Watch: Corey Taylor says Slipknot 'keep pushing boundaries and redrawing the map'

Hours after Slipknot stormed to Number 1 in the UK with their phenomenal new album ‘The End, So Far’ earlier this month, Corey Taylor caught up with Kerrang! Radio’s Loz Guest for a chat from North America.

Widely lauded by critics, ‘The End, So Far’ is Slipknot’s third chart-topper on these shores and it has spawned the monster Kerrang! Radio playlisted anthems ‘The Chapeltown Rag’, ‘The Dying Song (Time to Sing)’ and ‘Yen.’

Asked by Loz how Slipknot are still “crushing it” over two decades into their legendary career, Corey said the band’s creativity and passion was key to their longevity.

“It’s a good crew, man. We still lead with our heart when it comes to music,” Corey explained. “We still try to make it as creative and as exciting as possible. The passion is still there. We still like to throw people through a loop when it comes to like what we put out. And we just still love doing it. We just still love the music that we put out.

“I think that's the combination plus you're talking about a band that everybody wants to hear. So it's the perfect storm of longevity really. If you'd have told me Slipknot (would still be here) years ago I’d laughed at you and yet here we are. It's crazy.”

Corey went on to say that ‘The End, So Far’ has resonated so much with the fans because Slipknot reinvent themselves with each release.

“We refuse to repeat ourselves ever,” Corey maintained. “We've never liked to - I mean, there's a similarity obviously – but we never like to kind of go back over the same scorched earth. Let's put it that way.

“We like to challenge ourselves, because we know if we challenge ourselves, it's going to challenge the listener, and that's going to help them expand their own horizons when it comes to the music that we're putting out.”

Corey continued: “You can't just expect the audience to get there you have to lead them. And we keep pushing the boundaries and keep really redrawing the map as far as what Slipknot music means. Because it means so many different things to so many people and that's the good thing.

“If it just means one thing and you try to expand yourself, you're not going to get very far. But because we started from day one expanding the boundaries and changing the landscape for ourselves and for the listeners, now if you ask a group of people with Slipknot music means you will get a very varied opinion about that because it means so many different things to so many people.

“There's so many great things about this band that so many different people love from the heaviness of songs like ‘The Dying Song’ and ‘Hive Mind’ to the atmospheric stuff like ‘Adderall’ and ‘Finale.’ We refuse to be limited by limited imaginations - ours is off the charts so we're going to take you with us kicking and f---ing screaming if need be. And we're just going to we're just going to do it our way.”

Slipknot’s new studio album ‘The End, So Far’ is out now.

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