Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison has spoken with Metal Hammer in regards to his new side project which he has been working on in the studio as of late. According to Jordison, the project will indeed feature guitar playing from Jed Simon (ex-Strapping Young Lad) and Kris Norris (Threat Signal, ex-Darkest Hour). Furthermore, Chris Vrenna (ex-Nine Inch Nails) will be handling the keyboards and electronics while an “unknown guy” named Henry will be handling the vocals.
Jordison told the publication:
“I’d been working on new Slipknot material since the end of the All Hope Is Gone tour cycle but I ended up with so much stuff I had to take a step back and stop working on it. The time wasn’t right. But I came up with a bunch of material that was really killer and heavy and started taking some of it in a different direction.
I started focusing on a lot of the post-punk and industrial stuff that I’ve always loved and started putting super heavy and brutal guitars over the top of it. That’s how it started. It’s taken me a couple of years to get to this point, but I can honestly say this is the most satisfied I’ve ever been in the studio. I can’t wait for everyone to hear this shit.
I’ve done the bulk of the work in the studio but now I’ve got Jed and Kris to play lead guitar on everything, Chris is doing the keyboards and synths and all that stuff and I have an unknown guy on vocals.
His name’s Henry and he’s super talented and a great vocalist. I didn’t want someone from a known band singing in this band, because then it just becomes some supergroup thing and that’s not what this is.”
