“扭曲的机器”乐队成立于1998年，当时的四位成员分别是主唱王晓鸥，吉他手李培，贝斯手杨磊，鼓手夕野；因为喜爱美国乐队RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE，所以将自己的乐队命名为“扭曲的机器”，风格偏向HARDCORE，经过三年的磨练，终于在嚎叫唱片发表了乐队首张同名专辑，而此专辑也展现出了乐队多元化的风格与新金属音乐的趋向，随后乐队赴深圳参加摇滚音乐周活动以及重庆啤酒节，获得了强烈的反响。
此时乐队招募了另外一名主唱梁良，而原主唱王晓鸥因为合作关系而退出乐队。
新主唱的到来为乐队增添了新鲜血液，同时也确定了NU METAL风格，两年之后的2003年，春天，正是SARS肆虐的时候，乐队却顶着压力录制了第二张专辑《重返地下》，在未投入宣传的情况下销售量达到十万张，成为当年中国摇滚最热专辑。
2004年5月，他们参加了天津新港庆祝国际劳动节的演出，而演出场地是在一艘航空母舰上面，到场的逾万名观众被他们的音乐所感动，纷纷起舞。
2004年10月，乐队参加了MIDI音乐节，因为翻唱铁风筝乐队的《这个夏天》而引起强烈的共鸣，到场约五万名观众跟随音乐一起高唱，形成了万人卡拉OK的局面。
2004年岁末，乐队新添加了一名吉他手李楠，形成五人标准阵容。
2005年，参与香港J-SONIC推广的ME？WE！合作计划，用独特的方式演绎了香港乐队“大头佛”的作品。
6月，参与录制《谁是崔健》专辑，翻唱了崔健的经典作品《盒子》。
10月1日，在北京新豪运酒吧举行专场音乐会。
2006年5月参加了MIDI音乐节，6月录制最新EP《BEING》并于7月开始 《存在》 全国巡演
2006年10月1日参加北京摇滚啤酒音乐节

《重返地下》——为我们带来了11首全新力作，在精良制作的协助下，成为一张当之无愧的中国新金属经典之作！狂暴的吉他音色和流畅的唱部旋律有机结合，辅以强悍的贝斯演奏和变化多端的鼓击。乐队更邀请了圈中好友[夜叉]胡松，[CMCB]王小欧、张然，[隐藏组合]MC刘佳等助阵，营造成为一种多元化的混种金属乐，再次引领先河，在洋溢年轻热血的佳作[推动我]之后是满怀金属柔思的佳作[界线]，“发人深省，催人泪下”！而唱片封面上从地下奋力挣出的合成机械手臂，则是乐队坚定信念的写照……

In a world where the mentality seems to be "work less, yet earn more," Slipknot have done everything they can to work harder and earn what they deserve, much to the chagrin of their so-called peers, yet to the delight of their fans, known affectionately as the Maggots. The latest culmination of their efforts is Slipknot 9.0: Live, a bludgeoning live double CD of the past three album's worth of material that captures all of the noise, hatred, intensity, violence, pain, blood and infection that make the maggots swarm.

</p>"Most of the people that are going to buy this record are core fans, and normally when they listen to an album, they say: 'Oh, this part is brutal, oh, this is bad-ass.' And they rewind over parts and sing along," Crahan explains. "But I think with this record, they're going to be very silent because I think they're going to be painting a picture of us live in their head as they hear it. You're used to seeing us live, but now you're hearing it live, so you're forced to paint the movie in your head, which creates a psychosis - that is what we are doing with rock and roll music."

</p>The 24 recordings on 9.0: Live were made directly from the soundboard in countless cities and capture the immediacy and explosiveness of the Slipknot experience, an experience that took on a new life two years ago. In July of 2003, Slipknot convened in a dilapidated mansion in the Hollywood Hills. By January of 2004, they emerged with Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses, an album that would re-establish them as the premiere hard rock band in the world. And in March of 2004, they set out to remind the world of that by doing what they do best: taking it to the people live - a full-contact concert experience. The album contains blips from the nearly two years of brutal touring the band waded through, rejoicing, suffering, destroying, but most importantly reconnecting as a unit, a family, an unstoppable force that will never be reckoned with, never be duplicated, but always envied.

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