Anders Colsefni, the vocalist on SLIPKNOT's original 1996 debut album Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., performed a special show celebrating the record on June 6, 2026 at Wooly's in Des Moines, Iowa — backed by THE CROWZ, described as "a new group of old-school Midwest musicians."
The performance carries an unusual weight for anyone familiar with SLIPKNOT's earliest history. Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. was released on Halloween 1996 in a limited pressing of only 600 copies, long before the band's major label debut transformed them into one of the defining metal acts of the early 2000s. The album has achieved something close to mythological status among the hardcore SLIPKNOT faithful — and the people who cherish it most call themselves "Crowz."
Colsefni had announced an updated re-recording of the album in March 2024, a project dedicated, in his words, "to [late SLIPKNOT members] Joey [Jordison] and Paul [Gray], my eternal brothers." The re-recording began following his 2023 "Numetal Mayhem" tour in Australia and New Zealand, where he had already performed the MFKR material live for the first time since 1996.
For the new versions, Colsefni worked with New Zealand band KAOSIS, who recorded, produced, and mixed the project. Vocals were completed in Iowa with his son Junior — a collaborative, family dimension that gives the project additional personal resonance. The recordings reportedly remain faithful to the originals while incorporating new arrangements.
The Iowa show — in the state where SLIPKNOT was born and where so much of the band's mythology was forged — was a homecoming of a specific kind. SLIPKNOT's connection to Des Moines is foundational to their identity; playing MFKR in that city is as close as it gets to returning to the source.
Current SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor, who replaced Colsefni as vocalist in 1997, publicly expressed support, stating he wished he "could be there to see these shows" — a gracious acknowledgment that Colsefni's work with the material deserves its moment in the spotlight.