Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has stated he solely has about 5 years left of touring left in him because of the “exhausting” calls for of life on the street.

The lead vocalist of the heavy metallic stalwarts and designated #8 made the feedback when chatting with German outlet Rock Antenne – and even stated he’d assist the band discover his personal alternative.

Discussing his future plans with Slipknot, Taylor stated: 

“So long as I can bodily do it, and so long as there are individuals there to see it, man, I’ll proceed to do it.

“Now, if the standard begins to fail, then I’ll realize it’s time handy it in. And I’ve already considered it – I’ve already considered, perhaps I’ve received one other 5 years left of bodily touring like this. I attempt to care for myself. I work out once I can.”

Talking additional about life on the street, the 50-year-old added: 

“The journey out right here [in Europe] is exhausting; the meals is horrible; so it makes it exhausting to do this. However so long as I can maintain at it, that’s at the very least what I wanna do. So, yeah, it’s what it’s.” 

“This band has at all times been greater than the sum of its personal components. And it was exhausting transferring on with out Paul [Gray] It was exhausting transferring on once we needed to half methods with Joe [Joey Jordison].”

In the identical dialogue, Taylor additionally talked about the way forward for his different band Stone Bitter, who’ve been on hiatus since 2020.

The vocalist revealed a few of the uncertainties across the band’s future, saying:

“It’s not that I don’t miss a few of the guys in Stone Bitter – I nonetheless speak to them. However at this stage, I refuse to compromise my imaginative and prescient and my artwork due to sure individuals’s hindrances. And that’s all I’ll say.”

In addition to his commitments to Slipknot, Taylor additionally has one other upcoming solo mission within the works, with sophomore solo album ‘CMF2’ set for launch on September 15.

The album’s lead single ‘Past’ arrived in Could.