In what looks to be a future collector’s edition item, copies ofSlipknot‘sThe End, So Farvinyl and cassettes have been found with the wrong album name.
Certain fans have received copies of the album on vinyl and cassette with the nameThe End For Nowprinted on the cover – with stickers of the correct titleThe End, So Farpasted on to cover it up.
Some fans have speculated that vinyl backlogs made it impossible to accommodate a change in album title, though Slipknot’sCorey Taylorhas disputed the speculation along with rumours that the band are reverting to the previous title.
In response to a question about the album title in a Ask Me Anything onReddit, Taylor replied, “The End, So Farwas the correct name. Somebody fucked up and didn’t double-check with us.”
Taylor did not offer any further explanation in his Ask Me Anything.
Finally got my special edition cobalt vinyl of#TheEndSoFarthanks@slipknotpic.twitter.com/fsSOZbnTvN
— bob (@basedhaloquacks)October 6, 2022
So, apparently the clear vinyl version of the new Slipknot album has the original title on it…pic.twitter.com/kRRpA6Ga9x
— Si-Monster Squad (@zombie_simon)October 3, 2022
Slipknot’s The End, So Far was released on 30 September via Roadrunner Records. The band released the first single fromThe End, So Farin November last year in the form ofThe Chapeltown Rag, ending two years of silence following the release of 2019’s albumWe Are Not Your Kind.
The album is the band’s first since former drummer Joey Jordinson, whopassed away in July 2021at 46 from an undisclosed illness.
Taylor has recently made headlines for afeudwith rapper-turned-pop-punk-star-turned-rapper Machine Gun Kelly, which may have arisen overa verse from Taylorthat was allegedly due to appear on MGK’s album,Ticket To My Downfall, but Kelly claimed it was “fucking terrible” and didn’t use it.
MGK has sinceexpressed his regret over the feud, saying, “That situation’s unfortunate because I think both of us let our egos get in the way. You know, I was a fan of Slipknot. I was a fan of Corey.”