Masked metallers Slipknot have revealed plans to release a ’25th Anniversary Edition’ of their self-titled album. Set for release through Roadrunner Records on September 5th, it will be released on various formats, including a 6LP Box Set with blood splattered vinyl (limited to 1899 copies), red/black 2LP, and 2CD package.
The 6x LP set will include the ‘Indigo Ranch Mixes,’ alongside live material, demos and alternative mixes. The latter two will make up the second portion of the red/black 2LP release.
Fans can find pre-order details here.
LP 1: Slipknot:
Side 1
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Eyeless
Wait and Bleed
Surfacing
Spit It Out
Tattered and Torn
Me Inside
Side 2
Liberate
Prosthetics
No Life
Diluted
Only One
Scissors
LP 2 & 3: Indigo Ranch Mixes
Side 1
(sic)
Eyeless
Surfacing
Tattered and Torn
Side 2
Only One
Liberate
Suck These Nuts (Get This)
Killing Leslie
Side 3
Me Inside
Wait and Bleed
No Life
Interloper (Diluted)
Side 4
Spit It Out
Eeyore
Scissors
LP 4: Demos and Alternate Mixes
(This is LP 2 for the 2LP formats)
Side 1 – Demos
These are the original demos recorded before the band entered Indigo Ranch with Ross Robinson. These demos were then refined in the studio to become the debut album. Some of the actual tracks from the demos were used in the final mixes.
Wait and Bleed (Demo)
Snap (Demo)
Interloper (Demo)
Despise (Demo)
Only One (Demo)
Me Inside (Demo)
Prosthetics (Demo)
Side 2 – Jay Baumgardner and Ulrich Wild Mixes
The band and label wanted to have test mixes done before finalising the album and connected with two other renowned mixers to see what they would do to the mixes. Each has a different take on the tracks.
Surfacing (Jay Baumgardner Mix)
Only One (Jay Baumgardner Mix)
No Life (Jay Baumgardner Mix)
(sic) (Ulrich Wild Mix)
Purity
Eeyore
LP 5 & 6: Live
Side 1
Wait and Bleed (Live in Hartford 1999)
Surfacing (Live in Hartford 1999)
Purity (Live in Hartford 1999)
Spit It Out (Live in Hartford 1999)
Eeyore (Live in Hartford 1999)
Side 2
(sic) (Live in the UK 2000)
Eyeless (Live in the UK 2000)
No Life (Live in the UK 2000)
Eeyore (Live in the UK 2000)
Liberate (Live in the UK 2000)
Side 3
Purity (Live in the UK 2000)
Prosthetics (Live in the UK 2000)
Spit It Out (Live in the UK 2000)
Wait and Bleed (Live in the UK 2000)
Get This (Live in the UK 2000)
Side 4
Surfacing (Live in the UK 2000)
Me Inside (Live in the UK 2000)
Scissors (Live in Iowa 2000)
Hear ‘Prosthetics (Demo)’ by Slipknot
The announcement of ‘Slipknot (25th Anniversary Edition)’ sees the band share the previously unreleased demo of ‘Prosthetics’. This version of the track was recorded before the band entered Indigo Ranch with Ross Robinson.
