{"id":820814,"date":"2026-11-01T14:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/820814\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:42:10","slug":"watch-paleface-swiss-cover-slipknot-while-dressed-as-slipknot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/820814\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Paleface Swiss cover Slipknot while dressed as Slipknot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"google-follow-us-button hidden opacity-0 transition-opacity duration-300 no-underline hover:no-underline anchor relative text-inherit leading-none text-xs flex items-center gap-1 font-ui-heading\" data-component-name=\"UtilityBar:Google:Button\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=loudersound.com\" aria-label=\"Add us as a preferred source on Google\" data-google-preferred-source-trigger=\"\" id=\"utility-bar__google-button\" data-analytics-id=\"article-social\" analytics-label=\"utility-bar-preferred-source\" analytics-name=\"utility-bar\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Follow us<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nAdd us as a preferred source on Google\n<\/p>\n<p>Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>\nSubscribe to our newsletter\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c83fcf3a-d5de-11f1-8898-111a11292263\">Swiss deathcore sensations <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/paleface-swiss-feature-2025\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/paleface-swiss-feature-2025\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"bands-artists\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/paleface-swiss-feature-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paleface Swiss<\/a> dropped a massive Halloween surprise by opening their Halloween show by playing three <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/music\/every-slipknot-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-over-25-years-of-heavy-metals-angriest-band\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/music\/every-slipknot-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-over-25-years-of-heavy-metals-angriest-band\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"bands-artists\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/music\/every-slipknot-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-over-25-years-of-heavy-metals-angriest-band\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slipknot<\/a> covers \u2013 while dressed as Slipknot.<\/p>\n<p>The band, who were headlining Core Fest at the EWS Arena in G\u00f6ppingen, teased the crowd by using the Iowa band\u2019s 742617000027 as their intro music, before the curtain dropped and the band appeared clad in red boiler suits and OG Slipknot masks. The five-piece then launched into the \u2019Knot\u2019s 1999 classic [sic], followed by People = Shit and Psychosocial.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c83fcf3a-d5de-11f1-8898-111a11292263-2\">The performance saw frontman Marc \u2018Zelli\u2019 Zellweger wearing Corey Taylor\u2019s original mask, complete with dreadlocks, while guitarist Yannick Lehmann wore Mick Thomson steel-plate mask, bassist Tommy Lee sported late Slipknot four-stringer Paul Grey\u2019s famous pig mask, and drummer Luigi Paraventi was dressed as the much-missed Joey Jordison.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From Louder<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time Paleface Swiss have covered People = Shit, playing it at gigs in Mexico City and Dallas earlier in October.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Metal Hammer in 2025, Zelli credited Slipknot with helping him channel and calm his teenage angst. \u201cI&#8217;m not good at talking about emotions,\u201d he admits. \u201cI was walking through the streets of Switzerland listening to this really aggressive music, and I felt better. I\u2019m not as angry as I could be because of the music. It took away all the anger that I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>He added that he had fanboyed out when Paleface Swiss appeared at the same festival as Slipknot in 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was right next to Clown\u2019s green room, and he was like, \u2018Excuse me, can I enter my room?\u2019\u201d said Zelli. \u201cI would never be brave enough to say, \u2018What\u2019s up?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>Watch footage of Paleface Swiss covering Slipknot at their Halloween gig below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Swiss deathcore sensations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-820814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}