Jim Root: Last News

Slipknot’s founding member and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has told fans to expect new music soon.Six weeks after the surprise announcement that Slipknot had written ‘Long May You Die’, their first track with new drummer Eloy Casagrande, Crahan has teased that the iconic metal band will release new music “really soon”.In a new interview with Revolver, he said: “Well, one thing I can say is this: There’s always going to be new Slipknot music. But we’ve also said that there is a filter, and we are the filter, and that filter must go through everyone.“And when I was telling you that we’re doing a lot better communicating, now apply that to communicating about music.

Slipknot.The record was recorded by the founding member and percussionist – real name Shawn Crahan – alongside Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson and Jim Root at the same time as they were working on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. However, hopes of it being shared have remained unfulfilled and only one track from the sessions has seen the light of day: ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus track ‘Til We Die’.Taylor, Root and Clown have all hinted at the release in recent years, and last month the latter revealed to NME that the long-awaited LP was out of his hands and with management for the final steps.Now, in a new interview with Knotfest, the founding member has revealed more information about what fans can expect from the release, and confirmed that it is by no means a Slipknot-sounding record.“It was never a Slipknot album. Not while it was happening, not while I’ve held onto it for 10 years, and certainly not fuckin’ when it comes out,” he told the outlet.Sharing how they wrote the material while working on ‘All Hope Is Gone’, Clown recalled how the members would be interrupted during the process and put the project on hold to finish up the 2008 release.

Slipknot’s Clown has shared an update on the band’s long-awaited ‘lost’ album, ‘Look Outside Your Window’ – confirming that it is now out of his hands and with management for the final steps.The record was recorded by the founding member and percussionist – real name Shawn Crahan – alongside Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson and Jim Root at the same time as they were working on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’.Hopes of it being shared have gone unfulfilled in recent years and, to date, only one track from the sessions has been released: ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus track ‘Til We Die’.Now, Crahan has spoken to NME in a new interview, and confirmed that the release is completely finished and on the cusp of being officially released.Reflecting on comments he made in a separate NME interview in 2023 – in which he assured us the release would be coming this year – the metal icon said: “I did say it was going to be in 2024, and I gave it the best fight that I could to make it this year.”As for where the release is up to now, he added: “What I can tell you is that I showed Corey the final artwork two days ago. It is happening, but unfortunately, because of Christmas and New Year and the way business works, I can’t slide it in this year.“But you have my word, it’s out of my hands now.

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has admitted to threatening to leak the band’s long-delayed ‘lost’ album ‘Look Outside Your Window’.It was recorded by frontman Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Jim Root and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan at the same time as the group were working on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. At one point, Taylor tried to blend the two records into one, but the “super experimental, vibey” tracks didn’t gel. The ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus track ‘Til We Die’ was recorded during those sessions and is often played over the PA at the end of their shows.The band first confirmed its existence around the time of the release of 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan said it would come out at the end of that cycle.

Slipknot‘s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has spoken about the delay of the band’s “lost album” ‘Look Outside Your Window’.It was recorded by frontman Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Jim Root and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan at the same time as the group were working on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. At one point, Taylor tried to blend the two records into one, but the “super experimental, vibey” tracks didn’t gel. To date, only one track from the sessions has been released – ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus track ‘Til We Die’.The album has long been teased by its participating members, with frontman Corey Taylor teasing its release last year, once again stoking the flames.

Slipknot have announced the details and dates of their 2025 European tour, set to kick off next summer.The legendary heavy metal band will kick off the tour with a slot at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden on June 4. From there, Corey Taylor and co will make stops in Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Denmark.

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has revealed how Eloy Casagrande came to be the band’s new drummer.In late April, Eloy Casagrande was confirmed as Slipknot’s new drummer, taking over Jay Weinberg, who was let go late last year. Since then, Casagrande has opened up about the “complicated” choice he had to make in leaving Brazilian metal legends Sepultura to join Slipknot.Now, Jim Root has revealed the band’s auditioning process with Casagrande and how he was confirmed into the band. In a new interview with Tone-Talk, Root shared how the band first connected with Casagrande, and new material with their newest member.Root started by saying that the band had recently played two shows to “introduce our new drummer to the world”, before going on to briefly mention their secret show in Pioneertown and their headlining slot at Sick New World.

Slipknot are getting their Dead By Daylight debut, thanks to an upcoming cosmetic collection.In a livestream on the official Dead By Daylight YouTube channel (which you can watch below), associate art director Leisha Riddel described the crossover. The Slipknot cosmetics being added to the game include seven masks and one full outfit; these designs are all based on “core” Slipknot members, but have been altered slightly to better fit with the style of the horror game.Subliminal Menace for The Legion is the outfit coming to Dead By Daylight, and will feature a white mask and flowing robes inspired by DJ Sid Wilson.Next up is a Metallic Grill for The Wraith, based on guitarist Mick Thomson, along with the Dominant Eye for The Deathslinger, which is based on guitarist Jim Root.

Corey Taylor has teased the release of Slipknot‘s lost album ‘Look Outside Your Window’.It was recorded by the frontman, Sid Wilson, Jim Root and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan at the same time as the group were working on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. At one point, Taylor tried to blend the two records into one, but the “super experimental, vibey” tracks didn’t gel.

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has criticised the “backwards” message of Rage Against The Machine‘s classic protest song ‘Killing In The Name’.The explicit, politically-charged single was released back in 1992, and features on RATM’s self-titled debut album. It was written about the abuses of power and issues within US society.Back in 2020, guitarist Tom Morello said that the track’s “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” chant remains a “universal sentiment” despite its simplicity.

Slipknot and former Stone Sour bandmates Corey Taylor and Jim Root are discussing the possibility of forming a new band.Root previously stated that he wanted to “get away from that sinking ship” upon departing Slipknot previously, and later admitted that “[Taylor and I] would have just ended up killing each other and driving each other crazy” had he stayed.Speaking in the new issue of Metal Hammer (via Loudersound), however, Taylor said: “He and I are very different people, and we were both going through our own shit in life. We reconnected, and we’re actually talking about doing some stuff on the side, outside of Slipknot and Stone Sour.”The frontman said that he couldn’t “sit here and say that I wasn’t responsible for some of the bad feelings” between the pair, adding: “That can only come with self-reflection, and the fact that the things that were going on in my life rippled and affected other people.

"I’ve been writing some stuff that maybe wouldn’t slide into the Slipknot world"