Maggots rejoice (or complain, relying in your views on blockchain), as Slipknot is coming to blockchain in a brand new partnership with The Sandbox.
Dubbed the ‘Knotverse’, it’ll stand as a ‘one-of-a-kind assembly place for heavy music tradition’ inside The Sandbox. Extra particularly, it’ll operate just like how trend traces function on the Metaverse; a hub for live shows, occasions, meetups and extra.
The KNOTVERSE roadmap will see distinctive NFTs and generative collections, plus metaverse live shows, gaming experiences, fan experiences, distinctive collaborations, wearables and far more. It is going to finally provide followers of the heavy tradition utility by means of distinctive entry to new music, IRL occasions, pageant experiences, merchandise, gear, masks, and extra.
KNOTVERSE is thematically tied to Slipknot’s self-curated, vacation spot pageant model and media web site, knotfest.com, an immersive, darkish carnival occasion that spans the globe. The KNOTVERSE LANDS in The Sandbox will inherit the pageant’s darkish carnival theme and combine greater than 20 years of Slipknot themes and imagery, authentically recreated in voxel kind.
The choice to enterprise into the metaverse got here from a want to take Slipknot’s already distinctive tradition and experiences into new avenues. And, in doing so, carry collectively a singular combination of steel officiandos and technologically bullish gamers.
“Slipknot has at all times been about creating new experiences, and opening KNOTVERSE as a shared area is a continuation of our tradition as a collective that features our followers,” mentioned M. Shawn “clown” Crahan. “Everybody who’s ever attended Knotfest, or wished to, now has an open door to step right into a digital model of the expertise in The Sandbox that’s dwell 24/7.”
Slipknot is the second main steel/onerous rock group to enterprise into the Sandbox. Earlier than them, Nabiya, the boutique-style studio, has reliably labored with Avenged Sevenfold to create its personal sequence of NFTs.
Non-Fungible Tokens have had a profound influence on the way in which that artists can have interaction with their fan base, so it is smart that Slipknot would look to strengthen ties with its group.
The Knotverse is already prepared for individuals to take a look at, go to the positioning on-line right here.
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