“Huge, tattooed men were crying”: Joey Jordison’s sisters reveal how they helped one of the late Slipknot drummer’s unreleased albums see the light of day

Joey Jordison posing for a photograph with an inset of Joey with his sisters.

Four years after the death of former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, an unreleased album by one of his former bands will finally see the light of day thanks to a Kickstarter set up by two of his sisters, Annie Gaster and Katie Riekena.

Formed from the ashes of Joey’s previous side project Scar The Martyr, Vimic was the first band the drummer had launched since his dismissal from Slipknot in December 2013. But their debut album, Open Your Omen, was repeatedly delayed by various label and personnel setbacks. Frustrated, Joey put Vimic on ice in 2018, and the album was shelved.