Slipknot, or what's left of it, have released their first new track in three years with "Arsenal."
The pummeling new song was released alongside a music video directed by founding member Michael Shawn Crahan (Clown). Additionally, this is the first release on the band's own label, (sic)est Records. Listen below:
The nu-metal unit is no stranger to change in recent years, as this is the first track to feature drummer Eloy Casagrande and omit longtime member Sid Wilson. The departure of Wilson, who manned the turntables for the band since 1998, came as a surprise to fans this year. Sources such as TMZ cited the ousting of Wilson due to "Wilson's behavior toward his bandmates."
Frontman Corey Taylor spoke about "Arsenal" with BBC Radio 1:
"It pummels. It is absolutely a pummeling experience. One of my favorite things about it is it kind of encapsulates everything that we do. It's got these great moments of hyperactivity, and then at the end, man, there's this sublime drop that just makes it. It's like we've got everyone by the hair, and we're just going, 'Go! Go!' That, to me, sums up SLIPKNOT completely."

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