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The next Stone Sour release will be a double album titled "House Of Gold And Bones". The first half will arrive in stores on October 23rd via Roadrunner Records, while the second half is expected out in May. Four comic books - two for each album - explaining the concept behind the opus are planned to complement the album's release. Vocalist Corey Taylor had the following to say about the release:

“It’s looking like we’re gonna release the comics in, like, a four-issue miniseries. So the first two issues will be part one and then the last two issues will be part two. And we want to really try and keep it on a timeline where they come out, right around the time that Part Two comes out. It’s basically a visual representation of the short story that I wrote. I’m not sure who the artist is going to be; there are a couple of different guys I want to work with, but it’ll be fun for me.

We wanted to really try and go for [a] natural vibe on this without using a ton of samples and really try to differentiate us from everybody else out there. A lot of bands fall into that pitfall of [going to] all the work of getting these great sounds and whatnot, then they hand it over to somebody who then starts filling in the blanks with all these samples. It just makes them sound like everybody else out there and we wanted to really capture a unique sound.”

Two full songs from the album, entitled "Gone Sovereign" and "Absolute Zero" respectively, have been made available for streaming at Houseofgoldandbones.com.