SLIPKNOT CELEBRATE 25 YEARS WITH DELUXE REISSUE OF ICONIC DEBUT ALBUM

SLIPKNOT announce Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition) – a deluxe reissue celebrating the release of their iconic eponymous debut album which catapulted the band in 1999. This special release immortalizes 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.

Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition) will be available in stores and across digital retailers on September 5, 2025 via Roadrunner Records. 

Earlier this week Slipknot released a special edition of the box set directly to fans. Limited to 100 blood filled vinyl copies via their secret site 742617000027.net, the edition sold out in seconds, crashing the website in the process. Available for pre-order today are a 6LP Box Set with blood splattered vinyl (limited to 1899 copies), 2LP, 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.

Today Slipknot share their unreleased demo of “Prosthetics” which was recorded before the band entered Indigo Ranch with Ross Robinson. The demo was then refined in the studio, ultimately landing on their debut album. 

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 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.

The time to share these recordings with the world is finally here. 

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Photo Dean Karr