Earlier this summer, Slipknot confirmed that their new album, “The End, So Far,” will be released on Sept. 30 via Roadrunner and is available for preorder. “New Music, new art, and new beginnings,” said M. “Clown” Crahan. “Get ready for the end.” “The End, So Far,” was produced by Slipknot and Joe Barresi.
Slipknot’s last album, 2019’s “We Are Not Your Kind,” was the band’s third straight No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Slipknot has also released three singles and videos from the “The End , So Far.” “Yen” was released in early August. “The Dying Song (Time to Sing)” came out in July following the first single, “The Chapeltown Rag,” which dropped late last year.
Recently, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor shared his thoughts on a landmark album from 1992 that heavily influenced him as a songwriter. Alice In Chains is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their “Dirt” album, and Taylor is among the record’s most ardent supporters. Alice In Chains has recently featured numerous behind-the-scenes clips, testimonials and reflections on the album via their Instagram.
“Alice In Chains changed my entire approach to songwriting,” said Taylor in his thoughts on “Dirt.” “They showed me that you could write/marry the heavy to the beautiful and combine the sadistic with the hopeful. I’ve been a massive Alice In Chains fan since day one. I saw them open the ‘Clash of the Titans’ tour and was addicted from that moment. The first song I heard from Dirt was ‘Would?’ because it was on the Singles soundtrack. My initial thought was, ‘How are they going to top this?’ And holy hell, they smashed it.”
Taylor said whenever he gets in a songwriting rut, it’s Alice In Chains that pulls him out of it. “The whole album is perfection. The harmonies are perfect, the guitar tones are so thick, the passion is gorgeous, and the grooves – how the bass glues to the drums – are unf*ckingtouchable. Whenever I am stuck musically, I go on a ‘Chains binge, and I always start with ‘Dirt’. It’s just a perfect album. Simply put, it’s one of the greatest hard rock/heavy metal albums of all time. It transcends genres. it speaks to people regardless of age or generation. It’s literally a clinic on how to make nihilism and contemplation work together. ‘Would?’ and ‘Angry Chair’ were two of the first songs Stone Sour played as a band. Joel Ekman and I would just jam the whole album together in my basement. ‘Dirt’ is one of my favorite albums ever made.”
Alice In Chains is currently wrapping up a tour with Breaking Benjamin and Bush.
