Slipknot are set to release a brand new single, All Hope Is Gone, as a free download single on June 20 (this Friday).
The single will be available for free for a period of 24 hours from www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk from 5am, then will be available as a download single from digital retailers like iTunes and Napster on June 23.
"All Hope Is Gone is a classic style Slipknot track pure and simple, but this fucker is jacked up a few thousand volts!" drummer Joey Jordison tells Kerrang!. "The song, music and theme speak for itself. It's a song about the world at stake: all the situations at hand, be it personal or worldly, and trying to turn things into a positive. Sometimes you have to face the grotesque to bring about something amazing."
Jordison reveals that All Hope Is Gone is a true collaborative effort and was one of the final songs recorded for the band's as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2004's Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses),
"I actually demoed this song alone and didn't know what would come of it as we were nearing the end of the album," he says. "I was hoping it would make it. I knew it would, once everyone spewed their venom upon it.
"A lot of the grind riffs for the verses changed into riffs Paul [Gray, bassist] had years ago, way before Slipknot," he adds. "Funny how things won't die. Mick [Thomson, guitarist] came in and fucking set fire to the track and Jim [Root, guitarist] followed as well. Once Corey [Taylor, frontman] put his fucking vocals on it, that was it, man. That guy's voice and conviction could sell narcotics to a nun."
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