Video of Corey Taylor Recording Terrifying ‘Iowa’ Screams Emerges

Slipknot lead vocalist Corey Taylor is these an accomplished singer that it is generally uncomplicated to overlook he can also shred his throat with terrifying steel screams. And we mean shred.

Which is what is so entertaining about newly shared vintage footage that shows Taylor laying down scream tracks for Slipknot’s Iowa, the band’s sophomore effort from 2001. In the clip from that March that has lately been circulating, we see the singer in a darkened studio space with an individual who appears to be Iowa producer Ross Robinson as the pair seize Corey’s throatiest takes.

Check out the movie down toward the bottom of this put up.

Previous yr, for the 20th anniversary of Iowa, Taylor looked again on the sessions and described how Robinson served condition the album. Robinson is the veteran record-maker who aided find many nu-metallic functions, including Korn and Limp Bizkit.

And Slipknot were rushed into Iowa, in accordance to Taylor. “The recording method was this kind of a gnarly encounter for us, we seriously required a month to get our heads with each other and we did not get that,” the singer told Metal Hammer final calendar year. “They threw us correct into the mouth of the monster.” Possibly that urgency informed his screaming.

Last thirty day period, Slipknot released the new song “The Dying Music (Time to Sing),” the to start with formal solitary from their seventh studio album, The Conclusion, So Much, out Sept. 30. Past year’s pre-release one “The Chapeltown Rag” will also show up on the hard work.

Slipknot’s “Knotfest Roadshow” carries on by the U.S. this fall with guidance from Ice 9 Kills and Crown the Empire. See the dates below the video and get tickets listed here.

Corey Taylor Recording Screams for Slipknot’s Iowa – March 10, 2001

Slipknot Fall 2022 U.S. Tour Dates

Sept. 20 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena
Sept. 21 – Springfield, Mo. @ GSBank Arena
Sept. 23 – Louisville, Ky. @ Louder Than Life
Sept. 24 – Alpharetta, Ga. @ Ameris Bank Amp.
Sept. 27 – Austin, Texas @ Germania Amp.
Sept. 28 – Dallas, Texas @ DosEquis Pavilion
Oct. 1 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amp.
Oct. 2 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
Oct. 4 – Salt Lake Town, Utah @ Usana Amp.
Oct. 6 – Sacramento, Calif. @ Aftershock
Oct. 7 – Irvine, Calif. @ FivePoint Amp.