The surprise March 14th drop of the re-recorded edition of Slipknot‘s 1996 demo album Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. caught many off guard, including the band’s former co-founding vocalist, Anders Colsefni. This unexpected release featured Colsefni at the forefront, with the musical backing handled by New Zealand’s nü-metal collective, Kaosis.
In a recent update shared by Colsefni, he expressed his surprise and frustration, revealing that the album’s release occurred without his authorization. He disclosed that the final mixes and associated promotional materials hadn’t received his approval. Consequently, videos released by Kaosis in support of the album were promptly removed.
Adding complexity to the situation, the reworked album has already found its way to various digital platforms. Despite this, Colsefni announced his intention to re-record the album independently. Consequently, plans for a solo tour centered around the album have been canceled.
Last year, Colsefni embarked on a tour of Australia and New Zealand with Kaosis, performing songs from Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
Colsefni‘s statement says:
“Hey everyone, Anders Colsefni here.
I wanted to touch base with you about the MFKR release that happened earlier today. It was released without my consent.
I hadn’t finished going through the audio mixes on the songs when the video came out. This remake was NOT a finished product and I hadn’t even seen the videos prior to its release.
I am very regrettably going to have to cancel this summer’s MFKR tour, but instead will be remaking this masterpiece back home. I hope you will trust me to do this properly and make you and the die-hard, old school Slipknot fans proud.
Then, we will look to put this tour together again, beginning where it began, and spreading as far as you want it to.
MFKR is much larger than myself, or any of us who wrote and performed it. If I have to speak for the OGs out there, I can only accept that the utmost care and respect be given to our honoring of this icon of metal history.
I apologize for any confusion this has caused!
AndersOUT”
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