After Knotfest, Slipknot plan to take a year off before returning to the studio to record the follow-up to 2008's All Hope is Gone. Some of the members are already off to a good start. Drummer Joey Jordison has written 30 new songs, vocalist Corey Taylor has penned lyrics, and guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson are busy writing riffs.
"That's how everyone is coping with the loss of Paul," Crahan surmises, "by writing. Will all of that stuff be used? No. Will some of it be used? Of course. But until we get to that area I can't tell anybody anything. It's like asking me who the next bass player is. I'm not gonna give you an answer 'cause I don't have to think about it right now. I need about a year to grieve get my shit together so I can control my emotions in the studio, which is something I can't do right now. I want to be able to go in there and realize my brother's not there. And then when I'm asked to do a part, I can control myself and give Paul, the band and the fans everything that Slipknot needs to be."
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Slipknot recently revealed the tracklist for their new Best Of compilation, Antennas To Hell. Check it out below.
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'Eyeless'
'Wait And Bleed'
'Spit It Out'
'Surfacing'
'People = Shit'
'Disasterpiece'
'Left Behind'
'My Plague' (New Abuse Mix)
'The Heretic Anthem' (live)
'Purity' (live)
'Pulse Of The Maggots'
'Duality'
'Before I Forget'
'Vermilion'
'Sulfur'
'Psychosocial'
'Dead Memories'
'Snuff'
Bonus CD: (sic)nesses: Live At The Download Festival 2009
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'Eyeless'
'Wait And Bleed'
'Get This'
'Before I Forget'
'Sulfur'
'The Blister Exists'
'Dead Memories'
'Left Behind'
'Disasterpiece'
'Vermilion'
'Everything Ends'
'Psychosocial'
'Duality'
'People = Shit'
'Surfacing'
'Spit It Out'
