Last week frontman Corey Taylor and record label Roadrunner posted a blurry image of new a new Slipknot mask, insinuating that the next era of masks will be unveiled soon.
Late last month, the band shared some new, creepy vocals from the upcoming record.
Speaking recently to Kerrang!, Clown said that the new album is "like discovering Slipknot all over again."
He continues: “I’m not a fan of the sound quality of our first album, because there’s a noise in my head. I’m not speaking for anybody else here, and I’m not trying to take anything away, so, please, don’t fuck up my words here! The bottom line is, for me, there’s a noise in my head that’s constantly going as I grow old. When I started the band, I was 26 years old, okay? I’m going to be 50 in September, and the noise changes. So this album is like… not being given another chance, because we don’t need a chance. We’re here. But this album is like discovering us all over again as older human beings. You got a certain sort of war in ’98, and now you’re going to get another war in 2019.
The follow-up to 2014's .5: The Gray Chapter is due for release on August 9 via Roadrunner Records. Slipknot are headlining this year's Download festival on June 14-16 – get your tickets now.