Slipknot release deluxe reissue of seminal self-titled debut album

Released on June 29th, 1999, Slipknot’s self-titled debut, now triple platinum, was an instant classic with fans and a smash hit with critics. It was, and is, a Molotov cocktail signalling a revolution– embracing a creative direction that eschewed metal traditions in favour of fresh ideas. They’re celebrating the iconic album with its deluxe reissue, “Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)” which is available in stores and across digital retailers today via Roadrunner Records. This special release immortalises the band’s creative process at the time when the Iowa nine went from a newly-signed fledgling metal act, to an unexpected and unstoppable cultural force that redefined heavy music for a new generation.

To mark its release, today the band have also shared the official video for Scissors on their YouTube channel, taken from “Welcome to Our Neighborhood, Pt. 2”. You can watch it below:

“Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)” was initially released to fans as a special box set edition. Limited to 100 blood filled self-titled LP vinyl copies via their secret site 742617000027.net, the edition sold out in seconds, crashing the website in the process. Its additional physical versions include a 6LP Box Set with blood splattered vinyl (limited to 1899 copies, which also sold out in minutes), 2LP editions in various limited edition colourways, and 2CD in addition to digital on streaming services.

Depending on the format (see a full list and packshots below), this release includes the original Ross Robinson produced album, plus recordings which only the band and their inner circle heard at the time of the production. All collected from the original sources, these include unreleased takes, alternate versions, and mixes from SR Audio, Indigo Ranch and more, as well as ‘test mixes’ from alternate mixers. Not only are these recordings the full story behind the recording of this now-iconic album, they also chart the course of choices made and paths taken, and how the Slipknot the world knows today came to be.

As much as the debut album set the stage, Slipknot was also a band unleashed on live audiences in 1999, who had never seen anything like it. Performances on their first world tour cycle are legendary, and the band’s impact was swift as global audiences bore witness. Word-of-mouth spread like a virus. This deluxe package includes recordings of shows that bookend one chaotic year: the 1999 show in Hartford, CT captures the unbridled raw power of a small stage, while the 2000 UK recordings document the band’s ability to harness the small stage energy and deliver to a mainstage crowd. The audio was pulled from the soundboard’s digital audio tapes, carefully remixed and mastered for the first time – all chosen by the band to best represent the intensity and spirit of the band’s earliest days.

You can stream, or buy “Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)” HERE.

LP 1: Slipknot - Tracklist:

The seminal debut album from Slipknot.

Side 1

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Eyeless
Wait and Bleed
Surfacing
Spit It Out
Tattered and Torn
Me Inside

Side 2

Liberate
Prosthetics
No Life
Diluted
Only One
Scissors

*LP 2 & 3: Indigo Ranch Mixes - Tracklist:

The legendary Indigo Ranch mixes. In 1999 the band gathered at Malibu’s Indigo Ranch to record their breakthrough debut. These early rough mixes showcase the raw energy and chaotic vibe before the final Ross Robinson mixes.

Side 1

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Eyeless
Surfacing
Tattered and Torn

Side 2

Only One
Liberate
Suck These Nuts (Get This)
Killing Leslie

Side 3

Me Inside
Wait and Bleed
No Life
Interloper (Diluted)

Side 4

Spit It Out
Eeyore
Scissors

LP 4: Demos and Alternate Mixes - Tracklist:

This is LP 2 for the 2LP formats

Side One: Demos - These are the original demos recorded before the band entered Indigo Ranch with Ross Robinson. These demos were then refined in the studio to become the debut album. Some of the actual tracks from the demos were used in the final mixes.

Side Two: Jay Baumgardner and Ulrich Wild Mixes - The band and label wanted to have test mixes done before finalising the album and connected with two other renowned mixers to see what they would do to the mixes. Each has a different take on the tracks.

Side 1

Wait and Bleed (Demo)
Snap (Demo)
Interloper (Demo)
Despise (Demo)
Only One (Demo)
Me Inside (Demo)
Prosthetics (Demo)

Side 2

Surfacing (Jay Baumgardner Mix)
Only One (Jay Baumgardner Mix)
No Life (Jay Baumgardner Mix)
(sic) (Ulrich Wild Mix)
Purity
Eeyore

*LP 5 & 6: Live - Tracklist:

Months after the debut album, the band took to the road and these live recordings showcase the band’s atmospheric rise from headlining Hartford, Connecticut’s legendary 1200 seat Webster Theater in September of 1999, to playing in front of massive crowds in the UK and Iowa in late 2000.

Side 1