Slipknot percussionist Clown has said that the band hopes to finally release their long delayed “lost” album ‘Look Outside Your Window’ next year.

The record was made by Clown (real name Shaun Crahan), Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson and Jim Root at the same time they were working on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. Up to now, only one song from those sessions has been released, the ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus track ‘Til We Die’, which often plays over the PA at the end of their live shows.

They have hinted at its eventual release since 2019, when Crahan said they were getting ready to put it out, and Corey Taylor later said that he “tried like hell to make those worlds come together” so the project could be finished. Root has even mentioned that he has threatened to leak it more than once.

When speaking to NME in 2020, Crahan said the band nearly released it over Christmas 2019 but decided not to because they did not want it to distract from their sixth studio album ‘We Are Not Your Kind’.

Crahan in particular has given several release estimates that never came to fruition. Last year, he told NME that ‘Look Outside Your Window’ would finally arrive in 2025, sharing that he had shown Taylor the finished artwork and that the album was now in the hands of their management.

“I’m really pleased about it and happy to finally be rid of it,” he said. “What’s nice though is that it isn’t a hype thing, it’s just something we did while we were doing other Slipknot albums. It was a very honest action to make music that wasn’t Slipknot, but utilised the skills of guys with no rules.”

“I don’t know if it’s ‘good’, but I know that I love it. I make music for myself, but I hope that the people who waited and waited and waited think it was worth it too.”

Now, Crahan has shared another update. In a Discord Q&A yesterday (December 3), he said (via Kerrang!), “I know I told everyone it would be this year. I’m very sorry it hasn’t been. Things come to play that change things all the time with the art we create. I want you to know 2026 is the year. It’s just simply time and I’m just getting tired of waiting myself. Have faith. I promise.”

Both Crahan and Taylor have said that ‘Look Outside Your Window’ does not sound like a typical Slipknot record. “It was never a Slipknot album. Not while it was happening, not while I’ve held onto it for 10 years, and certainly not fuckin’ when it comes out,” Crahan told Knotfest in early 2025, saying its sound is “not even close” to Slipknot’s.

Crahan also described it as “experimental, psychedelic,” and Taylor said in 2019 that the songs are “super vibey, super melodic” and “very solemn, very energetic, very artistic,” even comparing them to Radiohead.

Taylor has also said that he is partly responsible for the constant delays. When asked about the album in an interview with NME, he said, “It’s actually funny that you bring that up. I was talking to Clown about it the other day and he goes, ‘One of the reasons it hasn’t come out is because you keep putting shit out which keeps conflicting with when I want to release it!’ I was like, ‘Fuck dude, why didn’t you tell me?’ He says, ‘Fuck, Taylor, you just got too much shit!’ It’s sounding like he’s got a release date that he can finally lock in and I have promised him that I won’t release anything that will ruin that.”

Slipknot are also working on new music, according to their recently recruited drummer Eloy Casagrande.

Speaking to Drummer’s Review, he said, “We are cooking, we are doing some new music, for sure.” While he did not give specific details, he added, “Since I joined the band, we have been working on some new ideas. We keep exchanging guitar riffs, drum beats, so we are always doing something. We had also some jam sessions. So, we have a lot of material right now. We just have to sit and put everything together, start jamming, and it’s happening. It already happened. It’s gonna happen in the future. So new material is coming, for sure.”