In a recent chat with Knotfest, Shawn Crahan spoke about Slipknot’s upcoming new record.
“2025 I’m going to work on ‘No Complaining,'” the percussionist revealed. “Just not going to do it anymore. I realized my expectations are never going to be met. So I need to give myself a break. It’s probably the last part of ego I need to work on.”
He then shared, “That way I can just float. Nothing will bother me. I can just work on positive potential. We got a new album. We’re gonna start at some point. I just want to roll into that with an energy like it’s all starting again. That’s how I want to approach it.”
“If we got our room and our sh*t’s going, someone’s gonna pop, everybody’s gonna join in. And if we go, ‘Oh, that’s good,’ that f*cker will be done by the end of the night and then massaged over a month. And that’s the best way to write f*cking Slipknot music,” Clown talked about their writing process.
Slipknot fans have been waiting for a new album, ‘Look Outside Your Window’ for some time. The band hasn’t announced a release date for their album. Last month, Jim Root expressed his frustration about the delay in an interview with Metal Hammer.
“Man, I keep telling Clown that I’m just gonna throw it up on YouTube, then put a link to it on my Instagram or something,” the guitarist said. “He’s like, ‘Don’t, dude, just don’t.'”
Root said Crahan is still working on the mixes and guessed, “Maybe he’s losing focus on it or whatever.” He added, “I don’t even remember what any of that stuff sounds like, because it’s been so long since we recorded it.”
“I don’t think I’ve listened to it in probably 10 years. Maybe I’ll go find him after we are done talking and I’ll be like, ‘Let’s listen to ‘Look Outside Your Window,’ and let’s release it tonight…'” Jim noted.
Slipknot recorded ‘Look Outside Your Window’ at the same time as 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’ at Sound Farm Studio in Iowa. The album had a different, more experimental sound, so it has been on hold all these years.
