Kicking off the band's highly anticipated Silver-Anniversary trek, the masked nine took command of the arena stage in Noblesville, Indiana as Corey Taylor issued an important declaration.... "Nothing you will hear tonight was written after 1999."

Making good on the cautionary matter of fact, Slipknot constructed a comprehensive set that played out like a live retrospective - reliving the chaos and combustion of the band's global introduction. 

From the foreboding intro of "742617000027" straight into the unhinged volatility of "(sic)", Slipknot set the table and managed to uncork the lighting they captured in a bottle more than a generation ago.

While Slipknot covered the essentials from their pre-Y2K campaign with mandatory setlist entries like  "Wait and Bleed", "Prosthetics", "Purity" (including a "Frail Limb Nursery" recording lead-in) and "Eyeless" eliciting a massive pop, the band's most effective selections were ones that hadn't been sourced from their catalog for the live set in more than a decade. 

Slipknot performed "Me Inside" for the first time since 2015. They ripped through "No Life" for the first time since the turn of the century. The last time they had played "Only One", Barack Obama had yet to be elected President. The only self-titled track not performed was "Diluted" though the band more than made up for it adding "Get This" alongside "Me Inside", tracks that may not have been on your original issue but have worked their way into variants. 

Bringing the evening to a spectacular crescendo, Slipknot capped the night with a collection of the era's most evergreen selections including a rendition of what remains, our "National Fucking Anthem" in "Surfacing" to follow a bombastic play through of "Spit It Out".

With the arena still reeling from the band's onslaught, Slipknot dealt a final blow - launching into a rendition of "Scissors" that marked the first time the band had performed the track since the year 2000.

Making good on their intent to bring the pain, durability and dominance were on full display as Slipknot asserted their sliver era, just may be their sharpest.

Slipknot will continue their 25th anniversary celebration through a North America tour capped with Knotfest Iowa before the band hits Knotfest Brasil, Knotfest Argentina, Knotfest Chile and a few headlining shows in Latin America.

The band carries the celebration tour to Europe and UK to close out the year before a to-be-announced date at Knotfest Australia in 2025. See the most current list of dates - HERE