Slipknot’s Clown shares photograph of grizzly ‘new’ masks
Slipknot’s Clown has shared a photograph of a grizzly new masks that the band’s hardcore followers assume has by no means appeared on stage earlier than.
The percussionist and founding member of the band, actual identify Shawn Crahan, posted the {photograph} on his personal Instagram account, with the caption: “I swore I wouldn’t let this occur”.
The fleshy, gory masks has, in line with some hardcore followers, solely been seen earlier than within the Knotfest Museum, though it does intently resemble one worn by Crahan on a 1999 tour.
See the masks beneath:
Earlier this month, the band’s unique frontman Anders Colsefni stated {that a} new re-recording of the 1996 demo tape ‘Mate. Feed. Kill, Repeat.’ that was uploaded onto YouTube was shared with out his consent.
Colsefni stated that he now meant to cancel an upcoming tour the place he was on account of play the entire of the reworked model of the file, with a purpose to focus his efforts on the re-recording.
“I hope you’ll belief me to do that correctly and make you and the die-hard, old style Slipknot followers proud,” he stated. “Then, we’ll look to place this tour collectively once more, starting the place it started, and spreading so far as you need it to.”
The brand new recording is acknowledged as being devoted to late Slipknot members Joey Jordison and Paul Grey. Founding bassist Grey died aged 38 in 2010, while founding drummer Jordison handed away aged 46 in 2021.
As for Slipknot, the band are anticipated to announce who their new drummer is quickly (following the sudden departure of Jay Weinberg), in addition to share particulars of their long-lost experimental album ‘Look Exterior Your Window’.
Hypothesis across the latter arose in August final yr, when NME requested Corey Taylor about when followers can anticipate the long-mooted venture. “I used to be speaking to Clown about it the opposite day and he goes, ‘One of many causes it hasn’t come out is since you preserve placing shit out which retains conflicting with after I need to launch it!’”
Clown shared additional affirmation when speaking to NME in December. “It’s undoubtedly arriving subsequent yr. You may have my phrase,” he insisted. “The artwork’s been carried out. It’s been blended. It’s been mastered. It’s undoubtedly popping out in 2024 and it’s such an important album.