Wednesday 24th July 2013 by Ben Lawrence | Photos by WENN.com

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Slipknot are currently working on their fifth studio album but front man Corey Taylor stresses that the album won't be 'forced'.

The album will be the follow up to 2008's All Hope Is Gone and will be the first album since the death of founding member and bassist Paul Gray.

A band who are known for impromptu hiatuses and bringing a clash of different musical sounds and styles, Slipknot have always taken a while on their albums and this time is no different.

"If you're too overwhelmed then when you sit down and you try to write something then it feels forced. There is nothing worse than forced music. This world has enough of that right now,' said Corey Taylor of the writing process in an interview with Fuse.

'It's basically McDonald's trying to make music. It's like, 'Everybody needs another hamburger and fries. Here's a piece of crap that nobody is going to care about in two years.' Taylor continues that he doesn't want to be 'that guy', and prefers to let the 'inspiration' come to him, ensuring the best end product. 

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Taylor admits that it will be a tough process due to the amount of expectation on the band, but doesn't want to put the band 'through this bombardment'. He adds that 'It's going to be hard enough for us going into this album without Paul anyway.' 

But the front man remains enthusiastic, stating that if they can all come together as a band they can 'make it dark, make it crazy, make it beautiful' then, Taylor thinks 'we'll have something special'. He adds  'They great thing about this band is there are so many creative minds that kind of bounce off each another.'

Without revealing too much Taylor divulges that he and other band members have been working on demos 'I know Joey's got a bunch of stuff. Clown's [Shawn Crahan] a maniac so he's going to have some weirdness. His stuff is so crazy it's beautiful.'

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