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Artist News
Slipknot begin work on new album
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 2 December 2010
Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison has revealed that the band have begun work on their next album, the first since the death of bassist Paul Gray in May.
Jordison told Billboard: “It’s already in motion. It’s definitely exciting. It’s a little emotional, of course, but I think it’s going to be really, really cool and I think it’s gonna be a really, really great record because everyone’s really involved in the process. It’s going to be a little interesting, but I think it’s gonna be a healing process for all of us. Slipknot is not going anywhere. We’re a family, and losing a family member sucks. You can’t help that, but you need to move on, and I think that what we’re gonna do might be the most powerful thing that we’ve ever created”.
The drummer added that there would be no official replacement for Gray, explaining: “We’ll have a bass player that’s right next to me, to the right behind the stage, to lock in with me. But there’s no one right now who will go on stage”.
In other Slipknot-related news, the band’s frontman Corey Taylor has announced that he will release a solo Christmas single, entitled ‘X-M@S’, via Roadrunner on 12 Dec.
Taylor said of the single: “I wrote this song in my kitchen one winter, listening to people bitch about the holidays. Personally, I love the holidays, but they seem to bring on severe stress in most people. So, I wrote this in honour of crotchety, drunken bastards who don’t know the difference between a yuletide and a toolshed. Plus, I think it’s funny. I bet the UK will too. They’re some of my favourite people in the world”.
Proceeds from the sale of the single will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust. You can hear it on Soundcloud now.
