Sid Wilson Confirms His Slipknot Exit, Limp Bizkit Back In The Studio, Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Perfecth

Sid Wilson Confirms His Slipknot Exit, Limp Bizkit Back In The Studio, Queens Of The Stone Age Announce Perfecth

Author: Scott Penfold | Loaded Radio | Heavy Metal & Hard Rock News August 17, 2026 Duration: 4:20

Monday, August 17, 2026. Sid Wilson ends two and a half weeks of chaos by quietly updating his Instagram bio to read "@slipknot 1997-2026" — a definitive answer with no statement attached, and a start date a year earlier than most reporting has used. Fan photos and sightings suggest Limp Bizkit are back in the studio working on their seventh album, with Wes Borland saying the band are the biggest they've ever been. And Queens Of The Stone Age announce their ninth album, Perfecth, via a game of five-finger fillet that scratched out its own release date.

Scott Penfold breaks it all down in under five minutes.

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