"There were no rules; ideas could come from anywhere: subtle drum loops, bits of organ or abstract guitar noise, even samples of frogs or crickets." Long-awaited Slipknot project Look Outside Your Window is finally being released

Corey Taylor onstage with Slipknot.

The long-awaited Slipknot project Look Outside Your Window is finally being released, 18 years after percussionist Shawn '"Clown" Crahan, singer Corey Taylor, guitarist Jim Root and DJ Sid Wilson recorded 11 “experimental” tracks during the making of Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone album in 2008.

"We knew we were heading down a different creative path, entirely apart from Slipknot, and we followed it eagerly," say the four via a post on the Knotfest website. "We called the project Look Outside Your Window as a tribute to this experimental spirit.