The first thing that you should know is that Stonesour is not a Slipknot side-project. Sure, Corey Taylor and James Root are, respectively, the dreadlocked vocalist and the jester-masked guitarist of the Iowa-born metal marauders. But the pair's involvement in Stonesour predates their time in Slipknot, even though this eponymous record is the band's debut.
Immediately, it's clear that this is a radically different beast to Slipknot: boasting a grungy, punk-metal edge that points towards a love for Alice In Chains and Metallica, Stonesour turns down the militaristic assault in favour of an intimate, earnest and comparatively conventional heavy rock collec...
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