Slipknot, Look Outside Your Window finally arrives on vinyl and CD in 2026

Slipknot deliver the long-awaited Look Outside Your Window in 2026, giving fans in Germany and beyond a rare studio side project with a wider vinyl and CD release set for June 12 after an exclusive Record Store Day pressing.

Slipknot use 2026 to finally bring their long-rumored studio project Look Outside Your Window to fans. According to a detailed report from Louder, the atmospheric album first arrived as a Record Store Day 2026 exclusive and is now confirmed for a wider physical release on June 12, 2026 with new vinyl variants and a digipak CD.

Record Store Day debut and wider June release

The core of the news is that Look Outside Your Window, recorded by Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan and Sid Wilson during the All Hope Is Gone sessions in 2008, finally surfaced on April 18, 2026 as a limited vinyl pressing for Record Store Day, after more than a decade of delays, as described by Louder’s coverage of the project.

Louder notes that the first pressing sold out quickly, prompting the band and their partners to line up a broader physical release for June 12, 2026, including fresh vinyl variants and a CD version, with pre-orders opened via the project’s own website and highlighted in the report as a chance for fans who missed the Record Store Day queues to secure a copy.

Germany’s metal audience and physical releases

Germany remains one of Slipknot’s strongest physical markets, and the broader June 12 release ensures that fans who rely on local record stores in cities like Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne get another chance to pick up Look Outside Your Window, especially after the initial Record Store Day stock disappeared within hours in many German shops.

This wider rollout matters particularly in a country where the Official German Charts still place high weight on physical formats, meaning a niche side project like this can leave a measurable trace alongside Slipknot’s main catalog if enough fans in Germany and the wider DACH region support the release through local retailers.

The musical character of Look Outside Your Window

Reports describe Look Outside Your Window as an atmospheric, experimental and often melodic album that diverges from Slipknot’s usual aggressive attack, with Louder recalling earlier comments from the band comparing its mood to acts like Radiohead and positioning it closer to art rock than to straight nu metal.

This contrast fits into Slipknot’s broader discography, where records like Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) and .5: The Gray Chapter already balanced brutality with more textured, sometimes psychedelic passages, making Look Outside Your Window a logical extension of their more introspective side rather than a complete outlier.

Slipknot’s catalog and current status

Slipknot’s last full studio album under the main band name, The End, So Far, arrived on September 30, 2022, giving the band a four-year gap on the album front by the time Look Outside Your Window broadened its release in mid-2026 and underlining how significant any fresh studio material feels for fans.

While Look Outside Your Window is technically a side project credited to that project name rather than to Slipknot proper, the presence of Corey Taylor, Jim Root, Sid Wilson and Shawn Crahan places it firmly within the Slipknot creative universe and effectively makes it the most substantial new studio material tied to the band since The End, So Far.

Slipknot at a glance

• Act: Slipknot
• Genre: Heavy metal / nu metal
• Origin: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
• Active since: 1995
• Lineup: Corey Taylor (vocals), Jim Root (guitar), Mick Thomson (guitar), Alessandro Venturella (bass), Sid Wilson (turntables), Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan (percussion), Michael Pfaff (percussion), Eloy Casagrande (drums)
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• Key works: Slipknot (1999), Iowa (2001), Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004), All Hope Is Gone (2008), The End, So Far (2022)
• Current album/single: Look Outside Your Window – wider physical release June 12, 2026
• Charts / certifications: Duality returned to the UK’s Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart in January 2026, reaching position 29 in that week’s listing.
• Next live date: currently no officially announced future Slipknot live date is listed on the band’s events page.

Frequently asked questions about Slipknot

What is Slipknot’s latest studio release in 2026?
The most recent studio project tied to Slipknot’s core members in 2026 is Look Outside Your Window, an experimental album recorded during the All Hope Is Gone sessions, first issued on vinyl for Record Store Day 2026 and then set for a broader physical release on June 12, 2026.

Is Slipknot actively touring in 2026?
As of late August 2026, reports such as Louder’s update on Look Outside Your Window state that Slipknot have no current tour dates announced and are instead focusing on writing the follow-up to their 2022 album The End, So Far, meaning no new official concerts are on their calendar right now.

How does Look Outside Your Window differ from Slipknot’s main albums?
Look Outside Your Window is described by the band and by Louder as more melodic, atmospheric and experimental than Slipknot’s standard output, emphasizing mood, texture and songcraft over the high-gain aggression and blast of albums like Iowa, placing it closer to an art rock or alternative metal aesthetic.

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