So...Slipknot did a thing.

If you happen to have been locked in a box for the past week or so, you can’t have missed the fact that Slipknot have resurfaced!

“The Negative One” was the first instalment of a very exciting, long-awaited album release. Tease after tease of the song and video had come about earlier this month and the hype began with everyone putting in their opinions and predictions. Word from Frontman Corey Taylor says that this is in fact NOT the single of the album and was described as “a gift to the fans”. He went on to say “The single comes out in a few weeks and it’s completely different” as well as mention plans for an October release for the album.

The anticipation of this was only made more intense by the 6 year time gap from Slipknot along with this being the first material released since the untimely passing of Bassist Paul Grey in 2010 and Knot drop out Drummer Joey Jordison parting ways.

In a recent interview, Taylor spoke with BBC Radio 1 Rock Show to give more insight on the new material;

“People don’t know what to expect from us and that’s kinda the way we like it. the great thing is that—I was telling this to somebody the other day—”The Negative One” isn’t our single. That was just a gift for the fans, like we wanted them to hear a piece of the album. The single comes out in a few weeks and it’s completely different. It’s more melodic, but it’s dark, it’s powerful man, its something different, people are going to lose their minds when they hear that.”

“It’s got the spirit. The thing I love is that everyone’s reactions are very, very similar. They love the fact that there’s new Slipknot out. They also love the fact that it feels like old school meets new school. Like you can feel the original craziness of the early stuff but you can tell that the evolution has happened. And that’s kind of what we were shooting for, ya know? Remember I said I wanted the album to feel like a cross between “Iowa” and “Vol. 3” and I think we did that. Wait till you hear the whole album, because this story is so deep and so honest and so crazy that people are going to lose their minds when they hear it.”

Taylor gave a better idea of where the album stands just now and what we can expect from the release later this year;

"I'm not sure what the definite date is. I know we're shooting for October. Because we wanna release it right around the time the Knotfest shows [in San Bernardino, California] happen, so everyone can have it. We've got pretty much all the artwork done, which Shawn [co-founder, conceptualist and percussionist M. Shawn 'Clown' Crahan] did a hell of a job on. We're getting ready… probably in the next couple of weeks, we're gonna shoot a video for the first official single, which is called 'The Devil In I'. So we're gonna shoot a video for that. [And] that's about all I know right now. [Laughs] 'Cause we're still finishing mixes. We've still got a couple of songs left that need final mixes, then it'll go to mastering, and everything will just start kind of coming together, and [we'll come up] with a more stable, final release date, and as soon as we know that, the world will know."

As for the questions left unanswered like who the drummer is and the details of the album, Taylor commented;

"We're keeping a lot of that under wraps, out of fairness, because we want the music to speak for itself," he said.We don't want people listening to our music and making up their minds about something before they even know what the music is. So trust me, you know, when the time is right, we will give you the answers that you need, and that's the way it is."


Speak of a US tour are definite and elsewhere such as the Europe, South America, Australia and the UK are in the works with possibly more show locations.

You can find “The Negative One” video at http://www.slipknot1.com/

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