Stone Sour to begin recording 3rd studio album

Slipknot will spend most of the summer on the European festival circuit, but the Iowa-based group tentatively plans one more North American run before closing the books on their 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone. Singer Corey Taylor gave us some hints about what the band has in store: "The people who put together the Mayhem festival are talking about doing a short little festival that is horror-themed. The people who are involved in it kind of view that genre the way we do, you know. We tend to go more for the psychological than for the shock, you know, the schlock, really. So we're kind of putting it together as just a kind of little cherry on the top of this crazy year-and-a-half."

Taylor will play a few solo shows before Slipknot heads to Europe.

The vocalist and his other band, Stone Sour, will head into the studio later this year to begin work on a new record.

Posted by Admin 0 Comments 03 Jul 2009

Are Stone Sour BACK!?!

The official Stone Sour page has been updated with a countdown. Oddly enough, the countdown is counting UP.

Head over to the official Stone Sour site to see for yourself.


Meanwhile, Corey just set up official Myspace and Facebook pages to coincide with his upcoming solo shows. Corey’s Myspace can be found at myspace.com/CMTHRFCKNT and his Facebook can be found at facebook.com/pages/CMTHRFCKNT/64715553027. Check it out to keep up with all the news on what Corey is doing.

Posted by Admin 1 Comments 11 Jun 2009

Lazer Fest 09 - Corey Taylor Interview

Corey Taylor talked to Samantha Knight from Lazer 103.3 during the Lazer Fest 2009. Corey talks about the band, recording process and some plans for the future.

Posted by Admin 0 Comments 02 Jun 2009

Corey Taylor and the JBKB: KC Rockfest

Shine


Let's Go Crazy


Kansas


Cheers


Breath of Fresh Smoke

Posted by Admin 0 Comments 02 Jun 2009

Corey to Perform at the Sonisphere Festival

Corey Taylor & Shawn Crahan’s Dirty Little Rabbits both to perform their UK Debuts at Sonisphere’s Bohemia Stage.

Sonishpere is extremely proud to confirm the debut UK performances of two acts spawned from the mighty Slipknot. Shawn Crahan aka The Clown will be flying in from Iowa to bring his hotly tipped rock project Dirty Little Rabbits to UK audiences for the first time, a prospect The Clown is excited about:

“I know all too well about how accepting and exciting UK audiences can be, so it makes sense that we’re bringing the art to them first. I look forward to bringing Dirty Little Rabbits to the world. The invasion begins….”

Accompanying him on the flight over will be his partner in crime, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, who will give a never-before-seen-in-the-UK solo performance.

“I’m very excited to be a part of this festival.” Says Corey, aka SLIPKNOT’s #8. “It’ll be the first show of its kind I’ve ever done in the UK, and I think there are many fans who’ve waited long enough to see it. It’s one of the greatest joys in the world to me (playing acoustic) and I cannot wait to get over there and share that with the fans.”

Posted by Admin 0 Comments 05 May 2009

Version 4

Didn't really like Version 3, so Version 4 is now online.

Please let us know what you think.

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Posted by Admin 2 Comments 04 May 2009

Corey Taylor To Play First-Ever Solo Show At Kansas City's ROCKFEST

Im sorry to say this, but its not looking good for a new Stone Sour album at the moment, as Corey Taylor once again signals his intention to pursue a SOLO career after Slipknot. What will happen that? Who knows? but for the time being, Corey has hinted he is not return to Stone Sour after the current Slipknot cycle.

This year's lineup also includes the first-ever solo appearance by STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. Taylor appeared on KQRC 98.9 The Rock's top-rated "Johnny Dare Morning Show" this morning to talk about how excited he was for his first-ever solo appearance.

Tickets go on sale to registered Rockaholics this Wednesday and to the general public on Saturday.

Main Stage:

KORN
BUCKCHERRY
SHINEDOWN
COREY TAYLOR
SAVING ABEL
REV THEORY

Second Stage:

DROWNING POOL
DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED
DOPE
THE PARLOR MOB
BURN HALO
CROOKED X
THE FEDERATION OF HORSEPOWER

Posted by Admin 0 Comments 04 Apr 2009

STONE SOUR Drummer Creates Intro For DARZAMAT Album

Polish extreme metallers DARZAMAT have tapped Roy "Maurice" Mayorga (STONE SOUR, SEPULTURA, SOULFLY) to create the intro to their forthcoming album, "Solfernus' Path".

Commented the band: "We've been aquainted with Roy for a couple of years. Roy was very fond of our record 'Transkarpatia' and he contacted us. Maurice is also a symphonic music fan, which is present on our records."

DARZAMAT was enchanted with the intro that Mayorga created for his friend Dino Cazares (DIVINE HERESY, ASESINO, ex-FEAR FACTORY). "When we listened to what Maurice created for ASESINO, we had no doubts to entrust to him the work on the intro," the band said. "After the KING DIAMOND guitar player Andy La Rocque, who recorded the solo to one of the tracks on 'Solfernus' Path', Roy is another wonderful guy who will make a great contribution to our new album."

Mayorga collaborated on the DARZAMAT intro with the band's vocalist, Nera. The group explained, "Nera prepared some special soundtracks with her vocals, which were later used by Roy in the intro. It's an incredible experience to cooperate with this guy! Maybe one day we'll create something more with him than the intro only. We have a couple of similar musical dreams."

As previously reported, DARZAMAT has tapped Jonas Kljellgren (SCAR SYMMETRY guitarist) of Black Lounge Studios in Avesta, Sweden to mix "Solfernus' Path" for an early 2009 release. The new album is being recorded in Poland under the supervision of Jaroslaw Toifl, with whom the band had previously worked on 2005's "Transkarpatia" (Metal Mind Productions in Europe, MVD in the USA). The drums and guitars are being laid down at HH Poland studio in Gliwice, while the vocals are being tracked at Maq studio. The keyboard parts are being recorded at Spectre's (DARZAMAT keyboard player) home studio.

"Solfernus' Path" will include the following songs:

01. False Sleepwalker
02. Vote for Heresy
03. Final Conjuration
04. Pain Collector
05. Gloria Inferni
06. Solfernus' Path
07. Lunar Silhouette
08. King of Burning Anthems
09. Chimera
10. A Mesmeric Séance

DARZAMAT vocalist Flauros previously stated about the upcoming CD: "For the first time in our band's history, we've decided to create a concept album. It is a certain sort of novelty for us, yet we've had such an idea in our minds for a long time now. The coherent story, which is to be told by both the lyrics and the music, is a hell of a greater challenge than composing ten pieces in the similar stylistics. As the action proceeds, the music must 'react' accordingly and suitably. It is as if a screenplay, which is to attract the viewer in an interesting way."

He continued, "The story contained on the record takes place in a mysthical set, indeed, which is created by the mansion of countess Josephine von Kuchmeister, the inspiration for which was the Villa Caro in Gliwice and the palace in Plawniowice. The action of 'Solfernus' Path' takes place at the beginning of XXth century. The main character is a medicine student who undergoes a spiritual transformation. He goes beyond the carnal world and he notices the 'other side.' Everything is dressed in fairy-like climate, full of the occult 'keys.' Nothing is obvious, nothing here is predictable.

"The title Solfernus is of course not the main character of the story, but it's eminence grise. The character of Solfernus derives from the play 'Dalliance with Devil' written by the Czech dramatist Jan Drda. It is only a tiny inspiration, an impuls where one should not seek any similarities. Drda's play is grotesque and humorous, while our story is of a completely different character, much closer to Stefan Grabinski's horror short stories than to the ones of the Czech playwright."

DARZAMAT released its first-ever live DVD, entitled "Live Profanity (Visiting the Graves of Heretics)", in North America in August 2007 via Metal Mind Productions (the DVD was released in Europe a month earleir). The disc was recorded at the 21st edition of the Metalmania Festival, which took place on March 24, 2007 in Katowice, Poland, and contains material comprised mostly of songs from the band's latest album, "Transkarpatia". Also included is the group's surprise performance of the song "Diabelski Dom" by the cult Polish metal band KAT, featuring a guest appearance by KAT leader Roman Kostrzewski. The DVD also includes additional footage from the Winternachtstraum Festival, which took place in February 2007 in Arnsberg, Germany, two unreleased tracks, video clips, and an interview with Flauros and Nera.

Posted by Admin 1 Comments 15 Mar 2009

Taylor taking a break from Stone Sour

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has confirmed to Billboard.com that he is making plans to record his first solo album rather than go back to his other band, STONE SOUR, at the end of SLIPKNOT's current touring cycle.

"I know I have this album that I need to make," Taylor tells Billboard.com, "and I'm the kind of guy that if I can't get that done then it's going to hold me back from all this other stuff I want to do. I just know I've got to make it or I can't branch out."

He adds that there are "a lot of songs I've written that don't fit with either band, really" and describes the material as "kind of a cross between the Foo Fighters and SOCIAL D, with some Johnny Cash mixed in. . . Obviously there's a country background that comes built-in with living in Iowa," Taylor notes - but he also promises that "there's a lot of upbeat, just flat-out hard rock tunes."

Read more from Billboard.com.

Posted by Admin 6 Comments 14 Jan 2009

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

Sorry its a bit late, but Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all Stone Sour fans!

Good Luck with 2009.

Posted by Admin 4 Comments 03 Jan 2009