After an extraordinarily eventful few days for Slipknot within the first week of June that included the (since-deleted) announcement that longtime keyboardist Craig Jones had left the band, a photograph of a thriller member, a bizarre teaser trailer and a brand new EP, there hasn’t been quite a lot of chatter coming from the masked nonet.

Now, frontman Corey Taylor has spoken a bit to Finnish publication Chaoszine about Slipknot’s latest member which leads us to consider that he… won’t really be new? (by way of Blabbermouth)

“Clearly, any time you’ve got a change like that, it makes you need to sort of lean into adversity a bit bit. We took a bit extra time to sort of determine issues out. Clearly, [him being a] new man.

“[He’s] good — actually good. He’s a complete musician. But it surely took him a second to sort of discover his manner. However now he’s killing it; now he’s actually, actually good.”

The best way Taylor describes the brand new member makes it appear to be he’s had extra time to acclimate to the band than simply the final two weeks. One potential principle is that Jones didn’t really go away the band and is simply altering his character or on the lookout for additional anonymity. There are different theories about what the id of the mysterious member could possibly be, with one Reddit consumer making the case for the member of a forgotten ’00s nü-metal band.

Throughout the identical interview, Taylor talked about doing reveals subsequent yr to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of Slipknot’s debut album.

“Proper now, Slipknot’s sort of wrapping up a bit bit. Subsequent yr, I do know we’re speaking about doing a handful of reveals everywhere in the world as a result of it’s gonna be the twenty fifth anniversary of the primary album. Now, don’t quote me on that. Greatest solution to make God chuckle is to announce your plans out loud. However that’s what we’re hinting at; it’s what we’re speaking about.”