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STONE SOUR – Come What(Ever) May
With a band named after a strong drink, Des Moines, Iowa based Stone Sours new album Come What(Ever) May is a hard hitting album with some nice mellow tunes between the assaults. Originally formed in 1992 by Corey Taylor and then drummer Joel Ekman, Stone Sour has now released their second album, and that 14 years since the beginning, two years since their debut album Stone Sour. In 1997 a burned out Corey Taylor left Stone Sour to join Slipknot, and James Root soon followed. Shawn Economaki also left to join the Slipknot crew as stage manager. Stone Sour seemed dead. In 2000 Josh Rand approached Taylor with some new ideas for songs, and they began writing again. They got the old members back, and released their first album. A history like this shows great determination and love for music and for Stone Sour, and that gets through on their new album. With a new drummer on board, Roy Mayorga, Stone Sour is ready to promote Come What(Ever) May during 2006 and 2007.
The album was released August 1, and produced by Nick Raskulinecz which has worked with Foo Fighters.
 Being the little brother of Slipknot, Stone Sour shows more variety in their musical style. At their hardest it sounds like Slipknot, but then again, on some songs it is more like Grunge.
The album blast of with the intense “30/30-150”, a great rocker with an amazingly cool chorus. The song resembles classic “mainstream” Slipknot tunes such as “Before I Forget” and “The Nameless”. Great album opener.
Next out is “Come’ What(Ever) May, a Foo Fighters/Queens Of The Stone Age with Korn kind of song, hard riffs and melodic chorus. “Hell & Consequences” has yet another Slipknot feel to it, it is a great song, maybe the strongest track on the entire album. You will hymn the chorus after just one listening. The guitar solo on this track is also very amusing.
Forth song out, “Sillyworld”, is a radio friendly proposal to female listeners. A boring soft rocker which you elsewhere only hear Nickelback doing, the song could fit quite good in Get A Grip by Aerosmith.
”Made Of Scars” turns up the Metal knob again, dark verses, and a melodic and catchy chorus, destined to be a great live song. “Reborn” follow the same recipe as “Made Of Scars”, only more upbeat chorus and screaming from mr. Taylor. The album continues with “Your God”, verses are soft sung and the band plays very down and quietly, again hard choruses. Stone Sour make great Metal / Rock songs, but have you heard one, you almost heard all.
”Through Glass”, a soft rocker with acoustic guitars, works on the album, it is good to let the ears have a brake from Taylors screaming on the other songs. It is a classic Power ballad. Funny to hear a soft side from this Metal band. “Socio” a cool song were you bang your head listening to the chorus, the verse sounds like Red Hot Chili Peppers combined with Tool.
“1st Person” is yet another song that the “maggots” will love! Taylor and Root could easily play this tune with their other band. Actually Stone Sour does those kinds of tracks better than Slipknot, because you don’t get bothered with all the scratching and other sound effects.
”Cardiff” an album filler which should not be on the album, a boring song that doesn’t lead anywhere. They deliver the same as they’ve did previously, soft verses, and a Nickelback chorus. Not what you expect from Iowa, but then again this is also what is exciting with Stone Sour. They play whatever they want. The last song on the album is “Zzyzx Rd.”, a mellow song with piano, they try to do what Zakk Wylde did with Black Label Society on Hangover Music Vol. VI, the difference is that Zakk made it work, this song just sound corny.
Stone Sour Come What(Ever) May is an alright album, first half is great, then it just gets boring. Unfortunately it’s to many fillers on this album and just a couple of killers like “30/30-150” and “Hell & Consequences”.
Members:
- Corey Taylor – Vocals
- James Root – Guitar
- Josh Rand – Guitar
- Shawn Economaki – Bass
- Roy Mayorga – Drums
For more information on Stone Sour, visit
www.stonesour.com or
www.roadrunnerrecords.com
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