It’s been quite the three years for Slipknot. Not counting the small matter of a global pandemic, inside the ranks of the Iowan hate machine, they’ve had to deal with the departure of Chris Fehn, the addition of tortilla-faced percussionist Michael Pfaff, and the death of former drummer and founder member Joey Jordison. Considering we had to wait five years for 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind, it’s somewhat surprising to hear new music so soon. In fairness, it felt like almost as soon as that stunner was released everyone was asking Corey and co. about the next record. On said LP, Slipknot brought together everything we love about the masked maniacs with some extra texture and flair, and on album number seven(!) they’ve taken those atmospheric embellishments to all-encompassing extre...