Slipknot’s Jim Root says he typically threatens to leak long-delayed ‘Look Outdoors Your Window’

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 concurrently the group had been engaged on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. At one level, Taylor tried to mix the 2 data into one, however the “tremendous experimental, vibey” tracks didn’t gel. The ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus monitor ‘Til We Die’ was recorded throughout these periods 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 Type’ and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan stated it could come out on the finish of that cycle. Nonetheless, it did not materialise. Frontman Corey Taylor teasing its launch final yr and Crahan informed NME final yr that it could “positively” launch in 2024: “You may have my phrase. The artwork’s been completed. It’s been combined. It’s been mastered. It's positively popping out in 2024 and it’s such a fantastic album.”

Now, it seems Root’s on the finish of his rope ready for it to come back out, telling Metal Hammer that he has threatened to leak it a number of occasions.

He additionally stated that Crahan continues to be “messing with mixes for ‘Look Outdoors Your Window’, suggesting: “Possibly he’s shedding concentrate on it or no matter.”

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“I don’t even bear 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 assume I’ve listened to it in in all probability 10 years. Possibly I’ll go discover him after we're completed 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. Chatting with 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. Now we have tons of incomplete ideas, some slightly below completion. There’s numerous Slipknot I want the tradition may have. There's 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 complete totally different method in my thoughts. Just lately, I accredited all of the artwork. I’ve additionally labored actually exhausting to get it combined and mastered.”

The band have additionally been busy with their twenty fifth anniversary tour this yr, and have introduced excursions in a number of areas for 2025. They most just lately shared the dates for his or her 2025 European tour, set to kick off subsequent summer time. You will discover the total listing of dates and ticketing data 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).