Overview
- The band surprise-released "Arsenal" on Wednesday as its first new song in more than three years and premiered it on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show.
- M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan directed the music video, which stars actor Jackson White and accompanies the aggressive, turntable-forward track.
- Reporting notes the single follows July reports that longtime turntablist Sid Wilson had been fired, but available coverage does not confirm whether Wilson performed the scratching on the recording.
- Drummer Eloy Casagrande, who joined Slipknot in 2024, is credited on the track and coverage suggests this may be his first original recording with the band.
- The release comes after years of lineup changes and losses for Slipknot and follows 2022's The End, So Far and the group's last live show at Ohio’s Inkcarceration festival in July 2025.