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Mistress Juliya is best known for her work on Fuse TV hosting such metal-themed shows as Uranium, Metal Asylum, Let It Rock, and Slave to the Metal. She has also made appearances at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and Rock on the Range. She currently co-hosts the Top Twenty Countdown on Fuse premiering at 5 P.M. every Tuesday. Email your advice questions for her to AskJuliya@revolvermag.com and check back every Wednesday for her latest column.

Juliya, I love your work, first of all. I remember seeing an episode of Uranium when you were in Philly and eating a cheesesteak. I think it's friggin' great when a girl is not afraid of good food. So I was wondering, since your appearance is important in your career (I believe so), what other frowned-upon foods do you regularly eat? Examples, hot dogs, donuts, Rocky Mountain Oysters. Thanks!
—Raphael \m/, Denver

Dear Raphael,
It's actually a major issue for me. Being from Russia and growing up with a chef dad, the most amazing gourmet food was always available to me.  When I started working in the entertainment industry, I had to start watching my diet as my Russian body does not voluntarily want to be thin. So while I try to work out a few times a week, and most of the time I eat real clean, I do cheat once a week. My favorite foods: steak and potatoes. In any form. Also Mexican food. Particularly in LA is really magical. I also am rather obsessed with sushi and raw oysters, but that stuff is super healthy. I was not allowed to eat fast food growing up, so I have no interest in hot dogs or fries or chips or anything like that. But homemade hearty food—oh, man!

With the release of our new Slipknot special collector's issue, we're celebrating Slipknot month on RevolverMag.com, unleashing new interviews, photos, favorite Slipknot song picks from a host of celeb columnists, and much more. So check back right here often. Below, Malefice vocalist Dale Butler talks about his favorite Slipknot song:

"Asking me what's my favorite Slipknot song is like asking what my favourite Pantera song is. All of them! But for the purpose of this, I'll pick '(SIC).' Slipknot have always been one of my favourite bands. Corey is the reason I picked up a mic as a teenager! '(SIC' has gotta be one of the angriest fucking songs ever, and that's what instantly made me fall in love with the band. The combination of down-tuned, messy riffs, massive percussion, a DJ spinning drum 'n' bass loops, and a blood-curdling scream changed my perspective on music forever. I was 13, young and impressionable, when it first came out. There's a lot of music I listened to back then that I wouldn't go near these days. But Slipknot is still a band I listen to now and I'm 25—the mark of a fucking incredible band!

"I first heard the song the day the album dropped. We were sitting in my friend's parent's garage smoking weed listening to Machine Head, which is what we did most days, and his brother came in and was like, 'Check out this shit,' and I never looked back! Seeing it live for the first time, though, was special. I think I've seen Slipknot every time they've been in the UK since the beginning—probably the best live band around for me.

"Creatively, Slipknot taught me to always push the boundaries of my music and never be afraid to try anything. Try explaining what they're about to someone that's never heard them before—its fucking impossible!"

With the recent release of our Slipknot special collector's issue, we're celebrating Slipknot month on RevolverMag.com, unleashing new interviews, photos, favorite Slipknot song picks from a host of celeb columnists, and much more. So check back right here often. As part of the celebration, Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan was kind enough to share with us never-before-seen photos of the band circa its 2001 album, Iowa, which is being released in a 3-disc 10th-anniversary edition on November 1 and can be pre-ordered right here. Check them out below and let us know what you think in the comments.

Slipknot–the subject of our new Slipknot special collector's issue–have released a video of drummer Joey Jordison talking about Iowa, ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary package commemorating the record. The special two-CD, one-DVD digipack set will be released on November 1.

With the release of our new Slipknot special collector's issue, we're celebrating Slipknot month on RevolverMag.com, unleashing new interviews, photos, favorite Slipknot song picks from a host of celeb columnists, and much more. So check back right here often. Below, That Metal Show cohost and comedian Don Jamieson talks about his favorite Slipknot song:

"My favorite Slipknot song is 'People = Shit' because it's the best song to put on when you're having a crap day, week or month, and you just want to start punching people. A big 'F you' to the world! I first heard it in my friend Chuck's bedroom, and I was blown away by the anger and intensity. But Chuck should never be allowed to listen to Slipknot because he already has enough rage boiling in his veins. Sorry, Chuck. But for me, the song is great fuel for the fire when I'm about to go out and do a stand-up gig because it creates a mosh pit in my brain and adds intensity to my set."

With the release of our new Slipknot special collector's issue, we're celebrating Slipknot month on RevolverMag.com, unleashing new interviews, photos, favorite Slipknot song picks from a host of celeb columnists, and much more. So check back right here often. In the issue, we talk to Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan about the passing of bassist Paul Gray and the band's future. In this exclusive outtake from our interview, Crahan speaks about the "culture" of Slipknot and why he named their fans "Maggots."

"We are not a band. And I don't give a fuck what anyone thinks—they can hate Clown all they want—but what separates us from the dumb shit is that we're a culture and everybody knows it. We're not just a band, we're a fucking culture—I know this. We have so many fans that I can't even tell you because I would be incorrect. And we are one in the same, we are equal, we are together forever. And that's how you share, is you invite them in.

"So they and us are equal. And they are beautiful, and, without them, I am nothing as a presenter of my art. I can create my art and will create my art as an individual—I can do it in my basement, I can be euphoric. I don't need...I don't need people congratulating me or giving me awareness to enjoy what I create, however, because I am the same as them: We share in the same love for what we do. So they deserve everything, they deserve all I have, the best I have, at all times. I am unable to lie or trick. These have never been any issues in my views of what I'm trying to do with our fans.

"And that's why I dubbed them many years ago, I came up with the, you know, 'Maggot' term, and it's because I used to study maggots, and a lot of people don't understand, the reason why I named our fans maggots is because if you've ever watched maggots eat, they're absolutely beautiful in all senses of creation. No. 1, they feed off of something—OK, it's a frenzy, it's an absolute frenzy. They're going absolutely ape shit. Their only goal is to feed off of something and it happens to be death. You could say 'Hey, that's an animal.' Well, it's a dead animal. Or it's a big pile of shit. Any way you look at it, it's death, you know. It's like the worst thing ever and they feed off it. How beautiful is that? So I thought, you know, This is what I want our fans to be. We're unique, we're different than any band ever created. So, just like maggots, we're the only things that deal with death. I mean, there's other bugs and shit, but the prominent thing are maggots. And the biggest reason why I wanted to call them Maggots was because, do you know what happens to a maggot?

"They turn into a fly.

"They turn into a fly. Now why do I want them to be flies? I'll tell you why: Because we all grow old and we all grow wiser and we all do not necessarily need what we've needed to get by. But we will remember always what it was that helped us turn into what we are. And in the early days, we have always spoken to a very young crowd, an adolescent crowd, who's having a hard time with life because of society, trying to find their social place in life. They're a little bit different, they're in school, they might get teased a little bit because they're unique and they want to dress like they want to dress. This world's full of divorce and, you know, bad jobs, bad employers, you know, mean people. And Slipknot represents all these outcasts, and they're not outcasts in reality, they're actually very unique and beautiful people that are willing to stand up for what they believe in without catering to the pressures that the world likes to put on them.

"So I have known that if you started with Slipknot when you were 14, by the time you were 24, there was a good chance that you might be married, have kids, have a career, and maybe no longer need heavy music to help you through your angst. However, those kids still, still, come to our shows, because we are such a part of their life that we are a necessity. And they might not even really be into heavy music overall, but they still come and share the experience with us, just like a fly does. A fly, a maggot earns wings through its sacrifice and devours death, achieves wings, flies off to wherever it wants to, then it searches for the death and lays eggs and starts the process all over.

"That's why our fans are maggots, you know? We are the shit of the world, you know? And I wouldn't want top be anywhere else. I don't want to be a crown, I don't want to be a block of gold. I want to be a big pile of shit—that you'd have to be concerned with when you step in it. I wanna ruin your ideals, your philosophies, you know? I want you to smell me 10 feet before you're on me. I want you not to be able to look upon me. I want you to gag when you inhale my art. I want you to be affected by my presence, and I want you to swat at our children because they're in your face and they're landing on you and you can't catch them, you are not wiser than them, they are annoying because they will spread, you know, the good word, the 'Knotian way. So we're a culture, man. And we had to share our inner feelings with them because they feel like we do, and I will not deny them of that. I will not deny them of how they feel. I will invite them into the house and they will get the same closure that I need. They will."

Slipknot–the subject of our new Slipknot special collector's issue–are set to release a special two-disc, one-DVD digipack set commemorating the 10th anniversary of their sophomore album, Iowa. The package, which will feature brand-new artwork, including photography by percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan, will be released on November 1. Watch the official trailer for the re-release below.

With the release of our new Slipknot special collector's issue, we're celebrating Slipknot month on RevolverMag.com, unleashing new interviews, photos, favorite Slipknot song picks from a host of celeb columnists, and much more. So check back right here often for more.

Last night, Slipknot played a stunning set at the Rock in Rio. You can watch it in its entirety below. Revolver has recently released a special all-Slipknot issue of the magazine (available for purchase here), which features new, exclusive interviews, never-before-seen photos, the entire history of the band, and a fan tattoo gallery. Check out the band's Rock in Rio set list below, and tell us what you think of the concert in the comments.

Slipknot's Rock In Rio Set List

01. (sic)
02. Eyeless
03. Wait and Bleed
04. The Blister Exists
05. Liberate
06. Before I Forget
07. Pulse Of The Maggots
08. Disasterpiece
09. Psychosocial
10. The Heretic Anthem
11. Duality
12. Spit It Out
13. People = Shit
14. Surfacing

As you should know by now, Metallica are releasing a collaborative record, titled Lulu, with underground rock legend Lou Reed on November 1. They released a 30-second sample of the song "The View" last week. Now they've topped that with a new, 90-second snippet from the same tune. Let us know what you think of it in the comments.