{"id":497236,"date":"2022-09-29T20:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/slipknots-search-for-something-beautiful-is-always-heavy\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:09:11","slug":"slipknots-search-for-something-beautiful-is-always-heavy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/slipknots-search-for-something-beautiful-is-always-heavy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Slipknot\u2019s search for something beautiful is always heavy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26eaa8979d2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"content_block flush title center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"custom-title\">\n      Slipknot\u2019s search for something beautiful is always heavy\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-description\">\n      With <i>The End, So Far<\/i> arriving Friday, frontman Corey Taylor talks true crime, political division, and <i>The Sopranos<\/i> on the new episode of The FADER Interview.\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-attribution\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">David Renshaw<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom-media\">\n<div class=\" image center_align\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_yibv52\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg\" 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for something beautiful is always heavy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Anthony Scanga<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_share_buttons_top \" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"new_socials_bottom\" class=\"new_socials_footer  \">\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/FDR_SocialSharing_Facebook-747312c39722d47504a80f02500b8d4ad2e36acf922bad1c83799db1bc77f605.png\" alt=\"Fdr socialsharing facebook\"><br \/>\n      <!-- <span>Share<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/assets\/logo-snapchat-5f1563935ac089d0cf1773f642ddbfb6cdb16e8c4ac14fec95a3c11b6f963389.svg\" alt=\"Logo snapchat\"><br \/>\n        <!-- <span>Snap<\/span> --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-237526 {\n   background: ;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> #content_block-237526,  #content_block-237526 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237526 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ff0045;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237526\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span class=\"lead-text\" style=\"color:#ff0045\">The advent of any new Slipknot album<\/span> brings with it a sense of horror and foreboding. This is a band, after all, who used to huff a jar containing a dead crow to get psyched up for live shows. <i>The End, So Far<\/i>, however, caused a new kind of consternation among Slipknot\u2019s \u201cMaggot\u201d fanbase. Was the album title a hint at this being the band\u2019s final statement? <\/p>\n<p>            Though they\u2019ve been together for nearly 30 years, Slipknot have endured more than their fair share of trials over the years. Not only did they lose Paul Gray in 2010 but former drummer, and founder member, Joey Jordison passed away during the making of the new album in July 2021. Nobody would hold it against the members of Slipknot if they chose to step away from a project that has often focused on searching for catharsis by facing hell head on. <\/p>\n<p>            And yet it is that very role that the band provides, to its many masked members as well as a global army of Maggots, that means any sense of finality remains unthinkable. <i>The End, So Far<\/i>, in reality, is a reference to Slipknot\u2019s label situation. Two decades ago they signed to Roadrunner Records on a seven-album deal, and this is their seventh studio record. It\u2019s an album that explodes from the starting blocks with an intensity unparalleled by their peers. Frontman Corey Taylor, who purged his personal demons on 2019\u2019s <i>We Are Not Your Kind<\/i>, takes a more zoomed-out <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach to the writing this time, casting his eye across society and reporting back on the horrors he\u2019s witnessed. Herd mentality, tribalism, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>-led ignorance make their way into an album that once again marries Slipknot\u2019s dual obsessions: togetherness and unrelentingly heavy riffs and breakdowns. Focusing on the conclusive nature of a title like <i>The End, So Far<\/i> was a trap. Slipknot have delivered an album to propel them into the future.<\/p>\n<p>            The FADER\u2019s David Renshaw spoke to Taylor this week about remaining energized after multiple decades in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, looking outward with his lyrics, and what happened when their merch accidentally became a collector\u2019s item thanks to <i>The Sopranos<\/i>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237568\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"content_block flush image\" id=\"content_block-237527\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Main_Pub_2022_-_Jonathan_Weiner_ityyez\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Slipknot\u2019s search for something beautiful is always heavy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Jonathan Weiner<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-237528,  #content_block-237528 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237528 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #ff0045;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237528\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>This Q&amp;A is taken from the latest episode of The FADER Interview. To hear this week\u2019s show in full, and to access the podcast\u2019s archive, click <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF\" href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/thefaderinterview\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n          <\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237529\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-237530,  #content_block-237530 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237530 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #fdabb3;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237530\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>The FADER: What motivates Slipknot to get back in the studio and make new music in 2022?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <b>Corey Taylor:<\/b> We allow ourselves time to breathe, to process everything we\u2019ve done previously, to get away from each other and the pandemonium of it all. That allows us to appreciate what we\u2019re still able to do. So when it comes to making new music, there\u2019s a genuine sense of excitement because there\u2019s still so many musical realms we haven\u2019t explored. It keeps us looking for what the next road is. And because there\u2019s so many people in the band, there\u2019s never a loss for ideas and inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>Your last album was <i>We Are Not Your Kind<\/i>, which came out in 2019. After the touring had died down from that album, how did you reflect on that record, and how did it inform the new one?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            We were only about eight months into our cycle by the time the pandemic hit. There were still a handful of places we hadn\u2019t hit, so when it came time to ramp up again, we ran out on the road before we were done recording the album. There was already excitement about being able to do this again, to get out in front of a massive audience and share new music with them. So I guess it was a bit of pent up cabin fever, combined with the usual excitement for new material.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>You\u2019ve described the making of <i>We Are Not Your Kind<\/i> in the past as one of the darkest chapters in Slipknot history. What was the vibe going into the new album, both for you personally and collectively as a band?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            It wasn\u2019t as heavy. What I let go of personally on <i>We Are Not Your Kind<\/i> enabled me to move smoothly into the writing for this album and get into a great, healthy mindset \u2014 something that was positively aggressive, as opposed to a purging. It lent itself to some of the topics I was dealing with, which were very much outside of my sphere. I was going back to an old-school way of writing: less about looking inside, more about looking outward and trying to relate to other people instead of trying to get people to relate to what I was talking about. It was more of a spectator perspective than somebody trying to figure out how to write his own narrative.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>What were some subjects that grabbed your attention? What did you find yourself drawn towards writing about on this album?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            Once you kind of cast your direction outwards, you start to pick up on things you\u2019ve been thinking about in life. The song \u201cHeirloom\u201d has to do with the legacy of abuse, whether that\u2019s from a relationship or growing up, parental or romantic, and how we process it and carry on. How do you break the chain? Are you strong enough to do that, or do you inadvertently pass it onto the next person? That\u2019s something I\u2019ve thought about for a long time. I know how I\u2019ve processed it, but I\u2019ve always been fascinated by how other people process it as well. <\/p>\n<p>            Then there\u2019s the usual suspects: Looking at the world as a global network, how we\u2019re feeding one psychosis and cutting off another. Looking at how fans look at us and the expectations they put on us; a lot of people cave into toxic fandom. We\u2019ve stiff-armed them for the most part and kept that at bay because there\u2019s more important things than worrying about what the mob is directing us to do.<\/p>\n<p>            It\u2019s not just a music thing: If you look at <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, at art in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, it feels like fans have taken this position where they get to dictate where it goes instead of looking to the creators. We\u2019ve been able to slip a lot of that toxicity because we\u2019ve never encouraged it. We\u2019ve always from day one fostered the idea that we\u2019re not with you; you\u2019re with us. We\u2019re going where we wanna go, and that\u2019s just the way it is.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>That anxiety is prominent in the song \u201cThe Chapeltown Rag,\u201d which also has some context within the story of the Yorkshire Ripper. Could you explain how you balanced those two aspects in the song and what you wanted to say about social media?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            The thing that fascinates me about social media is how twisted it\u2019s made media in general. It\u2019s how we get our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, and we can\u2019t just take it at face value. The Yorkshire Ripper thing came from the fact that I\u2019m as guilty as everybody else of being fascinated by these documentaries about serial killers, true crime, whatever. It permeates everything we do, and the media feeds that so much. It\u2019s like throwing meat to the lions: We chase every crumb and try to lap up as much of the tabooism of it all [as we can]. We don\u2019t understand that by chasing down the dark side, we\u2019re allowing that darkness to become our reality. Instead of it just being entertainment we visit, it becomes this thing we\u2019re all living with \u2014 to the point where we don\u2019t know where the darkness starts and where it ends.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>So you see the true crime phenomenon as not just a reflection of society but a driving force?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            I think so. I mean, we\u2019ve always been fascinated by that darker side, all the way back to the coliseum, watching the gladiators fight. Maybe it\u2019s part of human nature, but because we find ourselves in this weird feedback loop now \u2014 where it\u2019s not enough to visit it \u2014 we\u2019re not happy unless we\u2019re completely wound up, completely dramatic, completely torn and stressed.<\/p>\n<p>            There are real clues [when] people become addicted to stress, to that chase for needless drama and darkness. People romanticize it, and then they feel like they can\u2019t exist without that desperate need to be involved in something. That\u2019s one of the things social media is fostering, and it\u2019s one of the reasons why we\u2019re so fascinated by true crime: because someday maybe it\u2019ll be our story out there. So maybe I should stay as on the edge as possible, because maybe they\u2019ll do a podcast about me someday. And that\u2019s so fucking toxic, man.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237569\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237531\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Slipknot - The Chapeltown Rag\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dymAGwL2kQI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('237531');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<p> #content_block-237532,  #content_block-237532 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237532 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #fdabb3;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237532\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>You could argue that the desire for danger and an extreme end to society has benefited Slipknot in the past. The very comfortable middle classes, perhaps, are drawn to the violent imagery of the band \u2014 the way you present yourselves, the heaviness of the music.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            There\u2019s always gonna be something salacious about vibrant imagery and music that makes you feel a certain way. But this is also a culture where we tell people to look out for each other in the pit, where we encourage unity. As far as breaking down barriers inside the genre and the community itself \u2014 whether it\u2019s fostered racism or skepticism of anyone who might be homosexual or from a different country \u2014 we try to level the playing field and get everyone to come together to express themselves.<\/p>\n<p>            Some of the imagery is violent, but show me something that\u2019s not. Even some of the \u201cnicer\u201d acts out there use violent imagery as a way to express art, and that\u2019s all we\u2019ve ever done. We\u2019ve never tried to be violent just for violence\u2019s sake. This has always been about expression, about creating art. The music and lyrics have always encouraged people to express themselves and get to a place where they don\u2019t need that darkness anymore. It\u2019s always there, but by realizing you\u2019re not alone, you can let some of it go and come to appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>As a frontman and an individual, you\u2019re outspoken with your political views. I know Trump\u2019s time in office didn\u2019t filter through to <i>We Are Not Your Kind<\/i> \u2014 that was a very personal album \u2014 but on <i>The End, So Far<\/i>, you\u2019re looking out into the world and viewing a different political landscape in your country and globally. Were there any political themes behind the record?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            Not really. It\u2019s more of a social album. The thing I learned from my experience writing about politics really came from when I wrote <i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#c3ccb7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dacapopress.com\/titles\/corey-taylor\/america-51\/9781478947196\/\">America 51<\/a><\/i>. That was when I realized there were so many people off their shit. There\u2019s no way to get those people to understand, because they feel like they have been vilified. It\u2019s a very strange world they live in. Trying to convince them they\u2019re wrong is like trying to punch my way through a brick wall; it\u2019s just not gonna happen. I\u2019m not the Hulk. I\u2019m gonna break everything. I\u2019m gonna walk away with two mushy, meaty pulps hanging from my wrists. <\/p>\n<p>            So I try to take a different approach: I try to connect people on how there are certain views both sides of the political landscape have in common and get them to talk on that level. When you break it down like that, when you get away from that mob mentality and get people to talk one on one, they see there\u2019s no need for the outrage and the fear. That\u2019s how Trump rules: by feeding into the fear and the ignorance. When you\u2019re in a group, ignorance is easier to push, but when you\u2019re one on one or even two on two, you can work out through conversation what the reality is. <\/p>\n<p>            Everybody knows how I feel, and there\u2019s no need for me to run around and trumpet it. What I <i>can<\/i> do is try to talk people off of that ledge, get them looking at things from a different perspective. There are enough people trying to tear us apart; I don\u2019t need to be one of them. I\u2019d rather mend fences than set the whole damn place on fire.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>The album you\u2019ve compared <i>The End, So Far<\/i> to from your back catalog is <i>Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)<\/i>. What similarities do you see between them?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            The experimentation. The embrace of melody again. Playing to the nature of the songs, trying to find those beautiful passages. That\u2019s something we\u2019ve always wanted to do. Heavy music isn\u2019t just heavy; it\u2019s beautiful, and it can be powerful. For us, it\u2019s about exploring different musical landscapes, pushing the boundaries and writing music that feels fresh. And we really started that with <i>Vol. 3<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>            We set the tone for people with <i>Iowa<\/i> by saying \u201cYou never know what you\u2019re going to get with us.\u201d Everybody expected us to go in and write a bunch of \u201cWait and Bleed\u201ds, but we threw them for a loop by writing one of the heaviest albums of all time. And then we did the same thing with <i>Vol. 3<\/i> and went experimental: Yes, we can do heavy, but we also have some of the best songwriters, best players, and one of the best singers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>This is the first Slipknot album since the untimely death of Joey Jordison in 2021, Was his passing on your mind during the making of the album, in the writing or in the studio?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            It definitely crept in because it happened while we were working on some of this music. We dedicated the album to him. We hoped it wouldn\u2019t happen, and when it did it was a sad resolve that\u2026 For somebody that creative and explosive\u2026 I just wish we hadn\u2019t lost him this soon. We were hoping to mend fences with him, and it\u2019s one of those things that tells you: whatever you need to do, do it now, because you never know when you\u2019re gonna lose somebody.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>You also lost Paul Gray in 2010. Do these experiences that you as a band have been through make you appreciate your time together more?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            They definitely woke us up a little bit, made us realize we\u2019re on the other side of youth. There\u2019s gonna come a time when we start losing each other again, and we should take advantage of the time we have right now with each other. I\u2019ve tried to let these guys know how I feel about them and the music we\u2019ve made together. We\u2019re all such different people, and the fact that after all these years we\u2019re still doing it together \u2014 and still doing it at this pace \u2014 you have to embrace each other after that.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237570\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237533\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Slipknot_-_Pub_1_2022_-_Anthony_Scanga_bot5w7\/slipknot-the-end-so-far-fader-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Slipknot\u2019s search for something beautiful is always heavy\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Anthony Scanga<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n #content_block-237534 {\n   background: ;\n   padding-bottom: 40px;\n }<\/p>\n<p> #content_block-237534,  #content_block-237534 blockquote.pull_quote, #content_block-237534 .img_caption .caption {\n   color: #fdabb3;\n }\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-237534\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>The image of Slipknot has always intrigued me: the masks, the boiler suits. It\u2019s one of the most creative parts of the band, and I\u2019m always as excited to see what you guys look like when you come back as to hear the new music. At what stage does that process begin for you guys? Do you start designing the masks and thinking about how to present yourselves while you\u2019re writing the songs, or does it come afterwards?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            We end up piecing it together as we go. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#c3ccb7\" href=\"https:\/\/slipknot.fandom.com\/wiki\/Shawn_Crahan\">Clown<\/a> is so driven by art, and he sees these great textures we can mess with. But some of us just gravitate toward the stuff we want to wear, and we can usually find that common ground that visually ties us all together. We\u2019ve all been very fortunate in the fact that even when we\u2019re looking at different ways to express ourselves through the fashion, we\u2019ve found ways to kind of get on the same page. We\u2019re all into each other\u2019s vision, even when we\u2019re at our craziest and rawest.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>Could you talk me through the inspiration for your new mask? I\u2019m looking at it right now. The eyes are removed. The teeth are very prominent. It looks like a haunted baseball.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            [<i>Laughs<\/i>] That\u2019s beautiful. I was trying for something that was almost an homage to all of the masks I\u2019d had in the past, which is why there are little pieces of some of them all in this thing. But I also wanted to do something reminiscent of Dr. Decker, the serial killer doctor from <i><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#c3ccb7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gKXnT8FVleY\">Nightbreed<\/a><\/i>, because it\u2019s such a striking visual. I wanted to take all those ideas and kind of throw them together. I worked with a great new kid, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#c3ccb7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/connordeless\/?hl=en\">Connor Deless<\/a>, and we were able to [make] something really special.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>In 2020, Slipknot <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF\" href=\"https:\/\/tonedeaf.thebrag.com\/slipknot-aj-soprano-windbreaker-sopranos\/\">brought back a windbreaker jacket<\/a> you\u2019d sold out of years before because it had a revival through A.J. wearing it in an episode of <i>The Sopranos<\/i>, which people were watching a lot during the pandemic. It was fetching $400 online. Were you surprised?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            It definitely wasn\u2019t something we were planning for. We got to meet [Robert Iler] backstage at a show in New York. He was a fan in real life as well. It\u2019s so weird how things like that come around and hit you for a loop. Everybody tries to pride themselves on being able to foresee what the future holds, but there\u2019s times where you don\u2019t see it coming.<\/p>\n<p>            <span style=\"color:#ff0045\"><b>Are there any other examples of Slipknot making their way into some part of culture that you didn\u2019t see coming and had no control over?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>            One of the cooler ones was <i>Little Nicky<\/i>. There\u2019s a great shot of [Adam Sandler\u2019s] bedroom in hell with two or three Slipknot posters up in it, which I thought was so rad. And we were <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#c3ccb7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xW0rfBVILYI&amp;ab_channel=BritBox\">name-dropped in <i>Ab Fab<\/i><\/a>, for Christ\u2019s sakes. Right when we first came out they were rocking out to us. I watched that show and I was like, \u201cYou\u2019ve gotta be fucking kidding me.\u201d I was so tickled. 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