Metal Anarchy

When Slipknot announced their new album, “We Are Not Your Kind” (out August 9), fans were wondering why the band’s 2018 single, “All Out Life,” was left off the record. Corey Taylor has since discussed that with Kerrang!, saying the group weren’t sure the track would fit “in context with the story that [they are] telling” on the album.

Taylor said the following:

“[All Out Life isn’t on the album] from a standpoint of it was kind of its own thing that really just let people know that we weren’t gone, and that we were still looking forward and working on music. It was just such a catchy song that it made sense to release it. But now, in context with the story that we’re telling [on We Are Not Your Kind], we weren’t sure if we were going to put it on there.”

He also added the following about the single’s “We are not your kind” chant, which went on to become the album title:

“I didn’t think it would be anything more than a great chant at a concert. It was one of the things in my head that I could hear 50,000 people screaming at the top of their lungs, pumping fists. It wasn’t so much that I thought it was benign or anything – it was definitely something that I thought, ‘This could be something really cool’ – but it took on a life of its own, and that’s when I really started thinking about the phrase; about how it could be perceived.”