Corey Taylor gives Slipknot album update: “It’s completely recorded and we’re about halfway through mixing it”

Slipknot's highly-anticipated new album seems to be taking a tiiiiiny bit longer than initially planned, according to frontman Corey Taylor, but the band could nevertheless still be looking at a summer release.

Having started mixing the record earlier this year, the Iowa metallers are currently still in that process, with the vocalist joking in a new interview for Doug Bradley's Down To Hell that it's because they're "lazy" (we don't believe that for a second).

"We don't have a hard [release] date yet ’cause we're lazy and we're still mixing the damn thing," Corey said of where things were at (via Blabbermouth). "I can tell you it's completely recorded and we're about halfway through mixing it. So, to me, I would say probably two or three months [from now]. That's my ballpark. I'm hoping; I'm gonna push to get it out then – maybe summertime sometime."

In December, Corey proudly stated of the follow-up to 2019's incredible We Are Not Your Kind: "It's really good; I'm really, really stoked on it. I actually like this one more than I like We Are Not Your Kind, and I loved We Are Not Your Kind."

He also recently teased that it is "like a heavier version" of 2004's Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). "It's really killer, man," Corey enthused. "It's darker than We Are Not Your Kind, but there's a ton of melody. I've been telling everybody that it's like a heavier version of Vol. 3. It's got so many textures and layers. The heavy stuff has attack but the melodic stuff you can just sink your teeth in; there's a lot of great melodies and hooks. I'm really, really excited for people to hear it."

Watch Corey's appearance on Down To Hell below:

Catch Slipknot with In This Moment and Jinjer on leg one of the Knotfest Roadshow:

March

16 Fargo, ND FARGODOME
18 18 Omaha, NE CHI Health Center
19 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena
22 Memphis, TN FedExForum
Tulsa, OK BOK Center
25 North Little Rock, AR Simmons Bank Arena
26 Durant, OK Choctaw Grand Theater
29 Birmingham, AL Legacy Arena at the BJCC
30 N. Charleston, SC North Charleston Coliseum

April

1 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
2 Reading, PA Santander Arena
4 Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
6 Green Bay, WI Resch Center
7 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center
9 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
11 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre
12 Regina, SK Brandt Centre
14 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
15 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
17 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena

And leg two with Cypress Hill and Ho99o9:

May

18 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
20 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center
21 Providence, RI Dunkin' Donuts Center
22 Manchester, NH SNHU Arena
24 Albany, NY MVP Arena
26 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
28 Québec, QC Videotron Centre
29 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
30 Toronto, ON Budweiser Stage

June

1 Cincinnati, OH Heritage Bank Center
2 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
4 East Troy, WI Alpine Valley Music Theatre
5 Moline, IL TaxSlayer Center
7 Bonner Springs, KS Azura Amphitheater
9 Colorado Springs, CO The Broadmoor World Arena
11 Nampa, ID Ford Idaho Center
13 Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena
14 Ridgefield, WA RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
17 Las Vegas, NV MGM Garden Arena
18 Chula Vista, CA North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre

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