Yesterday Slipknot released the official music video for The devil in I. The video features the new masks worn by the core band members, and reveals the identical masks worn by the two new additions to the band (see below).
The masks of the new members somewhat resemble the Scarecrow mask worn by Cillian Murphy in Batman Begins.
Apart from vocalist Corey Taylor's mask, those of the other band members appear to remain relatively unchanged; Sid Wilson's new look resembles a Deadmau5 helmet with the ears torn off. Chris Fehn's new mask is shinier. Craig Jones' spikes look to be a little longer. Shawn Crahan seems to be wearing one of his own creations. And lastly, Taylor's new mask is multi-layered. The top layer looks like Bad Grandpa from Jackass, while the second layer looks like the Engineer from Prometheus.
From the lack of patches on the new jumpsuits, it appears that the band may also have done away with assigning each member a number.
Apart from revealing the the band's new masks, the video may also have inadvertently revealed the identity of the new bassist. Using a screen grab from the above video, and some promotional photographs posted on Facebook, the detectives over at Metal Chapel identified the the bassist as Alessandro 'Vman' Venturella. Venturella is the guitar-tech for Masotdon's Brent Hinds, plays guitar in the UK based Krokodil, and now replaces Donnie Steele as Slipknot's bassist.
Left: Screen grab from The devil an I video. Right: Photograph of Alessandro Venturella from Krokodil's Facebook page. Note the tattoo on the back of left hand.
