Frontman Corey Taylor has all-but admitted Allessandro 'Vman' Venturella of Krokodil is their bassist, after the tattoos on his hand gave him away in the video for The Devil In I. And it's widely thought their replacement for Joey Jordison is Jay Weinberg after former colleague Laura Jane Grace issued an online rant about him.

But Root tells Guitar World: "We're not saying who the new drummer is. Even if people find out beyond a shadow of a doubt who he is, I think we're always going to deny it.