Slipknotin Corey Taylor: ”Seuraava levymme on yhtä raskas kuin Iowa-albumi”
Slipknot-vokalisti Corey Taylor on jo aiemmin maininnut yhtyeen aloittaneen tulevan albumin sanoittamisen, mutta uudessa Kerrang!-lehdelle antamassaan haastattelussa hän kertoo varsinaisten studionauhoituksien alkavan ensi vuoden alussa ja demovaiheen olevan nyt käynnissä. Taylor myös mainitsee Slipknotilla olevan nyt 16 sanoitettua kappaletta ja että seuraava levy tulee olemaan vuonna 2001 ilmestyneen ”Iowan” kaltainen raskas studioalbumi:
”It’s only in the demo stages right now. However, we have very serious, tentative plans — and I say that because the best way to make God laugh is to announce your plans out loud — to go into the studio at the beginning of next year and get this fucker going. We have 16 songs written right now, and they are fucking dangerous. I loved .5 (The Gray Chapter) but this album, to me, makes .5 look like nobody’s business. This is Iowa levels of heavy. And I have to go out and tour this shit at my age — I can feel those songs in my back! I am really, really excited about it, and I talk to the guys in Slipknot all the time. I talk to Clown either every day, or every other day. I’ve been talking to Jim, V-man, Jay, Mick, Craig, Chris, Sid. We’re all really, really, really excited about this stuff, and it’s coming together really fucking well. So be prepared for 2019 — which, weirdly, is the 20th anniversary of our first album. Shit’s about to get fucking real again! So take that as you will.”