“Clown” Provides Update On New Slipknot Music

Slipknot recently tabbed former Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande, and the band has been recently been on the road breaking in their new recruit. The hire has led to speculation that Slipknot is gearing up to release new material, and M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan provided an update in a recent interview with Revolver .

“Well, one thing I can say is this: There’s always going to be new Slipknot music,” said Clown. “But we’ve also said that there is a filter, and we are the filter, and that filter must go through everyone. And when I was telling you that we’re doing a lot better communicating, now apply that to communicating about music.”

“I can say that there’s gonna be music sooner than you can imagine, delivered to you in a way you can’t imagine. And I’m excited because we’re not on a label. And there’s a lot of dismay with that, you know what I mean? But there’s also a lot of middle fingers with that. I love it, you know? Come and get us, or we’ll come to get you.”

Crahan also said that the band is in no rush to find a new record label. “What I can tell you is that we’ve already been motivating around creating music, because of the love of doing it,” he said. “So you’re gonna get music really soon. And if I can have a loud voice in it, I will make sure that we have at least a good amount of music put out before we do anything with anybody.”

“Now, I don’t hate labels. In fact, I’m from the generation of record deals and producers and pre-producing your album and cutting to two-inch tape. So, I have a fantasy with all that; I like it when we can just book our plane tickets and go rock out in the studio.”

“If we don’t go with a label, we’re gonna have to do all that ourselves, which might mean hiring some people to help pick up the loose ends, which makes it a business — and I’m not sure we’re interested in opening up another business. But I am interested in understanding what it means to go directly from our brains to your brain with nobody in the way; I’m interested in that potential.”