With no fewer than nine members and a unique stage image based on grotesque masks and boiler suits, Slipknot retained a mystique that was unprecedented in the metal world, never allowing their faces to become known - so that the focus would remain on their musicThe first edition of this book published in 2001 followed the band from their inception in Des Moines, Iowa in the mid-1990s through to the release of their second album: an updated edition followed in 2003.Slipknot: All Hope Is Gone explores this unlikely and tragic evolution, with new chapters covering the band's career to date - and it also asks what their future will be.