Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones (Part II)

So here we are with the great commercial success of HOG&B part one.  It had some great hits, some rocking riffs and made for a notable release of 2012.  Well, as luck would have it that part two from Stone Sour is scheduled to be released on April 8th, 2013, in the UK and April 9th, in the United States, via Roadrunner Records.  Couldn't be happier with the news and the new single to boot!



"The great thing about part two is that it really ties it all together. We just listened to the master mixes, and oh my God! It's darker. It's heavier. It's much more in tune with the narrative. It's much more complex. It's just a kick-ass album that people won't even know to expect. The difference between the two is that part one just feels like a great album, whereas part two, honestly, feels like a great movie soundtrack. It moves the story more than part one does. But when you put one and two together and listen to it top to bottom, it's fantastic. It really all comes together, and we're excited about it." -Taylor

The first single "Do Me a Favour" was released via the band's YouTube page:



RR: Are there any riffs or melodies from Part 1 that reappear on Part 2, to tie things together?

JR: Yeah, there are. There’s a couple of themes. The bridge for “Absolute Zero” will reappear on Part 2 as a pre-chorus to one of the songs, and then there’s a couple of melody themes that go in and out on Part 2 that are on Part 1.

Read the full interview with guitarist Josh Rand here.  You can also check out the album artwork and track listing for the upcoming release.  The artwork itself is an interesting concept that co-insides with part one, but also distinctive enough to stand alone as part two.

1. Red City
2. Black John
3. Sadist
4. Peckinpah
5. Stalemate
6. Gravesend
7. '82
8. The Uncanny Valley
9. Blue Smoke
10. Do Me a Favor
11. The Conflagration
12. The House of Gold & Bones

"Part 2 is much darker, if I’m honest. Aside from it being a completely different album, it feels more like a soundtrack to a movie in a lot of ways man. It’s really thematic, there are themes from part 1 that reveal themselves and that come again musically, there’s actually stuff from Part 2 that you’ll hear that’s on part 1 and you’ll be like 'Fucking hell!' We essentially recorded these, and this is where technology is now, that so you could have these in a playlist on your iTunes and play them top to fucking bottom and really get that experience while you read both parts.


So it’s some of our darkest music, our most intricate and complex music, some of the best fucking lyrics I’ve ever written to be honest, even writing from a narrative like that, it was so challenging. Plus, it’s got some of our best songs on it. You guys think Part 1's good, fuck off, ‘Do Me A Favour’ alone is going to kick the shit out of people and that’s going to be the first single which comes out in January, that’s going to be the first taste that people get of Part 2, and people aren’t going to know what to do."  -Taylor

Want to see something really cool about the album(s)?

“Oh BTW: yes, the 2 albums combine to create a house. You need pt 1 & 2, but the cases can be put together to make the House of Gold & Bones.” -Corey Taylor



More info as it comes in folks!  You can also check out my previous article surrounding part one:

AFGM: Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones