Listen to SLIPKNOT's serial killer-inspired new song The Chapeltown Rag

05 November 2021
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New SLIPKNOT music has arrived. The band's new song, The Chapeltown Rag, is out now, and will make its live debut at the band's livestream set from Knotfest Los Angeles later today. 

While the song's subject matter of serial killers doesn't seem entirely out of the ordinary for SLIPKNOT, fans might be surprised to know it was inspired by vocalist Corey Taylor's binge-watching habits after watching a documentary about the Yorkshire Ripper, UK serial killer Peter Sutcliffe
 
The first song released from SLIPKNOT's as-yet-untitled seventh album, The Chapeltown Rag was described by SLIPKNOT founder Shawn 'Clown' Crahan as "a punisher" and named for the Leeds suburb where Sutcliffe's crimes were committed. 
 
 
Source: loudersound.com