Corey Taylor teases new Slipknot mask in cryptic Instagram post

Corey Taylor (Image credit: Scott Dudelson - Getty)

Earlier this year, Corey Taylor revealed that he was working with horror special effects guru Tom Savini on his new Slipknot mask.

He then followed that news by posting a series of images on Instagram, showing how work on the mask was progressing.

Now the vocalist has posted a cryptic picture online showing what appears to be his new mask with a caption that simply reads: “Soon.”

We’ve no idea when the full reveal will be, but with the follow-up to 2014’s .5: The Gray Chapter arriving on August 9 and a bunch of tour dates lined up for this summer and beyond, we won’t have too much longer to wait until we see what Taylor and the rest of the band have been up to.

Speaking with Metal Hammer in November about the new album, Taylor said: “Some of this shit is just so hard and dirty fast. It’s fucking really good.

“It’s also us at our most ambitious, our most experimental, also us doing what we fucking do best which is basically when everybody thinks they’ve got us figured out, we just smack them in the face with everything we’ve got.”

Here’s the ultimate timeline of Slipknot’s new studio album.

Soon. Corey Taylor
A photo posted by @coreytaylor on Apr 20, 2019 at 11:28am PDT

Artists

Scott has spent 37 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in 2014 before moving into e-commerce in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, highlights deals, and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 12 years, Scott has written more than 11,500 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from news and features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.