Corey Taylor speaks about Slipknot’s new single “Arsenal”

Vocalist Corey Taylor of Slipknot made an appearance on BBC Radio 1 on September 9 ahead of the release of the band’s unexpected new single, “Arsenal“, as per theprp. That song, which is a first for the masked metal band in a number of ways, most prominently shows the group letting go of Sid Wilson, whom they officially sacked last month. Additionally, it is their first complete recording with drummer Eloy Casagrande and their first release since the founding of their new company (sic)est Records. In collaboration with Roadrunner Records/Atlantic, the quartet started that endeavour.

It pummels. I mean it is absolutely a pummeling experience… Like it’s got these great moments of hyperactivity and then complete flex. It’s like we’ve got everyone by the hair and we’re just going, ‘Go, Go, Go!’ [mimics banging their head]. We’re definitely exploring the realm that we’ve kind of been in for a long time, and bringing in elements that we have never done before… People are gonna be like when they hear it, ‘There’s no way that’s Slipknot. There is no actual way that that is Slipknot.’ I’m here to tell you 100%, you’re damn right it is.

Matt Wallace (Faith No More, Mushroomhead) oversaw the mix while Slipknot co-produced the song. Wallace has lately been involved in recording sessions for Slipknot‘s upcoming new album.

Percussionist Shawn Crahan, singer Anders Colsefni, and bassist Paul Grey founded the American heavy metal group Slipknot in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995. From 1999 until Gray’s passing in 2010, the band had nine members—Crahan, Grey, Joey Jordison, Craig Jones, Mick Thomson, Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Chris Fehn, and Jim Root—after a number of lineup changes in its early years. Slipknot is well-known for their eye-catching appearance, combative musical style, and exuberant, wild live performances. “Mate. Kill. Feed. Repeat.”, the band’s first demo record was a failure, but once their first self-titled studio album, “Slipknot”, was released in 1999, they quickly became well-known worldwide.