Description

After validating every stripe of teen torment when working as masked members of Slipknot, vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root offer fans a chance to explore the sounds of their former, failed hard rock band, Stone Sour. Formed in 1992 and retired in 1997, Stone Sour played soulful, metallic hard rock in the vein of Alice Ín Chains, traces of which later appeared in looser, guitar-oriented Slipknot numbers like Left Behind. The album opener, Get Inside and the snaky Choose kick with the agility of Pantera, while the mellower Monolith and Blue Study rely on Taylor’s nasal vocals for emotional punch. Stone Sour probably wouldn’t have made it out of Iowa in 2002 without the platinum pedigree of its erstwhile members; still, this is a respectable package of monster riffs and dynamic ideas.

Track list:
1. Get Inside
2. Orchids
3. Cold Reader
4. Blotter
5. Choose
6. Monolith
7. Inhale
8. Bother
9. Blude Study
10. Take A Number
11. Idle Hands
12. Tumult
13. Omega