Stone Sour

Stone Sour is Corey Taylor's project, who is the singer of the popular metal group Slipknot. It shows a different side to Corey Taylor with it's piano intro on "Zzyzx Road" that goes into a sort of power ballad, which is nothing you would expect from the Slipknot singer.

This is Stone Sour's second release. The other difference to the Slipknot sound is in Corey Taylor's vocals. The metal maniac sings more than shouts the lyrics, like he use to with previous releases. Fellow band member/guitarist James Root adds to this Stone Sour album. I like the way it sounds like he had fun making this album.

This is a great CD with a fantastic start in 30/30-150. I saw them live opening for Disturbed, and fell in love right there.

A really cool band, I actually like more than Slip....I also don't think people really know how heavy this band can be when they feel like it...which is why I dig the CD's so much...variety, mood high's and lows....the cd really flows and nothing starts to sound the same. I also highly recomend the new Fozzy All That Remains Reloaded CD/DVD for Stone Sour Fans....you can thank me later!

Yeah i agree 5 stars is a must own cd but this one is 3.8 stars in my mind it's pretty kicks a** tough.Their first album sucked but this one is heavier and much better the slow songs are kind of okay but the fast ones are awesome they are hard rock and metal and i agree.The fast songs are more metal and the slow ones are hard rock but probably you would called the screaming metal.Anyway this is a good album to check out it's not a must own but it's pretty good to check out i recommend it.

some fantastic songs consisting again, whilst like both albums, the last few songs start to get boring


nevertheless some brilliant metal songs which keep the band unique

This is a very interesting album for me because I feel many genres are represented here. From metal to soft rock, this album encompasses a full spectrum of emotion... and volume. Honestly, I can really appreciate that. Take a track like "Get Inside", which is a total mosh pit anthem, and then move into "Bother", which would find a cozy home on college radio. Their talent really does impress me, not many bands could pull such a thing off. So all in all I really enjoyed this CD. Anyone expecting a Slipknot metalfest will indeed be let down, but someone with more expansive tastes could get a lot of enjoyment from this album.

I bought this CD for the radio release "Bother" which is a great melodramatic balladish song. I expected the rest of the CD to be similar, but it's much more metal than ballad. If you like the "hard" stuff, this could be a good CD, but definitely don't buy it just for the single. Personally, I hated the rest.

I loved this CD! oh yeah btw in 14 not 13 but yeah back to the cd.
My favorites are get inside, omega, idle hands, inhale, bother, and orchids. The whole CD was good but those are constants in my ipod routine :)

For anyone who has the new CD or wants it
it has a strong rock n roll root and then its what stone sour does best, playing the music they wanna play. I reccomend both as an avid slipknot fan and just as equal stone sour fan.

Their sophmore effort is 10 better than this one, don't bother buying this one, theres only 2 good songs on this album, their 2nd cd is great from start to finish...
I bought this one after i had their 2nd album thinking it would be just as good, but i was dissapointed, just go out and buy---Stone Sour, Come What(ever) May.....

This cd rules! the last reviewer is obviously on some good drugs. The song "Blotter" itself is worth the price. I actually have been listening to this more of late. I liked "come whatever may" so i went back to my collection to re-check this cd.. And i think its better than the newer cd. Very thick production and Taylors ability to change vocal styles is a major plus here. Fits all songs. The last track is a rant of Taylors writing (I assume) and it is really quite good! So i must say that this cd really kicks major as*! Must buy!

iv bought this cd the 1st day it came out and it was a killer cd that i didnt stop playing - usually any cd that i buy nowdays and specialy back in 06 its only in my cd player for a day or two max but not this cd it kept itself in my cd player for a longer time then the other releases of 06 by that time, by nov of that same year i found out that they were going to play in scotland unfortunatly i didnt attend that gig which i felt bad the only thing that kept me from stonesour gig was that i wanted to be in a motorhead gig at the same night dont get me wrong its aint that motorhead better or anything its just that like i told my brother lemmy might die anyday but in 07 i got to watch stonesour live at dubai and that was a killer gig they owned the night until iron maiden came headlining that same night will i agree with all the other reviews this is a cool buy worth every $ the russina gig its a copy of the gig that i saw .. long live rock n roll

stone sour is perfect example of how hard rock should sound today, this band really reaches out and pulls you in. iam a big old school fan of king diamond, maiden opeth and so on. sometimes i get burned out on listening to same stuff over and over and it's all because metal and rock today suck. at least coreys stone sour and slipknot have kept modern metal alive and something good to listen to.

Once again stonesour have come up with the goods mixing hard hitting metal with more melodic songs including a cover of wicked game, my favourite tracks are come what(ever)may and fruitcake both strong guitar rhythm based tracks well worth a listen all in all 18 yes! 18 tracks well worth the money.

Come What(Ever) May was one of the strongest heavy metal/hard rock albums of last year and has rarely left my CD player since its release. I looked forward to this Special Edition release and wasn't disappointed...for the most part. The bonus tracks are left over from the Come(What)ever May recording sessions, with "left over" being the operative term. There's a reason these tracks weren't included on the disc originally; they aren't bad, but they aren't as strong as the rest of the tracks on the CD either. The exception is an amazing, acoustic cover of Chris Issak's "Wicked Game." Maybe it's because I've never been a fan of the orginal version, or maybe because it's the last thing you'd expect the likes of Corey Taylor & Co. to cover, but something about this track was so compelling that, driving home after purchasing the CD, I had to pull off the road and listen. Wow. The final track on the special edition CD is a spoken-word piece from Corey, an anti-Hollywood screed called "The Frozen." It's better than his poem at the end of Stone Sour's first CD, but Henry Rollins he isn't.

On the other hand, the DVD is a real treat. It includes all 4 of the videos from Come What(Ever) May, albeit censored for language. A 'hidden' video of working-in-the-studio footage, set to what sounds like an unmixed version of "Reborn"--which could've been left out--preceeds a video of the band's live performance at the RAMP Awards in Moscow last October. It's a great--and too brief--set that makes me want to kick myself for not catching Stone Sour live when they came through on the Jagermeister tour. With Slipknot reportedly headed back into the studio to record a new album next year, let's hope Corey and Jim don't make Stone Sour fans wait four more years for a new CD from their "other" band.

The lyrics are a typical whine whine whine that is enhanced by the singer acting like he has something beyond a superficial knowledge of the world. The result is a young person who watches blurbs of news clips and has listened to his crazy aunt about how bad and terrible America is. Don't profess to know about war unless you have served, and the same goes with politics. The singer has done neither, now of course he has the freedom to express his opinion because he is free, yet when all he does is smack talk about how we are not free and the flag means nothing then it is rather hypocritical. Do you even know how young this country is young man? The rest of the world that you speak of that is in a shystorm was there long before this country was founded. If you hate this country so much, you can leave at any time. Feel solace knowing that, because people in other parts of the world like Africa or the Soviet Union, do not have it so easy and would give anything to have the freedoms you have...the freedoms you so obviously misunderstand as you stoop over the zombies on your little soapbox. Musically this band is very, very good and I can take a couple of tripe songs, but when the entire album seems to be this singer jumping on the pain train to moan and wail a hyperbole of emotional nonsense, it gets old. I am throwing my copy in the garbage.

When you write a song, write about something you know because when you don't, you come off as nothing more than a cartoon of smokey wisps and buzzing sounds.

I own both versions of this album, and this one extremely worth the extra money spent.

Right from the beginning, you know this album is gonna make you wanna wreck your neck. Opening with the Blistering track "get inside", then just not stopping until track 8, where they blindside you with Bother, a slow track, that if you havn't heard this by now, then where have you been. This was what put them on the map from the Spider Man soundtrack (listed as Corey Taylor). Other highlights, Inhale and Take A Number. Really all of the tracks on this album are a highlight. If you like slipknot, or just a fan of loud, thrashing, melodic metal, get this album. Also, the DVD (featuring the videos for bother, get inside, and Inhale) and bonus tracks (14. Rules of Evidence
15. Wicked 16. Inside the Cynic 17. Kill Everybody 18. Road Hogs ) are a very excellent addition. All of these songs are all worthy to be on the album originally, but hey, record companies have to make sure they can get more money, it is a business. Get this album, you will not be dissapointed.

Before he got pigeonholed as the mask-wearing, profanity-spewing frontman of Slipknot, Corey Taylor resurrected Stone Sour, his original group, in 2002. And it's a good thing he did! Few people realize just what a dynamic vocalist he can be, and with Stone Sour's proper debut, Taylor shows off all he is capable of. Heck, I'm not the biggest fan of the 'Knot, but I was really surprised when I heard Stone Sour for the first time.
There are obviously elements of Stone Sour that smell like Slipknot (afterall, they also share a guitarist in James Root) but this is one side-project that doesn't end up being merely an extension of the original band.

The most recognizable song on here is easily "Bother," a song which you may remember hearing on the radio, seeing on MTV and appearing on the "Spider-Man" soundtrack. "Bother," an all acoustic song, marks a change of pace for Taylor. No more does he have to shriek or scream to get his point across, as this dark ballad displays much depth and emotion in his singing voice, something rarely heard in Slipknot. "Orchids" and "Inhale" are two songs that stand out as well. Both are moderately heavy, but have more modern hard-rock appeal. "Get Inside," the opening track, is obviously intended to gently guide the average Slipknot fan into the album, as it sounds just a bit recycled and familiar, the only downside to the album.

For those getting the deluxe version of the album, not only are we treated to a DVD containing all three music videos from the album -- "Get Inside," "Bother" and "Inhale" -- but we also get five bonus tracks. "Road Hogs" and "Kill Everybody" are demo tracks from 2000, and don't really fare well with the rest of the material. However, "Rules Of Evidence," "The Wicked" and "Inside The Cynic" (which popped up on the "Freddy Vs. Jason" soundtrack) are just as good as the rest of the album, and rightfully belong. Overall, it's an outstanding effort, and thankfully, Stone Sour will have a new album out again within the coming weeks. I highly recommend this album to everyone.

This is an amazing album. Here we go with the ratings for each song.

Get Inside - 5/5 - Very Slipknot-ish. The fact that it's so alike yet so different is kind of scary. I love the solo in this song. It in a way, adds to the agressiveness of the overall song. The lyrics are good too.

Orchids - 5/5 - This is the first song that I couldn't stop listening to. It's a very good song with an interesting guitar part. I love the vocals because Corey always has a hint of emotion. But in this song, it just screams emotion.

Cold Reader - 3/5 - I have to honestly say I don't like this song too much. I can listen to it, but I don't like the way it sounds. It could've been better.

Blotter - 5/5 - I love the vocals. Just so interesting. And the way he goes from like the sick demented vocals to the voice we all know and love. Great song.

Choose - 5/5 - As a friend of mine said, "Wow those are awesome lyrics!" He stands corrected. I like the beginning where the music switches through each side of your headphones/speakers. He has great vocals on this.

Monolith - 5/5 - If you don't love this song, you are seriously like, I don't even know where to begin. This is such a good song. Listen to it and you'll know why it's so hard to explain.

Inhale - 5/5 - Another single. But it's amazing so it works. The guitar part is awesome. The vocals on this are very pretty and the lyrics are sad. Good song.

Bother - 5/5 - This is the best vocal work I've seen come from Corey to date. It's just so amazing. This song is so sad. And the fact that Corey plays the guitar and sings in this song just makes it so much better.

Blue Study - 5/5 - Lyrics are great. The chorus could've been better but it's still a good song. I love the melody and tune of this song. It's amazing.

Take A Number - 5/5 - This song should be split up for vocals and lyrics. I maen they are both so amazing. Amazing song. I love it. It's so powerful.

Idle Hands - 5/5 - Once again, great lyrics. Great guitar part. I like the vocals on this too.

Tumult - 4/5 - I'm not loving the little sounds with the, you know I don't even know what the hell it is. But I like the vocals.

Omega - 5/5 - Powerful & turthful. Corey has a hot voice which is a plus i must admit. But I really love this poem. It's amazing.

Rules of Evidence - 5/5 - Great lyrics, great song.

The Wicked - 5/5 - I don't like the chorus but we can all get over it. It's a good song other than that. I liek the lyrics.

Inside The Cynic - 5/5 - Good song, great lyrics, great guitars.

Kill Everybody - 5/5 - I'm not sure what the purpose of the little pig noises are (or whatever it is) but besides that, it's an overall good song.

Road Hogs - 5/5 - I love this song. It's hilarious if you get it. Vocals are powerful and driven. Great song.

Average rating is 4.5 rounded up to 5.

It's been two years since this album was released and the guys are going back into the studio to do another this comming January.

This album is one of the best I have heard ever. If you like alternative rock or rock this is the perfect album to have in your collection. Corey's voice really soars over the tracks, this is not as previlant in the three Slipknot albums. Instead of screaming so much he really gets melodic and it's beautiful. Don't get me wrong though this album is still hard like on the tracks "Get Inside", "Cold Reader", "Idle Hands", "Tumult", "The Wicked", and "Kill Everybody". But he shows his true range in his voice on "Monolith", "Inhale", "Bother", "Blue Study", and "Rules of Evidence".

But really if anything you should buy the cd for the tracks "Omega" and "Road Hogs". "Omega" is a poem that Corey recites with a lot of emotion. "Road Hogs" is just a funny song(if you understand what it means).

And the other person that reviewed this CD and said that if you like older Slipknot then you shouldn't buy this, that's a lie. A lot of the older Slipknot is better than the new stuff. I am a big Slipknot and StoneSour fan, you can be both, ya know. But if your looking for another Slipknot album don't exspect that out of this CD this is a whole other band with their own sound.

Another reason for buying this CD is so that you can watch the videos on the DVD over and over, they are really awesome.

I don't ever get tired of listening to this album.

I can't wait until the next StoneSour album comes out!!!

this is wierd. Im a... sorta fan of slipknot. i like vol.3 but the older stuff i stay well clear from. its scary hahaha. stone sour is more like my kinda music yet its just too wierd seeing how slipknot have become more and more like stone sour, yet altho the hav the same guitarist and same singer how different the two are. if you like vol.3 then ul love stone sour. if your more of a fan of the older slipknot then stear clear of this. this is light compared to Iowa, Slipknot and Mate Feed Kill Repeat. GOOD STUFF THO !!!!

This is the single for the World-Wide hit "Through Glass" by Hard Rock super group Stone Sour. With the release of 'Come What(ever) May' & a ton of sold out shows World-Wide including the infamous Family Values Tour with other Hard Rock greats Deftones & KoRn, It's not ranting to say Stone Sour is more than just a side project now. In fact several Slipknot fans are worried that the recent popularity may be the sign of Corey Taylor leaving the band to stay on as frontman of Stone Sour full-time, Doubtful but a def. possibility now.

This album is only a single and only contains 3 tracks. Two tracks which you can only get on this album which are "Fruitcake" & "Suffer". Both tracks are very much 'Stone Sourish', Meaning they sound similar to other songs on 'Come What(ever) May'. Though both have there own charm and any SS fan will enjoy them. Onto the spotlight track "Through Glass" easily Stone Sours biggest hit to date and for good reason. The song has a mellow flow and yet holds an anthematic theme due to the well written lyrics that any person could easily find themselves singing along to. Not to mention the song's meaning is one of good taste that we can all relate to. The song mainly is written about the 'fakeness' of Hollywood, Celebrities and 'Stars' of all sorts. In short you'll be singing the line "It's the stars, The stars that lie to you yeah yeah." in no time. I advise picking up this & 'Come What(ever) May' A.S.A.P.!!

Stone Sour has set the example of what it means to be a Rock`n`Roll group in todays age and has been opening doors between Rock & Metal since the release of there debut album. In my humble opinion Stone Sour are easily one of (if not the) best Hard Rock groups in the scene today. Thank You.

The Music was great but for some reason I was hoping it was the entire Through Glass CD. I opened it all excited and then relized there are only 3 songs:(

For those who don't know, Stone Sour consists of two members of the popular power metallers Slipknot. It's a solo project of vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root. This is their sophomore release. Although Stone Sour is a tad more groove based and accessible, they've still got the Slipknot signature of angry crankiness. This time on "Come What(ever) May" the sound changes slightly to more melodic than a heavier crunch. It features the tracks "30/30-150," "Made of Scars" and "Reborn," making it the best yet Slipknot side project effort.

The average stone sour fan would rate this 3 STARS. I gave it 4 because i love stone sour and slipknot. If you are a fan who wants to hear all of their music, this is a pretty good item. The only 1 song i think deserves to be on the self titled album of the three unreleased oneds is "the wicked" The beats are heavy and thick. Good collector's item as well.

This is a great song so just buy the bloody thing

The average stone sour fan would rate this 3 STARS. I gave it 4 because i love stone sour and slipknot. If you are a fan who wants to hear all of their music, this is a pretty good item. The only 1 song i think deserves to be on the self titled album of the three unreleased oneds is "the wicked" The beats are heavy and thick. Good collector's item as well.

iv bought this cd the 1st day it came out and it was a killer cd that i didnt stop playing - usually any cd that i buy nowdays and specialy back in 06 its only in my cd player for a day or two max but not this cd it kept itself in my cd player for a longer time then the other releases of 06 by that time, by nov of that same year i found out that they were going to play in scotland unfortunatly i didnt attend that gig which i felt bad the only thing that kept me from stonesour gig was that i wanted to be in a motorhead gig at the same night dont get me wrong its aint that motorhead better or anything its just that like i told my brother lemmy might die anyday but in 07 i got to watch stonesour live at dubai and that was a killer gig they owned the night until iron maiden came headlining that same night will i agree with all the other reviews this is a cool buy worth every $ the russina gig its a copy of the gig that i saw .. long live rock n roll

stone sour is perfect example of how hard rock should sound today, this band really reaches out and pulls you in. iam a big old school fan of king diamond, maiden opeth and so on. sometimes i get burned out on listening to same stuff over and over and it's all because metal and rock today suck. at least coreys stone sour and slipknot have kept modern metal alive and something good to listen to.

Once again stonesour have come up with the goods mixing hard hitting metal with more melodic songs including a cover of wicked game, my favourite tracks are come what(ever)may and fruitcake both strong guitar rhythm based tracks well worth a listen all in all 18 yes! 18 tracks well worth the money.

Come What(Ever) May was one of the strongest heavy metal/hard rock albums of last year and has rarely left my CD player since its release. I looked forward to this Special Edition release and wasn't disappointed...for the most part. The bonus tracks are left over from the Come(What)ever May recording sessions, with "left over" being the operative term. There's a reason these tracks weren't included on the disc originally; they aren't bad, but they aren't as strong as the rest of the tracks on the CD either. The exception is an amazing, acoustic cover of Chris Issak's "Wicked Game." Maybe it's because I've never been a fan of the orginal version, or maybe because it's the last thing you'd expect the likes of Corey Taylor & Co. to cover, but something about this track was so compelling that, driving home after purchasing the CD, I had to pull off the road and listen. Wow. The final track on the special edition CD is a spoken-word piece from Corey, an anti-Hollywood screed called "The Frozen." It's better than his poem at the end of Stone Sour's first CD, but Henry Rollins he isn't.

On the other hand, the DVD is a real treat. It includes all 4 of the videos from Come What(Ever) May, albeit censored for language. A 'hidden' video of working-in-the-studio footage, set to what sounds like an unmixed version of "Reborn"--which could've been left out--preceeds a video of the band's live performance at the RAMP Awards in Moscow last October. It's a great--and too brief--set that makes me want to kick myself for not catching Stone Sour live when they came through on the Jagermeister tour. With Slipknot reportedly headed back into the studio to record a new album next year, let's hope Corey and Jim don't make Stone Sour fans wait four more years for a new CD from their "other" band.

The lyrics are a typical whine whine whine that is enhanced by the singer acting like he has something beyond a superficial knowledge of the world. The result is a young person who watches blurbs of news clips and has listened to his crazy aunt about how bad and terrible America is. Don't profess to know about war unless you have served, and the same goes with politics. The singer has done neither, now of course he has the freedom to express his opinion because he is free, yet when all he does is smack talk about how we are not free and the flag means nothing then it is rather hypocritical. Do you even know how young this country is young man? The rest of the world that you speak of that is in a shystorm was there long before this country was founded. If you hate this country so much, you can leave at any time. Feel solace knowing that, because people in other parts of the world like Africa or the Soviet Union, do not have it so easy and would give anything to have the freedoms you have...the freedoms you so obviously misunderstand as you stoop over the zombies on your little soapbox. Musically this band is very, very good and I can take a couple of tripe songs, but when the entire album seems to be this singer jumping on the pain train to moan and wail a hyperbole of emotional nonsense, it gets old. I am throwing my copy in the garbage.

When you write a song, write about something you know because when you don't, you come off as nothing more than a cartoon of smokey wisps and buzzing sounds.