House of Gold & Bones, Part 2 by Stone Sour

House of Gold & Bones, Part 2, Stone Sour's fifth studio album, hit American shelves on April 9, 2013, on Roadrunner Records, the second and closing half of the band's House of Gold & Bones concept. Both parts were cut together at Soundfarm Studios with David Bottrill producing, and Part 1 had arrived the previous October; a four-part comic book series from Dark Horse Comics carried the story further, starting that April.

The Des Moines band had the same lineup as on Part 1, with Corey Taylor out front, Josh Rand and Jim Root on guitars and Roy Mayorga on drums, and it's a big, grinding hard rock record that plays like the payoff to a story told across two albums. "Do Me A Favor" is the song that caught fire on the countdowns. It was Root's last album with the band: he was fired seven months after its release, though fans weren't told until May 2014. Hydrograd came next.

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