Slipknot have unmasked the title of their fourth album: Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses). The album hits stores May 25th, and fans can download the track "Pulse of the Maggots" beginning March 30th at the band's official Web site.

The Iowa rockers recorded Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) at Harry Houdini's former Los Angeles mansion with producer Rick Rubin, and it promises to be a bit more melodic than its ferocious predecessors.

"I learned a long time ago that you can be heavy without screaming your lungs out," singer Corey Taylor told Rolling Stone in October. "I'm definitely taking a different approach to not just the delivery of what I do, but the things I'm saying. It's time to start talking about things other than myself. The stuff I've been writing is very philosophical."

Other tracks targeted for the album include "Duality" -- for which the band will film a video in Des Moines in the coming weeks -- "Vermillion," "The Blister Exists" and "Circle."

Slipknot will head out on the road with Fear Factory and Chimaira on the Jagermeister Music Tour beginning March 30th, and the band will headline Ozzfest's second stage beginning July 10th.

Jagermeister tour dates:

3/30: Orlando, Hard Rock Live
3/31: West Palm Beach, FL, Sound Advice Amphitheatre
4/2: Birmingham, AL, Sloss Furnace
4/3: Atlanta, Tabernacle
4/4: Myrtle Beach, SC, House of Blues
4/6: Winston-Salem, NC, Millennium Center
4/8: Norfolk, VA, The NorVa
4/9: Washington, DC, Nation
4/10: Worcester, MA, The Palladium
4/12: New York, Roseland
4/13: Philadelphia, Electric Factory
4/14: Rochester, NY, ESL Center
4/16: Detroit, Harpo's
4/17: Cleveland, Tower City Amphitheater
4/18: Columbus, OH, PromoWest Pavilion
4/20: Grand Rapids, MI, Orbit Room
4/22: Saint Paul, MN, Roy Wilkins Auditorium
4/23: Chicago, Congress Theater
4/24: Milwaukee, The Rave/Eagles Club
4/26: Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Aud. Arena
4/27: Clive, IA, 7 Flags Event Center
4/28: St. Louis, MO, The Pageant
4/30: Houston, Verizon Wireless Theater
5/1: Grand Prairie, TX, Nokia Live
5/2: Oklahoma City, Coca Cola Bricktown Event Center
5/4: Denver, Fillmore Auditorium
5/5: Salt Lake City, UT, In the Venue
5/7: Tempe, AZ, Marquee Theater
5/8: Las Vegas, House of Blues
5/9: San Diego, SOMA
5/11: Universal City, CA, Universal Amphitheater
5/14: Sacramento, Memorial Auditorium

Ozzfest tour dates:

7/10: Hartford, CT, ctnow.com Meadows Music
7/12: Mansfield, MA, Tweeter Center
7/14: Wantagh, NY, Jones Beach
7/16: Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center
7/18: Bristow, VA, Nissan Pavilion
7/20: Columbus, OH, Germain Amphitheater
7/22: Nashville, TN, Starwood Amphitheater
7/24: Englewood, CO, Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
7/27: Auburn, WA, White River Amphitheater
7/29: Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheater
7/31: Devore, CA, Hyundai Pavilion of Glen Helen
8/3: Albuquerque, NM, Journal Pavilion
8/5: Dallas, Smirnoff Music Center
8/7: San Antonio, TX, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8/10: Kansas City, KS, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
8/12: Maryland Heights, MO, UMB Pavilion
8/14: East Troy, WI, Alpine Valley Music Theater
8/17: Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Center
8/19: Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center
8/21: Tinley Park, IL, Tweeter Center
8/24: Noblesville, IN, Verizon Wireless Music Center
8/26: Camden, NJ, Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
8/28: Burgettstown, PA, Post-Gazette Pavilion, Star Lake
8/31: Raleigh, NC, Alltel Pavilion, Walnut Creek
9/2: Tampa, FL, Tampa Bay Amphitheatre
9/4: West Palm Beach, FL, Sound Advice Amphitheater

MARC W. DOLECH
(March 10, 2004)