{"id":619631,"date":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/619631\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:54:09","slug":"slipknot-unleash-single-arsenal-first-new-song-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/619631\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot Unleash Single &#8220;ARSENAL,&#8221; First New Song in 3 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/slipknot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Slipknot<\/a> have surprise released the single titled \u201cARSENAL,\u201d the masked metal band\u2019s first new song in more than three years and first since <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/slipknot-officially-part-ways-sid-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">parting ways<\/a> with longtime member Sid Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>The band has also unveiled a new eight-man publicity photo, indicating they may not replace Wilson at all. Traditionally, Slipknot have always had a nine-man lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cARSENAL\u201d is raw and heavy, and recalls some of Slipknot\u2019s early Mr. Bungle-influenced experimental material, with a chaotic arrangement and singer Corey Taylor spitting out rap-sung lines like, \u201cI fought a fucking god and the god lost,\u201d and \u201cI know I\u2019m a hack and a has-been, but motherfucker I\u2019m a .45 and not a Mach 10.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song is accompanied by a music video directed by Slipknot percussionist Shawn \u201cClown\u201d Crahan and starring actor Jackson White (Tell Me Lies, Mrs. Fletcher).<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>\u201cARSENAL\u201d Single Artwork:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Slipknot-Arsenal-Single-Artwork.jpg\" alt=\"Slipknot Arsenal Single Artwork\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1623677\" width=\"807\" height=\"807\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slipknot have surprise released the single titled \u201cARSENAL,\u201d the masked metal band\u2019s first new song in more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-619631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}