Slipknot's Clown Explains Timetable For Next Album

05/26/2015
. (TeamRock Radio) Slipknot percussionist Clown thinks the band's sixth album could appear in early 2017 - and he says passion for the project is already there. They're on the road for the rest of this year with some shows already booked for next, meaning they won't find time to concentrate on the follow-up to .5: The Gray Chapter until mid-2016.

Clown tells Loudwire: "It takes six months to make a record, so it could be as early as the first quarter of 2017. We're in the rhythm of writing all the time, which is a very helpful tool. It's not anything that won't get used. Usually if we're writing, it's passion."

Guitarist Jim Root told Metal Hammer earlier this month that it was difficult to say what direction the material would take. He said: "There's a couple of different ways to approach it - we could approach it like we did Iowa compared to the first release, or we could approach it like picking up where The Subliminal Verses or The Gray Chapter left off." Read more here.

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