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Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has begun composing music for the nu metal nine-piece’s upcoming studio album, aiming for it to share characteristics with their initial two releases.
In a recent episode of the Turning Wrenches podcast, Root revealed he has “six completed arrangements” prepared for the follow-up to the Iowa band’s 2022 album, The End, So Far.
Nevertheless, the guitarist is not in a hurry to release the album, stating (via The PRP), “I think we need to take our time for writing and doing pre-production, which is going to take a while.”
To compensate for the potentially lengthy wait, Root is eager for the band to release something that fills the gap between their last album and the next.
“I would really like to put something out before we dive into a record,” he states, adding: “I would like to get something out sooner to kinda satisfy… I don’t know if it would indicate a direction or not, it depends on the arrangement.”
It remains unclear whether the interim release Root mentions has already been announced. Last year, following the addition of new drummer Eloy Casagrande (ex-Sepultura), Slipknot rented a billboard in Indio, California, bearing the phrase, “Long may you die.” This was later confirmed to be the title of a new song, which has yet to be released.
Percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has also been hinting to fans about a long-anticipated offshoot project, Look Outside Your Window. The album, characterized as more melodic and experimental than typical Slipknot material, was recorded simultaneously with 2008’s All Hope Is Gone and announced back in 2018.
Crahan has provided several potential release timelines for Look… in interviews over the years, but all have passed without any new music. He now claims that the project has been mixed and mastered and that artwork is ready. Last year, in an interview with Metal Hammer, Root expressed impatience with the delays, even threatening to leak Look… on multiple occasions.
In another part of the Turning Wrenches discussion, Root mentions he would like Slipknot’s upcoming album to be recorded in a manner similar to their earlier works, especially their self-titled debut from 1999 and its 2001 follow-up, Iowa.
“I want to create a raw album,” he expresses.
He adds: “I would like to go back to the raw energy of how those first two records were recorded, and even into the Vol. 3 record [from 2004]… There’s just something really stripped down and punk rock about it, and I believe we’ve missed that in our more recent albums. It’s time to reclaim that in some way.”
Slipknot is preparing for a European tour, starting at Sweden Rock Festival on June 4. The band will spend the remainder of the month playing festival dates across Europe, before returning to the US for Inkcarceration in Mansfield, Ohio, on July 19.
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