Things are pretty dramatic in the Slipknot camp right now with the surprise, if unconfirmed, news that Sid Wilson may be out of the band. But then things have always been pretty dramatic when it comes to the most explosive metal band of the last 30 years.
That was certainly the case around the time of their second album, Iowa, if producer Ross Robinson is to be believed. Speaking to Metal Hammer in a brand new interview just ahead of the album’s 25th anniversary, Robinson looks back on the internal and external pressures surrounding the band as they worked on the follow-up to their game-changing 1999 debut – and how they were even talking about splitting at one point.
