Slipknot’s Jim Root teases return to “raw energy” of early albums for next record

“There’s just something really stripped down and punk rock about it and I think we’ve been missing that on our past few records”
Jim Root, Slipknot’s guitarist, was recently on the Turning Wrenches Podcast (full video below) and spoke about the sound he’d like their next studio album to have. Root has six arrangement ideas in mind. He also discussed the process behind the long-awaited eighth album and how he’d possibly like to release a song before the full album comes together…