Slipknot Frontman Corey Taylor To Record Solo Album

Corey Taylor - frontman with masked rockers Slipknot and Stone Sour - is to pursue a solo career.

The singer intends to put out a record of his own songs, but will not be quitting his other bands. Taylor is so eager to release an album, that he's already written over 40 songs.

"It's something that I'd like to do purely for myself." Corey is quoted as saying. "It's something that I need to release before I can think about moving on to anything else."

"In both Slipknot and Stone Sour I'm slightly limited to how I can write and indeed what I can write about. The beauty of doing a solo album is that I can write whatever type of song I want."