Bayan ficewar mawaƙinsa, Joey Jordison, daga ƙungiyar makonnin da suka gabata, an tabbatar da cewa. Slipknot yana aiki akan sabon kundin su a cikin kwanaki na ƙarshe. A tsakiyar shekara ta 2013, mawaƙinta Corey Taylor ya riga ya tsammaci aniyar ƙungiyar ta fara fitar da sabon kundi daga farkon 2014, kuma a cikin wata hira da aka bayar a lokacin ya bayyana cewa: "A cikin watannin da suka gabata dukkanmu mun tsara wani abu (rabin farko na 2013) kuma mun sami lokacin da za mu iya shawo kan wannan hauka kadan. Yanzu ra'ayinmu shine mu taru daga farkon shekara mai zuwa, kuma mu fara jefa junanmu abin da muke da shi don samun wani abu na kowa daga inda sabon kundin zai fito ».
The guitarist na Slipknot, Jim Tushen, ya tabbatar da 'yan kwanaki da suka wuce cewa band din ya riga ya kasance a cikin ɗakin studio yana aiki a kan sabon kundin su ta hanyar hoto mai sauƙi wanda ya buga a kan cibiyoyin sadarwar jama'a. Tun bayan fitowar album dinsa na karshe 'Duk Fatan Ya Kashe' (2008) ƙungiyar Iowa ta shiga cikin rikice-rikice da yawa, kamar mutuwar bassist, Paul Gray, a cikin 2010 da tashin ɗan ganga, Joey Jordison.
A bayyane yake Slipknot ya fara wani sabon mataki, wanda zai hada da fitar da albam din su na biyar a cikin watanni masu zuwa, kamar yadda ake iya gani a hoton da Root ya buga inda ya nuna mawaƙin yana riƙe da kayan aikin sa a gaban na'ura mai kwakwalwa, tare da na'urar daukar hoto. hashtags # slipknot2014 da #aiki.
Informationarin bayani - Slipknot ya saki faifan DVD ɗin su (Sic), yana zaune a Saukewa