THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Slipknot is deep in the studio with Faith No More producer Matt Wallace, and guitarist Jim Root says they've stockpiled at least 50 song arrangements to work through †§. No release date, no album title — this is still the jam-and-arrange phase, but Root is calling it the closest he's ever gotten to the sound in his head §. The band's schedule is completely clear to focus on writing §.
THE DETAILS
- Working with producer Matt Wallace, known for Faith No More †¶
- Sessions happen in a church where the band jams for 90 minutes to two hours, generating around four song ideas per session §¶
- Percussionist Clown handles arrangement duties, signaling which parts to keep during jams †§
- Root describes writing fast grindpicking riffs alongside melodic doom material, clean interludes, and experimental elements he compares to Pink Floyd †§¶
- First new material since 2022's *The End, So Far*, and the first album featuring drummer Eloy Casagrande §
- Root says the new material "does not sound like" a nu-metal record despite recent anniversary touring for their 1999 debut †¶
- Band is off Roadrunner Records and currently a free agent ¶
WHY IT MATTERS
SKIP IT — for now. Fifty arrangements means nothing until they finish songs, and Root himself admits "they all need work" †. The garage-band jam approach sounds great in theory, but without a label, a timeline, or even a keyboardist replacement locked in, this is a long way from an album you can actually hear.
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