Slipknot 's new album is among the most anticipated of the year . While more definitive information about the release is still pending, the band members are giving fans an idea of what to expect in interviews. According to drummer Jay Weinberg , the project will feature elements never before used by the band and explores "a more experimental side" of the group.
The musician had already spoken about how Corey Taylor created a "totally new" voice on the project's recordings, while the vocalist promised a "liberating" and, in a way, "conceptual" , but with moments reminiscent of Iowa (2001) and Vol. 3 (2004) . With so much seemingly contradictory information between legacy and new material, what can we expect?
In an interview with Meatball of T95 The Rock Station (via Ultimate Guitar ), Jay Weinberg attempted to offer a fan perspective on the project's sound. “Man, it’s hard to say. I mean, a lot of it really doesn’t remind me of [other albums], which is radical. There are some really exciting things. As a listener, when you kind of try to detach yourself from what you’re doing, listen more objectively, not just as a drummer,” he began. “Then you listen to it and really… You start listening totally from the outside, like, it’s a totally new thing. To me, it’s a Slipknot album. And that’s a beautiful thing.”
According to the drummer, even without losing the band's characteristic identity, there are many new things. "But for me, my favorite things have always been the experimental side of the band, which seems, from album to album, to be like doing something in a very different way than before. Like 'Spiders' is a good example of that. There wasn't a song like that on any album. Or some of the interesting parts of 'Unsainted'," he continued.
Among the new features is the inclusion of a choir, something never before done in the band's discography. "I really appreciate taking risks and the fact that we can say, 'Well, this is something we've never done before,'" he said.
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