Slipknot guitarist stabbed by brother in drunken brawl

New York -The guitarist for the heavy metal band Slipknot was injured Wednesday in an apparent drunken brawl with his brother, police said.

In a potential case of life imitating art, guitarist Mick Thomson of Slipknot - known for its aggressive sound, violent imagery and grisly Halloween-style costumes - was stabbed in the back of his head, police said.

Police arrived early in the morning at a house in Clive, a suburb of the Midwestern city of Des Moines, Iowa, where Thomson was apparently fighting with his brother Andrew, a police statement said.

The brothers were apparently drunk and began to brawl outside before they were taken to separate hospitals, police said.

Slipknot. (Photo: AFP)