years old and doing frontflips in a freaking mask,” reads the video’s top comment (though Corey’s actually 47, but close enough!), while another viewer writes: ​“Corey is such an amazing performer, he always has been. On top of performing in a mask almost everyday, ...

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