{"id":814399,"date":"2026-08-15T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814399\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:00:13","slug":"slipknot-sid-wilson-cut-ties-after-nearly-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814399\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipknot & Sid Wilson Cut Ties After Nearly 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAfter nearly 30 years together, Slipknot<\/a> is parting ways with keyboardist and DJ Sid Wilson.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe news came in a since-deleted Instagram and website post from the Grammy-winning heavy metal band on Friday (Aug. 14) after weeks of speculation about Wilson\u2019s status in the group. The statement remains posted on the Instagram<\/a> account for Knotfest, the music festival created in 2012 by Slipknot.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEffective immediately, Slipknot will no longer be associated with Sid Wilson,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cWe wish him the best in his future endeavors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Knotfest Instagram caption adds: \u201cSlipknot have parted ways with Sid Wilson. The announcement could briefly be found on the band\u2019s website.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBillboard has reached out to a rep for Slipknot for further details.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilson joined Slipknot in 1998, having been recruited by the Des Moines, Iowa-founded heavy metal band as its ninth member for his impressive DJing skills. He joined just before the group\u2019s mainstream breakthrough, when they signed to Roadrunner Records and released their 1999 self-titled debut album.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe project was the band\u2019s first on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart (peaking at No. 51 in May 2000), where they\u2019ve since landed six top 10s and three No. 1s: 2008\u2019s All Hope Is Gone, 2014\u2019s .5: The Gray Chapter and 2019\u2019s We Are Not Your Kind. In 2006, the band took home their lone Grammy, best metal performance for the song \u201cBefore I Forget,\u201d among 11 career nominations.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast month, TMZ<\/a> reported that Wilson \u2014 known for wearing a gas-mask-like face covering amid the famously masked band \u2014 was notified July 31 that he\u2019d been let go from the group. With no official word from the band or Wilson himself, comments from Slipknot guitarist Jim Root on Instagram planted seeds of doubt around the report. \u201cDon\u2019t believe everything you read,\u201d Root wrote in a since-expired Instagram Story post, according to People<\/a>. \u201cStop. Think. Take a breath. Sit with it for awhile. Maybe. Just maybe even wait until there\u2019s more information.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFriday\u2019s posted-and-deleted statement exactly two weeks later is the first word from Slipknot on the status of Wilson, who also reportedly broke off his engagement to Kelly Osbourne in March.<\/p>\n

\n\tSlipknot\u2019s most recent album was 2022\u2019s The End, So Far, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n