‘I was 22 years old, a hard-on using a pulse: wretched vice-ridden, a great deal to burn rather than enough minutes in a hour to take action. 1995 was a full 365-day 12 months of taking in, fucking, laying, raging and exploration for me – not a dull one in the number. It was a period of self-shit: self-importance, self-absorption, self-indulgence and selfishness. I used to be the just person in the known galaxy and I needed the actual fuck I wanted eventually.’

The action begins in West Des Moines, Iowa, where about Seven Deadly Sins Corey Taylor, frontman of Slipknot and Stone Sour, systematically set about committing each of the Seven Deadly Sins. He has picked battles with douche hand bags openly brandishing guns. He provides set himself on fire at celebrations and woken up in dumpsters after cocaine binges. He lost his virginity at eleven. He got rich and well-known and immersed himself in booze, women, and chaos until 1 day he realised, abruptly, that he didn’t want any of that at all.

Candid. Literate. Outstanding. Seven Deadly Sins is definitely a brutally honest take a look at ‘a life that could have gone horribly incorrect at any switch’, as well as the soul-searching and self-discovery it got to create it right.