VIVEIRO, SPAIN – JUNE 28: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. STRICTLY NO MERCHANDISE. Corey Taylor of Slipknot performs in concert during Resurrection Fest on June 28, 2025 in Viveiro, Spain. (Photo by Mariano Regidor/Redferns)
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Slipknot is looking to sell their entire music catalogue in a deal with HarbourView Equity Partners. According to Billboard, the deal could be worth $120 million and would include all of the band’s existing albums, not future releases. Billboard estimates the band has garnered $15.5 million in annual revenue over the last three years with an additional $5.2 million from publishing per year.
It’s unclear how this deal would spread between Slipknot’s current and previous band members. Percussionist Chris Fehn had been with the band from 1998 up until 2019 when he filed a lawsuit against Slipknot citing ‘unseen’ payments and compensation, which was later settled in 2022. Craig Jones, was also a member of the band from 1996 and departed with the band in 2023. Additionally, deceased members Joey Jordison and Paul Gray were instrumental in Slipknot’s first four albums, and they have a number of song writing credits on Slipknots first four albums.
The timing of this deal makes sense given that Slipknot finished their contract with long time record label Roadrunner Records in 2022 – The End, So Far fulfilled the band’s seven album deal they had signed with the label in 1999.
Since 2024, Slipknot has been celebrating the 25th anniversary of their self-titled LP. The band had toured throughout North America on the Here Comes the Pain tour which had them performing their monumental debut front-to-back. While the 25th anniversary tour concluded in early 2025, last month Slipknot announced a limited edition 25th anniversary box-set for their self-titled LP which includes 40 unreleased and is set to release on September 5th, alongside a standalone reissue.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/quentinsinger/2025/08/15/slipknot-reportedly-selling-music-catalogue-for-120-million/