artwork [middle panel] Corn Wallace
bass, vocals Paul Gray
calligraphy [all lyric calligraphy created by] Joey Jordison
concept by [sleeve], graphics [sleeve] 133
concept by [sleeve], graphics [sleeve] Kong
cover [photo-concept by, photo cage created by] Anders Colsefni
cover [photo-concept by, photo cage created by] Joey Jordison
cover [photo-concept by, photo cage created by] Kong
design [slipknot logo created by] Joey Jordison
drums [main drumkit] Joey Jordison
engineer [engineered by] Sean McMahon
graphics [cd picture distorted by] Kong
guitar [guitars] Mick Thomson
guitar, vocals, percussion [auxiliary] Josh Brainard
layout [sleeve layout by] Anders Colsefni
layout [sleeve layout by] Joey Jordison
layout [sleeve layout by] Kong
lead vocals [main], percussion [tribal] Anders Colsefni
lyrics by [lyricist] Anders Colsefni
lyrics by [lyricist] Joey Jordison
lyrics by [lyrics] Shawn Crahan
mastered by [masterd] Mike Lawyer
mastered by [masterd] Sean McMahon
mixed by Sean McMahon
mixed by Slipknot
percussion, vocals Shawn Crahan
photography by [all panel and band] Stefan Seskis
photography by [cd picture taken by] Stefan Seskis
photography by [cover photo: "patiently awaiting the jigsaw flesh" shot by] Stefan Seskis
producer [produced by] Sean McMahon
producer [produced by] Slipknot
rhythm guitar [other rythm guitar tracks performed by] Donnie Steele
sampler [sampling] Craig Jones
written-by [all music], arranged by [arrangements], lyrics by Slipknot
Copyright (c) Pale One Music
Engineered At SR Audio
Mastered At SR Audio
Glass Mastered At DADC
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is the independent debut album by Slipknot, released on October 31, 1996 with a pressing of 1000 copies. The band self-distributed the CDs until June 13, 1997, when Dan Schlissel took the remaining 386 copies for distribution under his -Ismist Recordings label. Those copies received a new catalogue number (-ism CD 0032) and a very limited number of copies were unwrapped and opened to add a promotional ink stamp by the label, and later a promotional sticker.

Mick Thomson and Craig Jones joined after the album's recording and as such do not appear on it. However, Jones helped with the concept and graphics of the sleeve.

Its very limited number of copies has resulted in a lot of interest by collectors. As such, it was heavily bootlegged not only on CD, but also on vinyl and cassette. The real version only exists on CD, if your copy does not match the photos or this description, it is a bootleg.
- The color of the front of the CD is forest green.
- The front side of the CD has two rings.
- The center rings on the silver back side of the CD are green.
- Page 12 says Percussion, Vocals, Lyricist, it cannot have the word Lyrics in it.
- On the inner sleeve cover there are no perforations folding up to the spine, it's a continuous fold.
- The barcode's bars don't touch the number 4, the 6 resembles a circle with a straight line attached, the 7 is slightly more curved

As mentioned, some copies were used as promo. Some of them have a sticker placed on the disc and in the back of the case, highlighting the recording studio and the name of the producer Sean Mcmahon. Other versions came with round cut-outs in the barcode & booklet and also with a red For Promotional Use Only Not For Sale writing on the front booklet.

Engineered in the winter '95-'96.
Mixed during March '96.
All songs written in fall '95.

Barcode: 7 42617 00002 7 (Printed)
Barcode: 742617000027 (Scanned)
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-041373 1  🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5069
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L330