Metal Hammer
"we were nobodies, anonymous and faceless with no record out, but in that moment it felt like may be we had a shot"
In early 1999, no one outside of Des Moines, Iowa knew who Slipknot were. And then they released their debut. Twenty-five years on, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan, Jim Root and Ross Robinson look back on the album that changed the world