Sonisphere at Knebworth's website recently interviewed STONE SOUR/ SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root on what's in store in the immediate future for both his bands, what to expect from Stone Sour at Sonisphere, and more.

Excerpts from the interview are below:

Sonisphere: First of all, do you want to tell us what the situation is now with Slipknot and Stone Sour in terms of priorities and plans?

Jim Root: “Basically we are doing what we normally do, just kind of flip-flopping everything. Slipknot’s the kind of band you need to step away from and kind of take a break from and let it heal so to speak. Right now we are just concentrating on releasing this record with Stone Sour doing a year and a half to two years touring and we will cross any other bridge when we get to it.”

Sonisphere: And then would it be to tour again or will you start working on writing?

Jim Root: “I’m not sure what we are going to do. We haven’t talked about anything we’re going to do. We’ve got some things to think about so right now we are just going to not think about them. We’re at the beginning of the Stone Sour cycle and not really thinking about our calendars. There’s going to be a big healing process that needs to happen before we even think about whether or not Slipknot will continue. And right now that’s the furthest thing from our mind. Right now we are just grieving or trying to find time to grieve anyway for the fact that our bro’s gone. It’s weird because some days I don’t even think it’s real, so that one’s not going to make sense for a while.”

Sonisphere: How have you decided what kind of sets to play on this tour?

Jim Root: “On Sonisphere, ‘cause it’s sort of a heavier bill, we’re basically just going to concentrate on some of the heavier songs. We don’t have a lot of time to play on this either so it’s not like we can do a full headline type set. We basically just trim the fat out of the set and keep the BPM’s kind of up you know. Basically just get in there and do a hard-hitting set and get out.”

Sonisphere: No festival covers then?

Jim Root: “No we can never agree on anything. We always want to do covers and we always talk about doing it, but when it comes to it we can never agree on what song to do. When everyone wants to do five different songs… fuck it.”

To read the full interview go here.