In one of their strangest collaborations ever, Slipknot has teamed up with video game publisher Atlus to create a line of masks celebrating their upcoming game. Shin Megami Tensei V: Revenge.
In a video posted to YouTube yesterday (May 28), Atlas interviewed Jim Ojala, who has served as one of Slipknot's mask makers for the past five years. Ojala has helped bring many of Slipknot's past looks to life, including Clown's metallic mask in 2019 and Michael “Tortilla Man” Pfaff's mask.
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Ojala detailed what the studio entailed in creating the masks: Atlus tasked the staff with creating masks of three demons featured in the game: Demon, Gururu, and Lou-Garuu. The designs were all fairly off-the-shelf for the team, as they were all very monstrous looking and fairly well-crafted for Slipknot masks.
There are many steps involved, from creating the initial plaster mold to painting and removing it from the mold. The final product is truly stunning and worthy of the SMT franchise and the Slipknot name.
Check out the video below:
Shin Megami Tensei V Goddess of Vengeance x Slipknot | Mask making
What is Shin Megami Tensei?
Since its launch in 1987, Shin Megami Tensei has been one of the longest-running RPG franchises in video gaming. Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei. This series has many subseries, including the super popular Persona While most of the games are unrelated to one another, the series maintains a common theme of summoning demons and controlling occult creatures and folklore.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Goddess of Vengeance As a game with a Slipknot collaboration, this makes perfect sense. SMTV is not an easy game and requires players to think strategically about how they approach their builds. This is a game for truly hardcore players, pushing the boundaries of how metal character designs can be.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Goddess of Vengeance Released on June 14th.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Goddess of Vengeance trailer
Slipknot's video game history
Slipknot themselves have a long history with video games. In 2022, they became playable characters in Smite, Popular MOBA. In 2020, singer Corey Taylor released a mini wrestling game to promote his album. C.M.F.T., You can play as Taylor and defeat different competitors.
This might mean Persona Does the game feature a group of teenage investigators who happen to be Slipknot fans? That's tough.
The evolution of Slipknot's terrifying masks
How has Slipknot's mask changed with each album cycle?
Gallery credit: Lorin Shaffner
