Slipknot Album Will Not See Release Until At Least 2013, Says Clown
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Masked metalhead monsters Slipknot have revealed that they won’t be putting out another album until 2013 at the earliest.
The band have four albums under their belt already, but haven’t put out any fresh material in over three years. And it looks like we’ll be waiting a little bit longer for a new record – though fans may be happy to hear that the band will be going back to their ‘Iowa’ roots.
Currently, the band are gearing up for their Australian tour which will see them perform alongside System of a Down and Limp Bizkit, and will then head out to the US to tour during the summer. But, before, inbetween and after there’ll be absolutely no recording work done – meaning 2013 is the earliest we’ll be seeing a new record.
Asked by Kerrang! what the band would be doing after their American tour, percussionist Shawn Crahan replied: “After that, we'll probably take some time off. It could be a month, it could be a couple of months, maybe even a year. After that time, I'll be over the immediate grieving process for Paul. I'll never be alright with it, but that's going to be enough time to get focused.”
He continued on to talk about what a new album would entail, revealing: “The next album, it's going to be serious. I feel that it will be a lot like 'Iowa', but it'll be 'for' things, rather than 'against' them. 'Iowa' was against everything, even ourselves. But this next record, this will be for ourselves, for Paul, for his family. Slipknot fans: rest assured, we'll be back. We're not going anywhere. It doesn't matter what you read. We're still together and we're going to be together.”
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