Best-known as the vocalist and songwriter for the abrasive, Grammy-winning masked nu-metalheads Slipknot and post-grunge/alt-metallers Stone Sour, Corey Taylor is also an accomplished actor and author, as well as an in-demand collaborator who has worked with contemporaries like Korn, Damageplan, Anthrax, Soulfly, Disturbed, and Code Orange, among others. In 2020 Taylor released his debut solo LP, CMFT, which combined a wide array of genres including hard rock, metal, classic rock, punk, and hip-hop. The CMFB. Sides EP, which featured previously unreleased material from the sessions, arrived in 2022, with the full-length CMF2 appearing in 2023.