Corey Taylor Talks About His Near Involvement in Anthrax’s ‘Worship Music’
In a recent interview with Radio Metal, Slipknot / Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor recalls the time he was asked to contribute vocals to Anthrax's critically acclaimed 2011 album 'Worship Music' prior to the thrash metal veterans' reunion with singer Joey Belladonna.
A few years back, Anthrax vocalist Dan Nelson departed the band after 'Worship Music' was recorded. It was then assumed that John Bush would re-record the vocals on the album, but he ended up parting ways with the band, as well. 'Worship Music' ended up being re-recorded with Belladonna handling vocals and reworking some of the lyrics from the scrapped version. However, prior to the Belladonna reunion, Taylor was asked to help out, but his record label wouldn't let him.
"I didn’t record anything with Anthrax, actually," Taylor explains. "It’s one of those things that I would have loved to do, but never had the chance to do it. When they sent me some riffs and some music they had done, I thought it would be fun, not only as a friend but as a fan too, to see where the demos could go after my involvement."
Taylor continues, "But my label forced me out of this project so I wasn’t able to do it. Then, I went to do [Slipknot's] 'All Hope Is Gone' and Anthrax called Joey Belladonna back. After hearing 'Worship Music', I really think it’s their best record. Although I didn’t record anything with them, I told them that I would love to help them in writing stuff in the future. ...At first, I was really mad about it, but I let it go after a while. But it would have been interesting to see what Anthrax and I could have done, for sure."
In the same interview, Taylor talks Stone Sour's upcoming album, ‘House of Gold & Bones Part 1′ (due Oct. 22) and its follow-up 'Part 2' (due in 2013).
"We had a lot of fun doing this,' remarks Taylor. "Part Two is a wonderful difference from Part One: it wasn’t just getting together and re-recording some stuff on Part One. I’m really excited about it: the songs we’ve written are above the best stuff we’ve ever made and can’t wait for people to hear it all put together."
Stone Sour recently released a snippet of the track 'The Travelers, Pt. 1.' Listen below.