SLIPKNOT Has New Music Coming Very Soon, CLOWN Explains In His Cryptic Way

When can we anticipate Slipknot‘s first new music with drummer Eloy Casagrande? Very quickly, in line with co-founder and percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan… although the small print are unclear.

In a brand new interview with Revolver, Clown defined in his normal cryptic style that Slipknot has new music coming “prior to you possibly can think about” and in a means “you possibly can’t think about.” What does that imply? Who is aware of! I failed out of Talking Clown 101 in school and by no means tried once more. That shit was means too onerous.

“Effectively, one factor I can say is that this: There’s at all times going to be new Slipknot music,” mentioned Clown. “However we have additionally mentioned that there’s a filter, and we’re the filter, and that filter should undergo everybody. And once I was telling you that we’re doing loads higher speaking, now apply that to speaking about music.

“I can say that there is gonna be music prior to you possibly can think about, delivered to you in a means you possibly can’t think about. And I am excited as a result of we’re not on a label. And there is a whole lot of dismay with that, you realize what I imply? However there’s additionally a whole lot of center fingers with that. I like it, you realize? Come and get us, or we’ll come to get you.”

Clown additionally touched on the potential for Slipknot discovering a brand new label dwelling as a substitute of being impartial ceaselessly. Lengthy story quick, they’re gonna keep impartial for a short while and the reassess the scenario.

“What I can let you know is that we have already been motivating round creating music, due to the love of doing it. So that you’re gonna get music actually quickly. And if I can have a loud voice in it, I’ll ensure that we have now at the least a very good quantity of music put out earlier than we do something with anyone.

“Now, I do not hate labels. Actually, I am from the era of document offers and producers and pre-producing your album and slicing to two-inch tape. So, I’ve a fantasy with all that; I prefer it once we can simply ebook our aircraft tickets and go rock out within the studio.

“If we do not go together with a label, we’re gonna must do all that ourselves, which could imply hiring some individuals to assist decide up the free ends, which makes it a enterprise — and I am undecided we’re focused on opening up one other enterprise. However I’m focused on understanding what it means to go straight from our brains to your mind with no one in the way in which; I am focused on that potential.”

Slipknot launched The Finish, So Far in 2023, which was their closing album on Roadrunner Information. The band additionally parted methods with drummer of 10 years Jay Weinberg, and turntablist of 26 years Craig “133” Jones, in 2023 as effectively. Weinberg was changed by Casagrande and Jones was changed by a currently-unknown musician.