Slipknot's Corey Taylor Talks Follow-Up to '.5:The Gray Chapter' and Six-Year Recording Gap Between 'All Hope Is Gone'

"We're talking about it. We don't want to rush right in and do anything. Now that we have told this story that we wanted to tell, we're definitely thinking about it. Time will tell," the vocalist said. "This band has a habit of touring itself into the ground and it's not an easy show to do. By the time we're done touring with this [.5: The Gray Chapter], we might need some time away, but you never say never."

Taylor added that .5: The Gray Chapter serves as proof that the group can still deliver its signature brand of music no matter how long the recording gap is.

"Six years, you might as well retire at that point. It is just not that kind of world we live in anymore. We also knew that we weren't just going to just run right in and make an album. We were going to wait until it felt right and the fans knew that and their patience really helped us deal with the fact that we had a lot to deal with it in terms of losing Paul [Gray] and parting ways with Joey [Jordison].

"We needed to make sure that, if we were going into the studio, we had to do it for all the right reasons. When we did go in, we knew exactly what we wanted to do and say, but there was no guarantee that the fans were still going to be there."

Slipknot has a few dates scheduled for the this winter overseas before it returns to the U.S. for additional festival gigs.

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Slipknot, Corey Taylor, Jim Root