He tells artistdirect.com: "Honestly, Slipknot is looming on the horizon. That's what's next in my mind anyway. I'm writing some demos. Clown is putting some things together. Joey is doing Scar The Martyr, but he's a... machine. He can write at any time. This band is just loaded with writers.

"We don't have a definitive start date, which is fine. That's okay for us now. When we're ready to make the album, we will. That's the mindset. Next year we're going to get together and start putting the pieces together.