See Slipknot’s Nightmarish, NSFW ‘Negative One’ Video
Slipknot‘s video for “The Negative One,” the masked headbangers’ first new song in six years, presents a surrealistic nightmare in which a woman has a nervous breakdown over a basin containing two goats’ heads in a dingy room. The group’s percussionist, M. Shawn Crahan, who wears the clown mask, directed the clip, which also exists as a terrifying interactive website resembling a montage from a Saw movie.
The track will be featured on the band’s as-yet-untitled fifth LP, which is set for release this fall. Not only will it be the band’s first record in six years, but it will be the first since the death of bassist and songwriter Paul Gray in 2010 and the departure of drummer Joey Jordison this past December. In July, frontman Corey Taylor reported that the record was “98 percent done” and called making the record a “real positive experience.”
Attendees of the group’s upcoming Knotfest, a three-day festival that will take place in California this October, will receive a digital download of the record. Slipknot have said that they will play two concerts at the festival, and each performance will include a unique set list highlighting songs from the new album. Other performers on the fest include Anthrax, Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Black Label Society, Carcass, Killswitch Engage and Volbeat. Slipknot’s DJ Sid will provide the soundtrack to the first night’s VIP party, with the festival including a zip line, carnival rides, drum circles, “pillars of fire,” “freaks,” stilt walkers and fire breathers.