It’s been eight years since the release of debut album ‘Stone Sour’ was released and Stone Sour began to tear up the metal scene. With the release of second album ‘Come What(Ever) May’ the band are more than mask less rip offs of front man Cory Taylor and lead guitarist Jim Root’s Slipknot.
‘Audio Secrecy’ is the band’s third instalment. The album kicks off with piano intro ‘Audio Secrecy’ (For those who have seen the video for ‘Say You’ll Haunt Me’ will have heard it already) then tears into second track ‘Mission Statement’ which leaves you feeling like the band have picked up from where they left off.
As the album proceeds the feeling stays the same with gritty, thrashy tracks the likes of first single from the album ‘Say You’ll Haunt Me’ and ‘The Bitter End’. On ‘Come What(Ever) May’ the band showed a more melodic side with single ‘Through The Glass’. It is apparent from ‘Audio Secrecy’ that the band are out to prove that they not only can play loud angry songs but also have that more melodic side with songs the likes of ‘Hesitate’ and ‘Miracles’.
‘Audio Secrecy’ shows the band has a bundle of different talents, whether it is from making hard-hitting tracks to softer, easy listening tunes. Stone Sour never disappoint and ‘Audio Secrecy’ is no different. The only problem with the album is that riffs for songs tend to sound a lot the same to others and from albums before.
3/5
Cheapdog
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