There aren’t many things in life that are more exciting than a newSlipknot album, and any extra little detail that we get in the lead up to the new album.5 The Gray Chapter just make us that much more excited.Corey Taylor recently spoke toColorado’s 94.3 KILO Radio and revealed new details about the album and let us know when the masks are going to be revealed!
On".5: The Gray Chapter":
Taylor: “As excited as the fans are, I am just as excited, if not more excited, to get this album out, so people can hear it. It is a fantastic piece of work. I’m really proud of it. I love the music. I haven’t stopped listening to it since we started recording it this is going all the way back to the demos, man. And I just love what we’ve been able to do. It’s dark, it’s moody, it’s artistic, it’s heavy as hell. There’s some brutal screams on it, but there’s also huge melodies on it. I can’t tell you how stoked I am that we were able to pull this off, man. Especially, just from a personal point of view, telling the story that we need to tell, which is essentially the last four years, and everything that we’ve gone through since losingPaul[Gray, bass]. This album was too important to rush in and do, and I’m glad we took our time and really made sure that it was time to make it when we did. And the proof’s in the pudding, man. I can’t wait for people to hear it.”
On whether the new album is a full-on lyrical tribute toPaul Grayor a record that was just made in legacy and in honor ofGray:
Taylor: “Oh, it’s both. It’s definitely both. There’s a handful of songs on the album that are aboutPaul. There’s a bunch of songs just about the band and everything that we’ve been through in the last four years, all the emotions that we’ve had to deal with, the reaction from the world. I mean, it really kind of covers the bases, as far as what this band has been through. A lot of people have no idea what it’s been like. You don’t understand it. So for us, for me, especially, as a lyricist, being able to tell the story and tell it as honestly and as darkly as I’ve been able to, I’m stoked for people to hear it.”
OnSLIPKNOT’s new masks:
Taylor: “People are gonna get their first real look at the new masks coming up in the‘The Devil In I’video. Some of them have changed in subtle ways, and others, like myself, my mask changes drastically from album to album, because for me, the mask is a representation of what’s going on for me spiritually, emotionally, artistically just everything in my life. Just changing Everything evolves. It’s about an evolution of what’s coming next. So, yeah, people are gonna get a lot when they see this video, and it’s gonna blow their minds.”
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