After years of waiting and speculation of its very existence, Look Outside Your Window is finally set to release on Record Store Day, April 18, 2026.
Slipknot members Jim Root, Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, and Shawn "Clown" Crahan spent the past 18 years developing Look Outside Your Window. The album has been confirmed to emerge from downtime and outtakes during their recording sessions for Slipknot’s 2008 album All Hope Is Gone. Despite this, it will not be released under Slipknot’s name.
Look Outside Your Window has been a highly-anticipated release, seeing coverage from major music publications long before the date was announced. The group detailed their sentiments and inspiration behind the album in a statement released online via Knotfest.
“We knew we were heading down a different creative path, entirely apart from Slipknot, and we followed it eagerly. We called the project Look Outside Your Window as a tribute to this experimental spirit,” the statement said. “Created during a chaotic time in our shared history, the songs were born late at night, in a house on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Peering out through a big picture window, we wondered about what, or who, might be lurking outside.”
In a separate interview with SiriusXM's Trunk Nation, Corey Taylor explained what the material ended up sounding like. “For people who are used to a certain way of Slipknot sounding, this doesn’t sound anything like that,” Taylor said. “It’s much more of a rock vibe. Honestly, it’s much more of a Radiohead vibe, to be honest.”
Look Outside Your Window will be released on 12-inch vinyl, and will be a Record Store Day exclusive. Check out the official Record Store Day website for info on this and other RSD 2026 exclusives, as well as to find participating record stores near you.
