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SLIPKNOT Surprise-Releases New Single 'Arsenal'
Slipknot released their new single "Arsenal" on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show With Jack Saunders, marking the masked metal band's first new music in more than three years.
The release debuts on the band's own est Records label following significant lineup changes, including the departures of Sid Wilson and Craig Jones and the addition of drummer Eloy Casagrande.
Frontman Corey Taylor describes the track as "pummelling," praising its "hyperactivity" and "sublime drop," while the song recalls early Mr. Bungle-influenced experimental material with chaotic arrangements.
Percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan directed the accompanying music video, which features actor Jackson White and serves as the primary visual companion to the single.
Earlier this year in April, the band released Look Outside Your Window, an experimental album recorded during 2008 sessions that Crahan noted were split by internal studio politics.
Released by the new editor of the Slipknot, ‘Arsenal' marks the return of the American band to the songs after the release of the album "The End So Far" in 2022, and emerges after the release of three elements in recent years