Slipknot‘s Jim Root has seemingly responded to rumours that Sid Wilson has been axed from the band, pointedly telling fans: “Don’t believe everything you read.”
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On Friday night (July 31), TMZ reported that Wilson, the band’s longtime DJ and keyboardist, had been permanently kicked out of the band – although no official word has come from Slipknot as yet.
Likewise, there’s been no word on what led to the alleged split, but guitarist Root has urged fans to wait for more information. In a message shared to his Instagram Story shortly after news of Wilson’s exit emerged, Root said: “Don’t believe everything you read. Stop. Think. Take a breath. Sit with it for awhile.
“Maybe. Just maybe even wait until there’s more information.” The post, which didn’t mention Wilson by name, was soundtracked by Slipknot’s ‘Til We Die’.
NME has reached out to Slipknot for comment.
Slipknot’s Jim Root, shortly after the TMZ report on Sid Wilson: “Don’t believe everything you read. Stop. Think. Take a breath. Sit with it for awhile. Maybe. Just maybe even wait until there’s more information.” pic.twitter.com/Z45qu2bViM
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Last autumn, drummer Eloy Casagrande revealed that Slipknot were at work on some material. “We are cooking, we are doing some new music, for sure,” he said.
“So, we have a lot of material right now. We just have to sit and put everything together, start jamming, and it’s happening. It already happened. It’s gonna happen in the future. So new material is coming, for sure.”
Earlier in 2025, Root confirmed that he had completed “six arrangements” for a new album, despite previously claiming that he had “nearly zero inspiration”.
The group have yet to release any new material since 2022 album ‘The End, So Far’, though they did tease a new song, ‘Long May You Die’, recorded shortly after Casagrande joined. Nothing has materialised yet, however.
Speaking to NME in late 2024, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan said: “Eloy is in the band and there’s something happening between the nine of us right now that is very fun. A lot is floating around and we probably have several albums in us right now.
“As for how things feel, I’m being completely honest with you now, it’s like a cloud has left. Whatever that cloud was… everybody participates to the cloud. It’s looking great.”
The percussionist and founding member also told NME that there was “a spirit happening” within Slipknot’s current line-up, “and that spirit is going to be taken very seriously”.
“We don’t know where any of these directions are headed right now, but I do know that there will be a lot [of ideas] brought to the table at the start of every day,” Clown explained.
