Slipknot Frontman Putting Out Book About Seven Deadly Sins

Greed. Pride. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. Sloth. Wrath.

These are the Seven Deadly Sins — or the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, depending on what you want to call them.

Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor happens to know a lot about them — and no, that's not because he's a "sinner" or anything some fundamentalist might say. It's because he's working on an as-yet-untitled book about the sins, which he hopes will be out sometime next spring.

"I just finished writing it, and it's being edited right now," Taylor told Attention Deficit Delirium. "It's about the Seven Deadly Sins and my take on them and how I don't think they're sins at all.

"They're human characteristics. They're just human flaws and things that we all experience, yet because we all deal with them we're all doomed? Screw you.

"To me, it's just a part of being human, and it's me making the case for that and saying that you can go through all of these things and at the end of the day you can still be a good person.

"I'm telling stories from my past and balancing humour with serious, dark stuff. I'm really excited about it."

Taylor says he wrote the book himself, which means there was no secret ghostwriter doing his work for him, and it's coming out on Da Capo Press.

He'll obviously have a lot to keep him busy until the book's release, seeing as his Stone Sour band just put out their third album, Audio Secrecy, and Slipknot plan to release a DVD called (sic)nesses on Sept. 28.

That DVD features the band's recent performance at the 2009 Download Festival in Donington, England, as well as a 45-minute documentary by percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan and four videos from last year's All Hope Is Gone and short films about making them.

The DVD's also obviously a noteworthy release in itself, since it contains footage of late bassist Paul "#2" Gray, who died of an accidental drug overdose in May. It's the band's first release since his death.

Here's what's on (sic)nesses:

Live At Download 2009:
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"(sic)"
"Eyeless"
"Wait And Bleed"
"Get This"
"Before I Forget"
"Sulfur"
"The Blister Exists"
"Dead Memories"
"Left Behind"
"Disasterpiece"
"Vermilion"
"Everything Ends"
"Psychosocial"
"Duality"
"People=Shit"
"Surfacing"
"Spit It Out"
Audible Versions Of (sic)nesses (45-minute documentary)
"Psychosocial" (video)
"Dead Memories" (video)
"Sulfur" (video)
"Snuff" (video)
"Psychosocial" (making of doc)
"Dead Memories" (making of doc)
"Sulfur" (making of doc)
"Snuff" (making of doc)

You can see Taylor with Stone Sour here:

Aug. 24 Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Aug. 25 Toronto, ON @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Aug. 27 Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Aug. 28 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Aug. 29 Holmdel, NJ @ PNC BankArts Center (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Aug. 30 New York, NY @ The Studio At Webster Hall
Sept. 1 Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 3 Pelham, AL @ Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 4 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron's Amphitheatre At Lakewood (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 5 Tampa, FL @ 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 8 Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 10 Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 11 Corpus Christi, TX @ Concrete Street Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 12 Spring, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 14 Englewood, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 15 West Valley City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 17 Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 18 Chula Vista, CA @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 19 Tempe, AZ @ Tempe Town Lake
Sept. 21 Bakersfield, CA @ Rabobank Arena (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 22 Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 24 Post Falls, ID @ Greyhound Park Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 25 Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 26 Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 28 Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 29 Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Sept. 30 Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Oct. 2 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Oct. 3 Fargo, ND @ Fargodome (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Oct. 4 Madison, WI @ Alliant Energy Center (Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour)
Oct. 16 Saitama City, Japan @ Saitama Super Arena
Oct. 26 Glasgow, Scotland @ Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
Oct. 27 Manchester, England @ Manchester Academy
Oct. 28 Birmingham, England @ National Indoor Arena
Oct. 30-31 London, England @ HMV Hammersmith Apollo
Nov. 2 Newcastle Upon Tyne, England @ O2 Academy Newcastle
Nov. 3 Leeds, England @ O2 Academy Leeds
Nov. 4 Manchester, England @ Manchester Academy
Nov. 6 Plymouth, England @ Pavilions
Nov. 7 Brighton, England @ Brighton Centre
Feb. 26 Brisbane, Australia @ RNA Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
Feb. 27 Sydney, Australia @ Eastern Creek Raceway (Soundwave Festival)
March 4 Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Showgrounds (Soundwave Festival)
March 5 Adelaide, Australia @ Bonython Park (Soundwave Festival)
March 7 Perth, Australia @ Steel Blue Oval (Soundwave Festival)