On September 25, 2016, the band performed at their annual festival Knotfest, which was altered to include Ozzfest this year. They performed the "Iowa" album in its entirety. In the meanwhile, Crahan made his directorial debut with the feature film "Officer Downe", based on a graphic novel of the same name and starring actor Kim Coates. In November 2016, Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan revealed during an interview with Rolling Stone that he and fellow guitarist Jim Root would be teaming up in February 2017 to begin writing new material for a new Slipknot album because "we want to write."