Mayhem vocalist Attila Csihar told Metal Hammer that he believes he has Joey Jordison’s final recording: a cover of Kraftwerk’s 1975 song “Radio-Activity,” with the late Slipknot drummer on the kit. The two cut the track for a project they called Electhrone. Csihar’s comment is his belief, not a confirmed fact, and no one else has publicly verified that this session was Jordison’s last time in a studio.
What Attila Csihar Says About Joey Jordison’s Final Recording
Csihar said the idea for Electhrone came while he was visiting Jordison in Des Moines, Iowa. He described it as “more of an industrial metal kind of thing,” shaped by Jordison’s taste for groups such as Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly and Suicide Commando. “I think I have his last recordings ever,” Csihar said. “We did covers of Kraftwerk’s Radio-Activity with Joey on drums and Skinny Puppy’s Assimilate.”
“Assimilate” later appeared as the closing track on Alien Vampires’ 2023 album Return Me To Hell. The Kraftwerk cover has not been released. Csihar also said they “were supposed to do more” and that “it’s all only at the demo stage.” No release plan for “Radio-Activity” has been announced, and nothing in the interview independently proves this is Joey Jordison’s final recording.
That distinction matters. Csihar is speaking as a friend and collaborator, years after Jordison’s death in 2021, about tapes he still has. Until another bandmate, engineer or official catalog confirms the timeline, the claim should be read as what Csihar believes about Joey Jordison’s final recording, not as a closed historical record.
How Csihar and Jordison Got to That Session
The two first met more than 20 years ago in a metal bar after a Mayhem show in Athens, Greece, Csihar told Metal Hammer. They later explored ideas with King ov Hell of Gorgoroth, a period Csihar said was complicated by Jordison’s illness — acute transverse myelitis — and by management around him. That path led to Sinsaenum, the blackened death metal band in which Csihar shared vocals with Sean Zatorsky and Jordison played drums, alongside Frédéric Leclercq, Stéphane Buriez and Heimoth.
Sinsaenum released two albums, Echoes of the Tortured in 2016 and Repulsion for Humanity in 2018, and three EPs before Jordison died. Electhrone was a separate idea, and the Kraftwerk cover is the recording Csihar now points to as Joey Jordison’s final recording. “I really miss him,” he said. “I invoke him alongside Euronymous and Dead and invite him to the Mayhem shows as the people from the beyond.”
