For almost 20 years, Slipknot’s side-project Look Outside Your Window was a thing of myth. Recorded during the sessions for 2008’s chart-topping All Hope Is Gone, it was announced 15 years ago and finally got a release date in 2026. The 10-song album finally came out for Record Store Day on Saturday, April 18, and marked a stark detour in the Slipknot sound, swapping ferocious metal for avant-garde slow-burners.
Although recorded during the Hope sessions, Look… doesn’t feature the full Iowan nine-piece. Frontman Corey Taylor, guitarist Jim Root, percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan and turntablist Sid Wilson recorded the album as a separate unit. Fed up with how regimented their ‘main’ album sessions were under producer Dave Fortman, the four set up their own studio to improvise some softer, free-flowing material. They then recruited Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia, who dated Root from 2004 to 2014, for guest appearances on two tracks.
