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It's 1992, and somewhere, a new band is formed, called Stone Sour. It's a time when the world hasn't yet heard of Slipknot, and Stone Sour's singer Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root don't even know, themselves, they will end up as numbers, performing while wearing masks.
Fast forward, now, to the year 2002: Corey and James have become famous — notorious, if you like — with metal band Slipknot. But they've also found time to record and release their debut album with their first band Stone Sour.
A Slipknot side project . . . Approach with caution, I hear you think. But this absolutely isn't a bad record — there are actually some good songs here. Album opener Get Inside really kicks in, like rolling thunder; Bother is a beautiful ballad that includes a string section; and Idle Hands has a really memorable chorus. The singing on this record goes from screaming to singing, with every song having some sort of sing-along chorus, and no weak point can be found here.
Except for the problem that this record is ten years too late. This music isn't new, fresh, and exciting. While listening, you get the feeling that time has stood still for Stone Sour.
Like I said before, Get Inside really kicks in, but this song also brings Pantera to mind, while the guitar parts of Inhale are almost exactly like the Alice In Chains song Angry Chair. And I can go on like this for ages. It isn't strange to hear that Stone Sour was formed in 1992, when grunge was commercially at it's highest peak, but while Stone Sour are trying to sound different, they can't escape the post-grunge tag. Looking at the charts nowadays, you can see that a lot of people are still waiting for this kind of music, but I know for sure that some Artists Formerly Known As Rock Stars of the Nineties would turn in their graves upon hearing this record.
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