While responding to a fan on Instagram, Slipknot’s Jim Root further discussed the band’s upcoming album. The guitarist says “don’t expect another ‘Iowa’ or self titled record.”
The fan initially said the following on a post regarding Root’s guitar rig:
“please come up with Slayer/Slipknot evil, scary,disgusting, groove… intros…..breakdowns…let this latest Slipknot be your Black Album. ( How?) By not accepting anything but the absolute sic kest, grossest, heaviest riffs on thia green earth. Let all your years culminate to this point..sharpen it into a weapon..and write thw heaviest riffs you’ve ever done. Don’t do all fast shit…you are Slipknot..you are not Thrash metal. The groove is what got Slipknot here. The groove with scary, disgusting…and that dangerous feeling that has been missing. ??? May your riffs flow through”
Root then responded:
“thank you! I very important thing for us at this time is to not “repeat” ourselves. It’s gonna hurt some feelings. We’re really experimenting with different approaches… don’t expect another “Iowa” or “self titled” record. We’ve been there. The vibe feels honest and true to me. It’s uneasy and reminds me of recording in the earlier days. I’m not saying that means it will translate to the type of music we’re creating or the sound/production of it. The early records had the vibe. You can’t miss that with Ross.
But they always sounded “LoFi” to me. And some of the later records felt/sounded “over produced” … like. Too many layers of guitar etc. we don’t need that. Me and mick. L and R and then a few 3rd tracks and maybe solos. That’s it. And of the 16 amps I vetted to record with. Matt and I chose the most pissed off sounding one. Not necessarily the “best” sounding one. The most exciting sounding… liveliest etc. we did track on the floor live with Eloy. We hadn’t done that in a long time for various reasons. Everything is analog and played. All the pieces that need to be there are there.”
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