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Corey Taylor discusses the possibility of leaving Slipknot

Corey Taylor, the lead vocalist of metal heavyweights Slipknot, has discussed the prospect of stepping away from the masked act.    

Corey Taylor, the lead vocalist of metal heavyweights Slipknot, has discussed the prospect of stepping away from the masked act.

In a BBC Radio 1 podcast that you can listen to hereTaylor commented the following regarding ever departing the band:

“I don’t know if I would retire. I might step away from Slipknot at some point, just because the way the music is, and that sense of energy, I don’t know if I could be able to do that into my 50s. And I would never want the band to feel like I was holding them back, because I just couldn’t physically do it. So that means I wouldn’t completely quit music, I would probably just step away from Slipknot.

The interesting outpouring came in a conversation with Daniel P. Carter. Slipknot's last full-length album was 2014's '.5: The Gray Chapter'.