Slipknot have released their first new music in over three years. Also, are Slipknot an 8-Piece Band Now? According to Slipknot's new press photo that was sent out with the song 'Arsenal,' they're now down to eight members instead of nine.
It's a single called "Arsenal" and it comes with a video directed by Shawn Crahan.
The track comes on the band's own label, (Sic)est Records. And though Crahan and Corey Taylor talked about the band being free agents a couple years ago, they did sign a deal to have their label distributed by Roadrunner/Atlantic Records, which has been their home for their entire career.
"Arsenal" is the first song with drummer Eloy Casagrande. It's also the first new music from the band since turning over a third of their lineup -- keyboardist Craig Jones, drummer Jay Weinberg and DJ Sid Wilson all left between the band's 2023 EP Adderall and the release of this single.
Corey Taylor on the new offering - "It pummels. I mean it is absolutely a pummeling experience… Like it's got these great moments of hyperactivity and then complete flex." He went on to add, "It's like we've got everyone by the hair and we're just going, 'Go, Go, Go!' [mimics banging their head]."
He later stated, "We're definitely exploring the realm that we've kind of been in for a long time, and bringing in elements that we have never done before… People are gonna be like when they hear it, 'There's no way that's Slipknot. There is no actual way that that is Slipknot.' I'm here to tell you 100%, you're damn right it is."