You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who does not know the name Slipknot, regardless of whether they were a fan of the genre or not. Since they erupted onto the scene with their self-titled record in 1999, the band has gone on to become one of the most influential groups of a generation by pushing the boundaries of their respective style of metal with each subsequent release. Still, Slipknot were grounded in metal, and aside from the occasional digression, this is where they stayed and what the fans wanted. For a musician as diverse as Corey Taylor, this appeared to be stifling, and he went on to form Stone Sour, a group a little less intense and focused more on rock. It appears, though, that Taylor still found this constraining, and in 2020, he released his debut solo album titled CMF...