Why Slipknot Believes They Were Haunted While Recording Vol 3

Someone's grandmother might think Slipknot's music is the work of the devil and they brought the haunting they experienced on themselves, but no, grandma, that's not the case. The nine-member band recorded Vol. 3 in famed rock music producer Rick Rubin's 1918 Mansion recording studio, a place where artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marilyn Manson and System of a Down have also recorded and been entertained by spectral hosts.

It would be safe to say that the band was on edge before they even walked through the Mansion's doors. Not because of ghost stories or anything, but because of the internal turmoil they'd faced after the rapid rise to success that followed their first two albums. Slipknot had just regrouped after several of the members had branched out on side projects — such as Taylor's Stone Sour and drummer Joey Jordison's Murderdolls, as Slipknot-Metal.com pointed out — and they were trying to get back in the same groove that had led to their fame. In Jordison's opinion, it was the creepy vibe of the Mansion that helped them get there.

"I think we just fed off the vibe and the weirdness of the place; it really helped with the record, it was cool," Jordison told Metal Hammer (via Louder). Jordison also mentioned an odd occurrence that happened to him during his stay: the drummer's door would open on its own every morning at 9 a.m. regardless of what he piled in its way.

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