We've been through this before haven't we? Ever since Slipknot wrapped up touring on Mayhem Fest last year, the big question was when will the band get together to write new material. Drummer Joey Jordison began writing immediately, and had enough material that he spun it off into a side-project.
Corey Taylor, meanwhile, began to focus on his other baby, Stone Sour. He previously said he won't be ready to work on Slipknot until 2015, but it seems like there has been some sort of shift in schedules. After Clown has begun saying that 2014 is the year Slipknot is getting back together, it seems Taylor is changing his tune.
In a new interview with Pulse of Radio (transcribed by Blabbermouth), the Slipknot frontman said that looks like business will pick up next year:
"I know everybody is pretty keen on getting together and seeing what happens next year, so I mean, if it takes us a year to write an album, so be it," he said. "The main goal is to just get us in the room and just see what happens, you know. If we can get past that first day, I think it'll come together. Now that we're all kind of in better places in our lives and whatnot, it's making it a little easierto be excited about it again. It's just starting to feel like it's time."
Slipknot have a bunch of European festival dates scheduled for the summer and the band will surly be asked to elaborate then.
On a related note, check out the absurdly awesome cover of this month's Metal Hammer magazine featuring Slipknot as a crew of superheros, created by SixMoreVodka:
