Editing Slipknot (band) (section)

===Return to the stage, ''Antennas to Hell'' and ''Knotfest'' (2011–2012)===
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[[File:CoreyTaylorGmm.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Corey Taylor]] performing with Slipknot in 2011]]

Regarding the continuation of Slipknot, Taylor told ''[[NME]]'' Gray would want them to continue and he felt they should but he was ambivalent about returning to the band.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.nme.com/news/music/slipknot-131-1298405|title = Corey Taylor: 'Paul Grey would want Slipknot to continue' – video|work=NME |location=UK |date = December 6, 2010|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> Slipknot returned to touring in 2011, performing a small number of shows in Europe. They headlined the [[Sonisphere Festival]] and [[Rock in Rio]] alongside [[Iron Maiden]] and [[Metallica]], and performed at Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slipknot1.com/story/news-tour_news/slipknot_return_in_2011-1 |title=Slipknot return 2011 |publisher=Slipknot1.com |date=December 3, 2010 |access-date=December 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206065421/http://www.slipknot1.com/story/news-tour_news/slipknot_return_in_2011-1 |archive-date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slipknot1.com/story/news-outside_the_9-ot9_news/slipknot_to_headline_graspop |title=Slipknot to headline graspop |publisher=slipknot1.com |date=December 5, 2010 |access-date=December 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210013527/http://slipknot1.com/story/news-outside_the_9-ot9_news/slipknot_to_headline_graspop |archive-date=December 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slipknot1.com/story/news/slipknot_confirmed_for_rock_in_rio |title=Slipknot confirmed for rock in rio |publisher=slipknot1.com |date=December 8, 2010 |access-date=December 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211103336/http://www.slipknot1.com/story/news/slipknot_confirmed_for_rock_in_rio |archive-date=December 11, 2010 }}</ref> Donnie Steele substituted for Gray in the concerts; he was positioned behind Jordison and obscured from the audience's view.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slipknot1.com/story/news/update_regarding_summer_shows-1 |title=Update regarding summer shows |publisher=slipknot1.com |date=March 10, 2011 |access-date=March 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313012708/http://slipknot1.com/story/news/update_regarding_summer_shows-1 |archive-date=March 13, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 20, 2011 |title=Slipknot's First Show Since Death Of Paul Grey: HD Video Footage Available |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/slipknot-s-first-show-since-death-of-paul-gray-hd-video-footage-available/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821043327/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159643 |archive-date=August 21, 2011 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |work=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref>

Slipknot also said the band would complete and release the band's fifth studio album, and that there were no plans to replace Gray.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/corey-taylor-on-possibility-of-another-slipknot-album-i-don-t-see-it-happening-very-soon/|title = Corey Taylor On Possibility Of Another Slipknot Album: 'I Don't See It Happening Very Soon'|date = March 4, 201|access-date = February 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/slipknot-prepping-first-album-since-bassists-death-950116/|title = Slipknot Prepping First Album Since Bassist's Death|last = Graff| first = Gary|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date = November 30, 2010|access-date = February 8, 2022}}</ref> Jordison said the writing process for the album had already begun and that he had written 17 songs.
Slipknot performed at the [[Mayhem Festival]] tour of 2012.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/blog/id/1845118 |title=Rockstar Mayhem Festival/Blog/2012 Dates Announced |publisher=Rockstarmayhemfest.com |access-date=October 27, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104152448/http://rockstarmayhemfest.com/blog/id/1845118 |archive-date=November 4, 2011 }}</ref>

On May 29, 2012, Roadrunner Records posted a teaser video titled ''[[Antennas to Hell]]'' on its website.<ref name="greatest hits and demos">{{cite magazine|url=http://loudwire.com/slipknot-prepping-greatest-hits-release-working-on-new-demos/|title=Slipknot Prepping Greatest Hits Release, Working on New Demos|magazine=[[Loudwire]]|first=Chad|last=Boward|date=May 29, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2012}}</ref> Later that day, on Twitter, Corey Taylor said Slipknot will release a greatest hits album on June 17, 2012.<ref name="greatest hits and demos"/> He also said the band was not yet recording new material but was putting together demos for a new album.<ref name="greatest hits and demos"/>

Slipknot's first annual music festival, called ''[[Knotfest]]'', was held on August 17, 2012, at [[Mid-America Motorplex]] near [[Pacific Junction, Iowa]], and on August 18, 2012, in [[Somerset (town), Wisconsin|Somerset, Wisconsin]]. [[Deftones]], [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], and [[Serj Tankian]] also performed at the festival. The festival shows also debuted a Slipknot museum.<ref name="RSknotfest">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-to-launch-own-music-festival-knotfest-122989/|title=Slipknot to launch own music festival, Knotfest|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Steve|last=Baltin|date=June 4, 2012|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> On June 14, 2013, Slipknot headlined the Download Festival for a second time. The band performed to roughly 90,000 people and was twice forced to stop the set—once in the middle of a song—to allow the front barricade, which had split open under crowd pressure, to be repaired.<ref name="DownloadBBC">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/22917617|title=Slipknot close first night of Download rock festival|work=[[BBC News]]|date=June 15, 2013|access-date=June 20, 2013}}</ref>