Slipknot are reportedly selling their past music catalogue for $120million – find out more below.
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According to a Billboard Pro report, the masked Iowan metal outfit are close to finalising a deal to sell their back catalogue to HarbourView Equity Partners. The deal will cover ownership rights to their publishing and master recording royalties.
The deal will reportedly not include any future releases that the band may have in store. Billboard Pro‘s sources have also not confirmed how many members of the band are involved in the deal – the deal’s valuation multiple could jump by nearly 20 times with more members involved.
The deal comes after the band left their longtime label Roadrunner Records in 2022, with their most recent album – that year’s ‘The End So Far’ – marking their final release with the imprint.
With the possible sale, Slipknot follow in the footsteps of Pink Floyd, Queen, Kiss and Tame Impala. Pink Floyd sold their catalogue to Sony in October for $400million, while Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has sold all past and future catalogue to Sony for an undisclosed sum.
Similarly, Kiss have sold their entire catalogue, brand name, likeness and IP to Swedish entertainment and music investment firm Pophouse for an undisclosed amount. To date, the most expensive catalogue in music history belongs to Queen, who sold to Sony in June last year for a whopping USD$1.27billion – marking the biggest acquisition of its nature ever.
As for Slipknot, the band have announced a massive 25th anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut album. The 25th anniversary ‘Slipknot’ reissue will come with a whopping 40 unreleased tracks, new artwork, demo and live recordings, previously unseen images from the band’s personal archives and more.
The reissue will be available both physically and digitally from September 25 onwards, and will come in several variations – you can pre-order your copy here.
Speaking to NME back in December, percussionist and overall band mastermind Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan gave us an update on ‘Look Outside Your Window’, the long-awaited lost album from Slipknot. The album is expected to arrive sometime this year – Clown told us that the long-awaited LP was out of his hands and with management for the final steps.
Slipknot’s Clown teased that the record is “not even close” to the band’s usual style, adding: “It was never a Slipknot album. Not while it was happening, not while I’ve held onto it for 10 years, and certainly not fuckin’ when it comes out.” So far, only one track from the album has been released: ‘All Hope Is Gone’ bonus track ‘Til We Die’.
