The moment that Corey Taylor realized that Slipknot had reached the level of Metallica is described here

In a recent interview with Kerrang!, Corey Taylor disclosed the fact that Slipknot reached the same level of popularity as Metallica. “I had to force myself to take a moment and enjoy the moment,” the singer said in reference to their first time doing a headlining performance at Download in 2009. “When you headline Download for the very first time, it is such an incredible experience that you find yourself staring out like, ‘Holy f*ck!'” It had never even occurred to me that one day we would f*ck headline. We had performed Download before, and I had also played it with Stone Sour, but I had never even considered the possibility.

In the following explanation, Taylor stated, “That was for bands like Maiden, bands like Metallica, and bands like AC/DC… My frame of mind was like that. When we finally received the offer, I realized that we were much more successful than we had ever anticipated we would be.

“Before each and every show, we had a huddle, and I was the one who brought everyone together. Since I was a youngster, I’d always dreamed of doing something like this, and I was very, really emotional about it. I gave everyone a slap on the cheek and instructed them to “Realize what we’ve done here.” This is due to the fact that we have put in a lot of effort, that all of our supporters have been yelling for it to take place, and that we have actually earned it. You must not let the show to pass you by. “Embrace what the f*ck we’re doing,” the musician said in his presentation.

In addition, he stated, “And that is the reason why I said what I said onstage; after the first three or four songs, I stopped and said, ‘Welcome to a dream come true,’ because it was the realization that we had gone beyond that first and second level to a place where we had never even dreamed of being.” It makes me really happy that we were able to do this before Paul Gray, who played bass, passed away in 2010.

With their fifth headlining performance at the Download festival, Slipknot made their fifth appearance there in 2017. Slipknot has always placed a significant emphasis on the download system. It is widely regarded as one of the most impressive concerts in the history of the festival, and their first headline performance, which took place in 2009, was the final time the original nine played in the United Kingdom.