Paul Gray, the bassist with US metal band Slipknot, has been found dead in a hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, police say. The band won a Grammy in 2006 for the song "Before I Forget".

Slipknot started writing All Hope Is Gone in October 2007. Jordison and Gray crafted most of the preliminary song structures while Taylor came up with ideas for the lyrics and Jim Root and Mick ...