Before Slipknot are to unleash their new album on the very much suspecting and highly anticipated masses, the band have confirmed that they will be returning to UK shores. Along with hitting up the UK in January  the band will also be venturing all over Europe in February on the “Prepare For Hell” tour. Bringing along “brothers” Korn, sure to make all the nu-metal community and children of the nineties rejoice.

“.5: The Gray Chapter” will be the band’s first album after the death of former band mate Paul Gray (R.I.P.)  as well as the first output without Joey Jordison one of the bands founding members. At present the band have drafted in a drummer and bass guitarist that will both wear mask’s but are essentially still not a part of the band, think of them as gruesome session musicians if you will. Having already released three singles now, the melodic “The Devil In I“, “The Negative One” and the raucous “Custer” last Friday the band will be unveiling their best kept secret next Monday October 20th via Roadrunner Records. You can pre-order the album here.

Tickets for the tour will be going on sale this Friday the 17th of October at 9 am.

UK dates are as follows :

14/01/2015 DUBLIN Arena
16/01/2015 SHEFFIELD Motorpoint Arena
18/01/2015 GLASGOW Hydro
19/01/2015 NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena
20/01/2015 MANCHESTER Phones 4U Arena
22/01/2015 LIVERPOOL Echo Arena
23/01/2015 LONDON Wembley Arena
24/01/2015 CARDIFF Motorpoint Arena
26/01/2015NOTTINGHAM Capital FM Arena
27/01/2015 BIRMINGHAM Barclaycard Arena
29/01/2015 PARIS Zenith

And Europe :

01/02/2015 AMSTERDAM Heineken Music Hall
02/02/2015 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE Rokhall
03/02/2015 MILAN Forum
05/02/2015 BUDAPEST Sportarena
07/02/2015 BERLIN Max-Schmellig-Halle
08/02/2015 HAMBURG O2 World
10/02/2015 OSLO Spektrum
11/02/2015 STOCKHOLM Hovet
12/02/2015 COPENHAGEN Forum
15/02/2015 HELSINKI Hartwell Arena