The Devil in I
Slipknot song
"The Devil in I" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. The song was released on August 26, 2014, as the second single from their fifth studio album, .5: The Gray Chapter (2014). It was also the first single from the album to be released to radio and music channels, with the previous single ("The Negative One") being a digital only single. "The Devil in I" was released as a CD single on October 7, 2014.
In an interview with Loudwire, singer Corey Taylor revealed that the then new bass player and drummer would both be on stage (as opposed to former bassist Donnie Steele who played backstage out of sight) and both would wear the same mask, as the band felt it would be disrespectful for them to have individual masks at that time. However, he did not reveal their identities as the band kept them in a period of anonymity for some time for unexplained reasons. It was later revealed that these two new members were Alessandro Venturella on bass (previously the guitarist of Cry for Silence) and Jay Weinberg on drums (previously from The Reveling, Against Me! and the son of American drummer Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band).
Background
Shortly after the reveal of "The Negative One", another countdown was put up on Slipknot's official website telling fans to come back on August 11, 2014 at 10 am PDT for "A special announcement". The announcement was delayed but eventually revealed the cover art for the new single titled "The Devil in I".
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