Slipknot’s Clown: “You’re gonna get music really soon”

It’s been six weeks since, almost out of nowhere, Slipknot announced that they’d written a brand-new song.

Entitled Long May You Die, the track came about during some “recent recording sessions” with their new drummer Eloy Casagrande – and, excitingly, it sounds as though Iowa legends won’t be leaving fans hanging when it comes to releasing it.

In a new interview with Revolver, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has promised that Slipknot will be releasing more material following 2022’s The End, So Far “really soon”, and intriguingly, it’ll be “delivered to you in a way you can’t imagine” (presumably referencing the fact that, as of April 1, 2023, their contract with Roadrunner Records expired).

“I can say that there’s gonna be music sooner than you can imagine, delivered to you in a way you can’t imagine,” Clown teases. “And I’m excited because we’re not on a label. And there’s a lot of dismay with that, you know what I mean? But there’s also a lot of middle fingers with that. I love it, you know? Come and get us, or we'll come to get you!”

When asked if the ’Knot are currently on the hunt for a new record label, he reveals that, on a personal level, “If I can have a loud voice in it, I will make sure that we have at least a good amount of music put out before we do anything with anybody.”

He stresses that he doesn’t “hate” labels, though, and also he’s not “interested in opening up another business” when it comes to doing things all by themselves. So what’s the answer? Well, Clown says that, “I am interested in understanding what it means to go directly from our brains to your brain with nobody in the way; I’m interested in that potential.”

Catch Slipknot at the following European and UK dates this year:

December

5 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome
6 Dortmund, Germany – Westfalenhalle
8 Stuttgart, Germany – Schleyerhalle
9 Leipzig, Germany – Quarterback Immobilien Arena
11 Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
12 Paris, France – Accorhotel Arena
14 Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena
15 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
17 Manchester, UK – Co-op Live Arena
18 Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
20 London, UK – The O2
21 London, UK – The O2

Get your tickets now.

Read this: “Thoroughly unpleasant and truly unforgettable”: Our original 1999 review of Slipknot’s debut album