Earth Crisis Joins the God's Hate Tribute Circle as Slipknot's Orbit Mourns a Legend

Some weeks in metal news feel scattered. This one has a spine. Between a Syracuse hardcore institution lending its voice to a tribute record, a mask-making legend's passing rippling through the Slipknot universe, and a wave of touring announcements stretching into 2027, there's a thread running through it all: legacy, and who carries it forward. New York's fingerprints are all over it.