Slipknot ‘The Dying Song’ Meaning: Metal Band’s Latest Single Explained by Corey Taylor

Slipknot is set to release a new album soon and in order to keep their fans hyped, the band surprisingly dropped a new single titled "The Dying Song (Time to Sing)" and Corey Taylor recently explained the meaning behind their song.

Speaking in an interview with Kerrang!, The frontman revealed the song revolves around the "outrage and none of the punishment" for him.

Over the past few years, Taylor said it's been "very trendy" to be offended and outraged by even the slightest things, but there's no resolution happening at the end of the day, especially in his country (United States).

"It's almost like the tables have turned, and the more angry people get, the more the people who they're mad at just double-down on the s***," he added. (via WGRD 97.9)

He added that instead of people being punished for doing wrong things, it came to a point that the public has now reacted like "f*** you, we don't care" and it appears that they're waiting for doomsday to happen.

"You're sitting there going, 'Well, it's been fun! Everybody, pick up your trash when you're leaving, and 'I'll see you in Hell!' That's kind of what that song is. It's just like, 'If we don't figure it out, I'll see you when the meteor hits, basically,'" he added.

Elsewhere in the interview, the singer said he lost all hope for humanity after the things that he witnessed throughout his life.

In order to change society, a catastrophic event should happen.

The recent interview comes a day after the official album art and tracklist of Slipknot's upcoming album has leaked online.

Although the band has officially announced that a new record will be released on September 30, they haven't revealed the tracklist yet.

As seen on circulating photos online, the 11-song tracklist are the following:

1. Adderall
2. Dying Song
3. The Chapeltown Rag
4. Yen
5. Hivemind
6. Warranty
7. Medicine For The Dead
8. Acidic
9. Heirloom
10. H377
11. De Sade
12. Finale

The band has not confirmed whether the leaked tracklist is accurate or not.

Prior to the release of their new song, the band has shared cryptic videos throughout their social media accounts which featured a series of videos of their previous performances an d music videos.

Shawn Crahan, popularly known as Clown, did a short voiceover for the video, saying death isn't gonna stop their band and original members not being around won't do anything to them.

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