"They released, in 1996, their first album, which sold over a million copies worldwide." should read: "They released, in 1999, their first studio album, which sold over a million copies worldwide." Sources:
In 1996, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. was released, and was limited to 1,000 copies. If there is 1,000 copies of something, it's impossible to sell 1,000,000 copies if it's only been printed 1,000 times... Sources:
- Crampton, Mark (2001), Barcode Killers: The Slipknot Story in Words and Pictures, Chrome Dreams, p. 20–26, ISBN
1842401262