Those tease-merchants, Slipknot, have finally revealed the official video for new song, “The Devil In I.”
The song is lifted from the band’s new album, 5. The Gray Chapter. Check it out below.
Singer Corey Taylor told The Pulse Of Radio about the clip: “Clown directed it and we were able to put something really, really cool together. I’ve seen the early cut — it looks really, really awesome. I mean, Clown did a hell of a job, he’s got such a great eye for everything and is really just getting better and better at everything he does. I’m stoked for everybody to see it.”
Slipknot have now confirmed the details of their fifth studio album, revealing that it will pay tribute to late bassist Paul Gray.
The new album will be titled 5: The Gray Chapter, and is slated for release on the 20th of October via Roadrunner Records.
The standard edition of the album will feature 14 new tracks, with a deluxe edition also being made available featuring an additional 2 new songs.
5: The Gray Chapter is the band’s first album since 2008’s All Hope Is Gone and their first since the death of founding bass player Gray, who died in 2010.
Slipknot have also announced the Prepare For Hell Tour, which will take in numerous dates across North America, with special guests coming in the form of Korn and King 810. The tour will begin on the 29th of October in El Paso, Texas.
Corey Taylor says: “We’ve been waiting a long time for this. Not only do we get to tour with friends who we respect, we’ve also chosen a band that represents the fury of the future. Slipknot is coming to your town. And hell’s coming with us.”
The full tracklist for 5: The Gray Chapter is:
“XIX”
“Sarcastrophe”
“Aov”
“The Devil In I”
“Killpop”
“Skeptic”
“Lech”
“Goodbye”
“Nomadic”
“The One That Kills The Least”
“Custer”
“Be Prepared For Hell”
“The Negative One”
“If Rain Is What You Want”
“Override” (Deluxe edition bonus track)
“The Burden” (Deluxe edition bonus track)
Slipknot made the albums official first single, The Devil In I, available to stream over the weekend, and you can listen to it below:
Slipknot have revealed the cover artwork for “The Devil In I”, the official first single from their forthcoming fifth album.
Due out in October, the LP will be the band’s first without bassist Paul Gray, who died in 2010, and drummer Joey Jordison, who left the band last year.
In an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Rock Show, Slipknot singer Corey Taylor described “The Devil In I” as “completely different” from the song “The Negative One”, which was released via the band’s web site at the start of August. “It’s more melodic, but it’s dark, [and] it’s powerful, man,” Taylor said about “The Devil In I”. “It’s something different. People are gonna lose their minds when they hear that.”
Taylor told The Pulse Of Radio that fans will have to wait a while yet for details of the band’s new drummer and the album title. “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.”
Rumours have suggested that drummer Jay Weinberg has been recruited to play on the new album and tour. Weinberg is the son of Max Weinberg, longtime Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band drummer.
SLIPKNOT announced in December 2013 that it had parted ways with Jordison. The band has not disclosed the reasons for Jordison’s exit, although the drummer issued a statement in January saying that he did not quit the group.
The official video for “The Negative One” was directed by Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan, who has directed the vast majority of the band’s music videos and concert documentaries. You can watch it below.
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