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

nme.com:

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.

However, it failed to materialise. Frontman Corey Taylor teasing its release last year and Crahan told NME last year that it would “definitely” release in 2024: “You have my word.

The art’s been done. It’s been mixed. It’s been mastered. It is definitely coming out in 2024 and it’s such a great album.”Now, it appears Root’s at the end of his rope waiting for it to come out, telling Metal Hammer that he has threatened to leak it multiple times.He also said that Crahan is still “messing with mixes for ‘Look Outside Your Window’, suggesting: “Maybe he’s losing focus on it or whatever.”“I don’t even remember what any of that stuff sounds like, because it’s been so long since we recorded it,” he admits. “I don’t think I’ve listened to it in probably 10 years.