DIG out your pig masks and spiked leather wristbands, nu-metallers Slipknot and Korn are heading out on a UK tour, stopping off in Manchester next January.

Slipknot will headline the date at Manchester Arena on the ‘Prepare for Hell’ tour.

The mask-clad merchants of mayhem release their fifth album next week – The Gray Chapter – featuring new single The Devil in I.

“The UK has always been special for us,” said frontman Corey Taylor.

“In a lot of ways, it’s where the madness began.”

Slipknot, Korn, Manchester Arena, January 20.

A few tickets remain for the Linkin Park show at the Manchester Arena on November 22.

Meanwhile, Bryan Adams returns to Manchester, also in November, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his hit album Reckless on November 23.