COME WHAT(EVER) MAY - STONE SOUR
Stone Sour was obviously anxious to reconvene since its debut arrived four years ago. Sophomore album “Come What(ever) May” is a vigorous workout that’s too rough to be called hard rock but not harsh enough to be metal. Either way you slice it, it’s an intense, taut piece of work where every song could be a single. Lead track “Through Glass” (sporting a softer, acoustic sound) has already triumphed at radio. The fierce “30/30-150″ is a great choice for the next one, but so are “Reborn” or “Made of Scars,” where singer Corey Taylor ticks off a litany of wounds he has sustained. Stone Sour also gives the current administration a biting rundown on the title track, aptly following up with a song called “Hell & Consequences.” But it unexpectedly closes the record on a sad note with “Zzyzx Rd.,” a moving track about coping with mental illness. Billboard
