Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. - Legacy

Legacy

The original pressing of the album was limited to 1,000 copies and since the band's rise to fame in 1999 it has been a sought after rarity for Slipknot fans. Upon its initial release the band distributed the album independently, handing them out to fans, radio stations, and record labels. On June 13, 1997, -ismist Recordings took over the distribution of the remaining copies of the album. These original pressings have since grown in value. One MFKR CD was sold for $990.50. This is the highest a copy has been seen to sell for at this point in time, which can be attributed to the fact that it was sealed and signed by Anders Colsefni and Shawn M. Crahan. Due to the large amount of interest in the album and the low numbers of originals there have been many bootlegged versions of the album sold including CD, MP3 and even vinyl. Reportedly, as of 2003, no member of the band owns a copy of Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.

There is often deliberation whether Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is a demo or actually the band's debut album. The band currently strictly consider it to be a demo due to the drastic change in sound and major changes in the line-up before the band's self-titled debut. The band would also rework the majority of the songs on later albums. An example of this is evidenced by the band's third studio album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), which by title implies that it is their third album despite actually being the fourth record released by the band. However, at the time of the album's release the band intended Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. to be their debut album.