{"id":404936,"date":"2026-04-22T10:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/404936\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:20:10","slug":"slipknot-members-harness-a-different-type-of-fear-on-their-long-lost-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/404936\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot members harness a different type of fear on their long-lost album"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s 5.30am on Record Store Day 2026 (April 18) when NME joins the lengthy queue at Crash Records in Leeds. It\u2019s the only way to hear \u2018Look Outside Your Window\u2019, the forgotten album from four of Slipknot<\/a>\u2019s nine members: Shawn \u2018Clown\u2019 Crahan, Jim Root, Corey Taylor and Sid Wilson. In 2019, Clown revealed<\/a> the existence of the \u201cexperimental, psychedelic\u201d outtakes that the four recorded in their home state of Iowa, around sessions for the metal legends\u2019 fourth LP, 2008\u2019s \u2018All Hope Is Gone\u2019.<\/p>\n

After years of badgering from fans and NME alike<\/a>, it has finally arrived, albeit as a Record Store Day exclusive limited to 2,300 vinyl copies worldwide. With no digital release currently planned, it\u2019s refreshing to see a band of Slipknot\u2019s size part with convention. Self-titling \u2018Look Outside Your Window\u2019 also demonstrates that Slipknot bandleader Clown, this album\u2019s chief architect, wants to draw lines between the two.<\/p>\n

The album comes with some expectations, notably the \u201cRadiohead vibe\u201d<\/a>. Perhaps tracks like 2019\u2019s nauseous \u2018My Pain\u2019 or 2022\u2019s cinematic \u2018Adderall\u2019 could indicate what falls into that category, on paper. Last week, Clown opened up<\/a> on the \u201ctrying times\u201d within the \u2019Knot that informed the record\u2019s mood, and its guests, namely the natural sounds of crickets, toads and another human: Cristina Scabbia, vocalist of Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil.<\/p>\n

Haunting prologue \u201811th March\u2019 paints the picture in our barren dark fantasy as Clown\u2019s percussion stomps through the stillness that\u2019s cut apart by a fuzzed-up riff. \u2018Moth\u2019 feels like the proper curtain-raiser; flashes of disgruntled, downtuned guitars interrupt its sprawling tones. For the first time, Taylor yells (\u201cI\u2019m gonna walk away\u201d), albeit more of a croaky, wavering howl than his trademark scream. Throughout, his first-person lyrics are strikingly bleak: \u201cMake me feel alone \/ make me less than whole\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dirge\u2019 shines in moments of floaty, U2<\/a>-esque reverb that are later decorated with glissandos and a chainsaw of distressing noise, as Slipknot\u2019s DNA forces its way in. Scabbia recites a morbid poem about the past, present and future in Italian on \u2018Christina\u2019 and wails all over the slow-burn nu-metal of \u2018Is Real\u2019, which concludes with mountain-sized urgency. It sure sounds like Slipknot, only that every \u2018traditional\u2019 element emerges repurposed, playing its part within this untidy but miraculously consistent sense of ambience.<\/p>\n

But Side-B definitively differentiates \u2018Look Outside Your Window\u2019 from Slipknot. Taylor\u2019s unmistakably emphatic vocal delivery peaks on the heart-wrenching \u2018Away\u2019, only denied the title of ballad by its wispy Chilli Peppers<\/a>-style rhythm section. \u2018Toad\u2019 takes that crown, using the unhurried strum of the acoustic to find the strength to \u201ctell an old friend goodbye\u201d. \u2018Juliette\u2019 could be a reference to Taylor\u2019s divorce in 2007 (\u201cHey there Mr Blue Eyes \/ have you found your way back yet? \/ have you found your Juliette?\u201d), but all bets are off for his mumble on confusing closer \u2018U Can\u2019t Stop This\u2019 \u2013 a phrase taken from the muscular \u2018In Reverse\u2019.<\/p>\n

We always knew \u2018Look Outside Your Window\u2019 was going to be experimental. It\u2019s Taylor\u2019s desolate voice, over the knee-jerk intersection of heaviness and atmosphere, that fills it with the Slipknot fear factor, something normally summoned through masks and unrelenting brutality. \u2018Look Outside Your Window\u2019 wouldn\u2019t exist without The Nine, and its unanswered mystery can finally be resolved, confirmed in their story as a seriously impressive cult classic.<\/p>\n

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Record label: LOYW
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