Slipknot has announced 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 that 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 has shared the 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.
Pre-order the album in the format of your choice, here.
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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, Connecticut, captures the unbridled raw power of a small stage, while the 2000 U.K. 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.
Released on June 29th, 1999, Slipknot‘s self-titled debut, now double platinum, was a smash hit with critics and an instant classic with fans. It was, and is, a Molotov cocktail signaling a revolution, embracing a creative direction that eschewed metal traditions in favor of fresh ideas. While the jaw-clenching riffs coupled with Robinson‘s venomous production were crucial to the album’s success, it was the care and attention to detail in the songcraft that moved the needle from “great” to “benchmark.”
“We loved what we did with the first record but we didn’t even know if there was gonna be anything after that,” recalls Slipknot guitarist Jim Root. “We just wanted people to hear it. Selling out of records and shows, having successful tours– those are goals for any band. But the dream scenario in some ways, came true for us.”
In the years following, Slipknot‘s popularity nipped at the heels of elder statesmen and even the band’s heroes, eventually navigating this brave new world with unending drive, fresh ideas, and a bloodlust for odometer clicks. Tens of billions of streams and tens of millions of subscribers and followers later, the accolades tell the story: 64 award nominations and 27 wins, including a Grammy for “Before I Forget” from Vol. 3. A seemingly endless number of tour dates. Headlining slots at the biggest festivals in the world, such as Download, Rock In Rio, Hellfest, Wacken, and many more. Not to mention RIAA certifications by the truckload — 14 platinum certifications and 40 gold across more than 30 million in record and video sales.
In addition, Slipknot positioned themselves for success with the creation of their own festival Knotfest, in 2012, a traveling, multi-stage and experiential event that has appeared 28 times across several countries and locations. The festival has since spun off into a successful entertainment media hub — Knotfest.com, which became a juggernaut of its own making, giving a platform to young freethinkers and like-minded artists.
All of Slipknot‘s achievements have helped them claim their rightful seat as pioneers and thought leaders, establishing them as a generational talent, loved by parents and their children alike. And of course, with all those incredible live performances, all that influence, and all that history of playing all those incredible songs, Slipknot has only attracted the most dedicated of fans, reaching all the way back to that fateful self-titled effort.
Slipknot is approaching this 25th anniversary by making the conscious decision to connect to fans as closely as possible, in a similar way to how they encountered Slipknot all those years ago.
“Every time I’ve walked on stage, it’s never been about how many people have been there because my culture, the maggots, always show up,” says Slipknot percussionist and founding member Shawn “Clown” Crahan with a smile.
