{"id":104856,"date":"2023-05-21T09:54:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T09:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/corey-taylor-praises-sleep-token-compares-them-to-early-slipknot\/"},"modified":"2023-05-21T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T09:54:21","slug":"corey-taylor-praises-sleep-token-compares-them-to-early-slipknot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/21\/corey-taylor-praises-sleep-token-compares-them-to-early-slipknot\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Taylor praises Sleep Token, compares them to early Slipknot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/corey-taylor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corey Taylor<\/a> has praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sleep-token\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sleep Token<\/a> and in contrast the mysterious masked band to early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/slipknot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slipknot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sleep Token launched their third album \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/sleep-token-take-me-back-to-eden-review-3444788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Me Back To Eden<\/a>\u2019 on Friday (May 19). Speaking concerning the band in a brand new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5pqbA2HU3UU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allison Hagendorf<\/a>, Corey Taylor mentioned (by way of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/corey-taylor-compares-sleep-token-early-slipknot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loudwire<\/a><\/em>): \u201cI\u2019ll call them metal, but there\u2019re so many different levels and layers [to the music]. There\u2019s pop elements, there\u2019s jazz elements. I love the fact that nobody really knows who they are. I love the fact that they don\u2019t want to be known.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are hints of early, early Slipknot there,\u201d he continued. \u201cAt first we were like, \u2018Nope. You get nothing. This is what you get, you figure it out. We\u2019ll let the music speak for ourselves\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"5pqbA2HU3UU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COREY TAYLOR tells Allison how music saved him &amp; life lessons as his milestone birthday approaches\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5pqbA2HU3UU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>NME<\/em> earlier this yr, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/corey-taylor-on-finishing-new-solo-album-cmf2-its-more-of-a-punch-in-the-face-3408817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor mentioned Sleep Token had been certainly one of a handful of recent heavy bands nonetheless inspiring him<\/a> alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/turnstile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Turnstile<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/en_au\/artists\/bad-omens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bad Omens<\/a>. \u201cYou can feel them leaning into the passion. There\u2019s a whole new generation of bands that are starting to come up that are carrying the flag for heavy music,\u201d he mentioned<\/p>\n<p>He went on to disclaim being Sleep Token\u2019s masked singer Vessel although. He added: \u201cListen, I\u2019ve got more than enough going on. I don\u2019t need a fourth band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3429907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3429907\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3429907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sleep-Token-Performing.jpg\" alt=\"Vessel of Sleep Token performs at the Eventim Apollo on January 22, 2023. Credit: Burak Cingi\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sleep-Token-Performing.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sleep-Token-Performing-400x254.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sleep-Token-Performing-800x508.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sleep-Token-Performing-696x442.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sleep-Token-Performing-1392x884.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Sleep-Token-Performing-1068x678.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3429907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vessel of Sleep Token performs on the Eventim Apollo on January 22, 2023. Credit: Burak Cingi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taylor went on to say that his upcoming solo album \u2018CMF2\u2019 was written in response to the present state of rock music. \u201cThere are some good bands out there but for the most part, everything is so soft,\u201d he defined. \u201cIt\u2019s the exact opposite of what we had before, where people didn\u2019t want to call themselves \u2018rock\u2019. Now, people call themselves rock when it\u2019s actually way more alternative. When are these artists going to take the gloves off? Stop holding back and just fucking go for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018CMF2\u2019 is due for launch September 15 by way of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/corey-taylor-will-release-cmft2-on-his-own-record-label-imprint-3437467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor\u2019s personal label<\/a> Decibel Cooper, which is backed by BMG. Earlier this week, he shared the file\u2019s first single \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-corey-taylor-join-the-freakshow-in-new-video-for-beyond-3444316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Slipknot are attributable to headline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/download-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Festival<\/a> subsequent month alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/metallica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metallica<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bring-me-the-horizon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bring Me The Horizon <\/a>whereas Sleep Token will play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reading-festival-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading &amp; Leeds<\/a>, alongside headliners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/LEWIS-CAPALDI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lewis Capaldi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/billie-eilish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billie Eilish<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-killers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Killers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sam-fender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Fender<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/imagine-dragons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Imagine Dragons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Corey Taylor has praised Sleep Token and in contrast the mysterious masked band to early Slipknot. Sleep Token launched their third album \u2018Take Me Back To Eden\u2019 on Friday (May 19). Speaking concerning the band in a brand new interview with Allison Hagendorf, Corey Taylor mentioned (by way of Loudwire): \u201cI\u2019ll call them metal, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}