IT WAS ALWAYS GONNA HAPPEN, WASN’T IT?

MERLIN ALDERSLADE

QUITE HONESTLY, I don’t understand how we’ve even got to the year 2020 with Corey Taylor resisting the urge to put out a proper solo album. To be fair to the guy, he’s not exactly metal’s laziest personality, but he’s also not been shy about waxing lyrical about the many, often surprising, musical influences that have made him who he is. Finally, we get to hear those in all their overblown - occasionally quite ridiculous - glory, so what better excuse for a catch-up with metal’s favourite big mouth about his rollercoaster last few years and how, against all odds, he managed to find some contentment at the end of it? Right as Metal Hammer went to press for this issue, we received the devastating news that Riley Gale had passed…

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Metal Hammer UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2020

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