In all fairness, Slipknot don't have to work too hard to be creepy. When your band consists of nine guys in masks and jumpsuits assaulting each other while one of them roars about sex mania, you've already given most of the world the willies. But metalheads are a desensitized breed, which means that Slipknot have actually had to work harder than most to elicit gags and shudders from their fans. All Ariana Grande has to do is have a wardrobe malfunction to scandalize her fans; Sid Wilson has to break both his heels just to raise an eyebrow.
Thankfully, the band from Iowa never baulk at a challenge, and have poured their hearts into shocking and skeeving their fans and haters alike. But while their whole career feels like a tour through a prison ward on PCP, there have been a couple of moments where Slipknot have shaken us to the core. Some of these are intentional, others are not, but all are burned into our memories for the rest of our maggoty lives.
Here are the 10 times Slipknot had made us wish we'd never met them…