Corey Taylor: “I felt like I had a lot to say again… This album felt almost like a reset”

In our exclusive, in-depth cover story all about the next chapter of Slipknot, frontman Corey Taylor details his mindset going into the lyrics for new album The End, So Far, and the fury of latest single The Dying Song (Time To Sing). The vocalist says that The End, So Far’s predecessor We Are Not Your Kind was like a ​“palette cleanser” for him as a writer, and this time around he felt like he ​“had a lot to say again”. ​“This album felt almost like a reset,” Corey says. ​“I could get away from the shit that I’ve needed to say, and get back to the stuff that I want to say.” Diving deep into the meaning behind The Dying Song, the frontman explains: ​“For the last few years it’s been very trendy to be offended and outraged by everything, and yet nothing happens...

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