Corey Taylor on why there was “no way” his solo music would fit with Slipknot

nme.com:

Corey Taylor has explained to his Slipknot bandmate, Clown, why his solo material wouldn’t fit the band.The Slipknot frontman – who is in Stone Sour, and is now set to release his debut solo album ‘CMFT’ under his namesake – revealed in a new interview that his forthcoming solo work “has a totally different feel”.He told Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan’s  Electric Theater podcast: “It was weird – it was like I was trying to fill in an empty space in that artistic spot in my heart, and I knew that, obviously, there was no way it was gonna fit with Slipknot because it’s just such a different entity” [quotes via Ultimate Guitar].Taylor explained that he didn’t feel like his solo music would suit Stone Sour nor Slipknot despite him.