Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has admitted to threatening to leak the band’s long-delayed ‘misplaced’ album ‘Look Outdoors Your Window’.
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It was recorded by frontman Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Jim Root and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan similtaneously the group had been engaged on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. At one level, Taylor tried to mix the 2 information into one, however the “tremendous experimental, vibey” tracks didn’t gel. The ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus observe ‘Til We Die’ was recorded throughout these classes and is commonly performed over the PA on the finish of their reveals.
The band first confirmed its existence across the time of the discharge of 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Form’ and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan stated it might come out on the finish of that cycle. Nonetheless, it did not materialise. Frontman Corey Taylor teasing its launch final 12 months and Crahan instructed NME final 12 months that it might “undoubtedly” launch in 2024: “You’ve got my phrase. The artwork’s been performed. It’s been blended. It’s been mastered. It’s undoubtedly popping out in 2024 and it’s such an incredible album.”
Now, it seems Root’s on the finish of his rope ready for it to come back out, telling Steel Hammer that he has threatened to leak it a number of occasions.
He additionally stated that Crahan remains to be “messing with mixes for ‘Look Outdoors Your Window’, suggesting: “Perhaps he’s shedding concentrate on it or no matter.”
“I don’t even keep in mind what any of that stuff appears like, as a result of it’s been so lengthy since we recorded it,” he admits. “I don’t suppose I’ve listened to it in in all probability 10 years. Perhaps I’ll go discover him after we’re performed speaking, and I’ll be like, ‘Let’s hearken to ‘Look Outdoors Your Window’, and let’s launch it tonight…’”
Crahan provided an replace on the album final month. Talking to Vulture, the percussionist and general band chief stated of Slipknot’s unreleased materials: “I don’t even know the place to start. I imply, there’s audio, after which there’s video too. We now have tons of incomplete ideas, some slightly below completion. There’s a variety of Slipknot I want the tradition may have. There may be a lot I create all through my profession however very, little or no is definitely put on the market.”
He then touched on ‘Look Outdoors Your Window’, including: “Nobody believes that it even exists, or that it’s ever going to come back out. I’ve all the time talked very extremely of it and I’ve all the time stated that you’ll by no means hear Corey Taylor sing like this. It’s only a entire totally different method in my thoughts. Just lately, I accredited all of the artwork. I’ve additionally labored actually exhausting to get it blended and mastered.”
The band have additionally been busy with their twenty fifth anniversary tour this 12 months, and have introduced excursions in a number of areas for 2025. They most not too long ago shared the dates for his or her 2025 European tour, set to kick off subsequent summer time. Yow will discover the total listing of dates and ticketing info right here.
The UK leg of Slipknot’s ‘Right here Comes The Ache’ tour – the place they play their 1999 self-titled debut in full – kicks off in Leeds tonight (December 14).
