Review I wrote for my school paper. I posted it on here a little while back. I still have to write my Dimmu review for the paper.
Stone Sour-Audio Secrecy B- By Brittanie Ricciuti
Stone Sour has continued their journey away from metal to hard rock with their latest release, Audio Secrecy. While Stone Sour’s first album still may be considered by many to be their highest achievement, Audio Secrecy is worth a listen even for the skeptics of their new material. The band’s third attempt is filled with melody after melody that causes a listener to just close their eyes and let Corey Taylor’s vocals soothe their mood. With songs such as “Dying” and “Imperfect,” Stone Sour adds on to their lyrical genius demonstrated in previous favorites like “Bother” and “Sillyworld”. In “Dying,” the listener can feel Taylor’s pain in “Dying” with the lines “You leave me suffering 'til I can't feel a thing/It's all I got when I want more/If I waste one more day then they can take me away.” Heavier songs keep the Stone Sour feel that was introduced when the bands first album debuted in 2002. “Unfinished” and the first single “Say You’ll Haunt Me” induce a small amount of head banging that attests to the notion that we can still expect great things from Stone Sour in the future. The regular issue of Audio Secrecy boasts 13 songs while the digital adds on an additional 4 songs, clocking the album to an astounding 65 minutes. Audio Secrecy is for fans of Stone Sour’s Come What(ever) May and Slipknot’s All Hope Is Gone. Though the heavy hitting metal band that hit the music scene in 2002 may be lost to more melodic hard rock, Stone Sour’s Audio Secrecy will definitely be in the rotation on many iPods.
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On a side note, I'm listening to Nocturnus-The Key. Great album.
No? My previous album of the year was Lawless Darkness, but still...
I still feel that Ruination was good, but to each his own. Doom was awful, though.
Stone Sour-Audio Secrecy B-
By Brittanie Ricciuti
Stone Sour has continued their journey away from metal to hard rock with their latest release, Audio Secrecy. While Stone Sour’s first album still may be considered by many to be their highest achievement, Audio Secrecy is worth a listen even for the skeptics of their new material. The band’s third attempt is filled with melody after melody that causes a listener to just close their eyes and let Corey Taylor’s vocals soothe their mood. With songs such as “Dying” and “Imperfect,” Stone Sour adds on to their lyrical genius demonstrated in previous favorites like “Bother” and “Sillyworld”. In “Dying,” the listener can feel Taylor’s pain in “Dying” with the lines “You leave me suffering 'til I can't feel a thing/It's all I got when I want more/If I waste one more day then they can take me away.” Heavier songs keep the Stone Sour feel that was introduced when the bands first album debuted in 2002. “Unfinished” and the first single “Say You’ll Haunt Me” induce a small amount of head banging that attests to the notion that we can still expect great things from Stone Sour in the future. The regular issue of Audio Secrecy boasts 13 songs while the digital adds on an additional 4 songs, clocking the album to an astounding 65 minutes. Audio Secrecy is for fans of Stone Sour’s Come What(ever) May and Slipknot’s All Hope Is Gone. Though the heavy hitting metal band that hit the music scene in 2002 may be lost to more melodic hard rock, Stone Sour’s Audio Secrecy will definitely be in the rotation on many iPods.