Slipknot's New Album Featured Bass Parts From Root and Taylor

. (TeamRock Radio) Jim Root has revealed that he and Corey Taylor played bass on Slipknot's latest album. The band began work on .5: The Gray Chapter around four years after the death of bassist Paul Gray after losing his battle with addiction.

Before they had appointed a full-time replacement, Root and Taylor recorded bass on demo tracks, with some of their work surviving in the album's final mix.

Root tells MusicRadar: "I played bass on six, maybe seven tracks. I can't even remember which. I'd have to sit down with the guy who played bass on the other tracks to find out.

"Some of the lines were taken from the demo versions that I recorded in my garage, because they were moody, and had a unique vibe that was too hard to recreate. Goodbye uses the full bass line that Corey recorded for his demo.

"I was prepared to do it if it had to be done, but I didn't want to do it. Both the band members and, according to management, our fans, wanted to see somebody in there.

"No one will ever replace Paul, and Paul will always be a part of what we're doing. There was a speck of me that out of respect for Paul didn't want somebody new to play everything." Read more here.

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