In a recent interview with Wacken TV, drummer Jay Weinberg explained the difficulties Slipknot had to overcome while recording their newly released studio album ‘The End, So Far.’
Slipknot released their seventh studio album, ‘The End, So Far’ on September 30th. The new album brought controversy even before it was released. This past summer, rumors about the album being the band’s final release were going around, and they were expected to split up after the release. However, that was put to rest by Corey Taylor when he confirmed in one of their summer shows that they would not disband anytime soon despite the people that want to see them fail.
Later it was revealed that the only thing that was coming to an end was the deal with their major record label. One other controversy about the album was the recording process. Jay Weinberg shared that the previous album ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ had taken three years to complete because of several challenges, such as the pandemic, and the recordings had to be done in their homes. Since the band couldn’t be together to make the music, it was more experimental than anything Slipknot had ever done before.
At its core, Weinberg shared that the album has sounds intertwined with the Slipknot identity. However, this time, the guys could challenge themselves to experiment with different sounds they wouldn’t if they weren’t forced to record and engineer from their homes. Weinberg believes the new album is a good step forward for them as a band.
Jay Weinberg’s words about the difficulties Slipknot faced during the recording of ‘The End, So Far’ album:
“I joined the band, and the next day, we started working on ‘.5: The Gray Chapter.’ We spent about a year making that album and about three years making the follow-up, ‘We Are Not Your Kind.’ This album was very different based on the circumstances that everybody was dealing with — the pandemic — and we all had to become self-sufficient home recorders, engineers, and stuff. And that lends itself to so much different experimental stuff that people have not heard on a Slipknot album before.
So from my standpoint, there’s a lot on there that makes Slipknot Slipknot. There is stuff we’ll not get away from if we try. But we’re delighted to celebrate that — dig deeper into the things we know are trademark Slipknot, challenge ourselves, and do experimentally creative things that give Slipknot an entirely new voice. Then we can go deeper into that. It just gives us more tools to express ourselves. So the new album, it’s an interesting step forward.”
You can watch the interview below.
