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Album review: Corey Taylor – CMF2
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor assuredly takes his solo work to the next level on commanding second album.
Stone Sour have released the original demo version of their Come What(ever) Way single 30/30-150.
Following the release of the original demo for their debut single Get Inside, Stone Sour are continuing to give fans a peek into their early recordings by unveiling the demo for fan-favourite 30/30-150.
The track spectacularly opens up 2006 second album Come What(ever) May – the Iowa hard-rockers' best-selling release to date, certified Platinum in 2017. 30/30-150 was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 49th GRAMMY Awards, though ultimately lost out to Slayer. Nevertheless, it's an absolute banger, and still just as hard-hitting in demo form as you'll hear below.
Speaking of the background behind this demo, guitarist Josh Rand says: "Late in 2004 after cutting some tracks at Catamount Studios with Joel [Ekman, former drummer] and Shawn [Economaki, former bassist], I decided to build a room in my house to record in. In the process of trying to learn the Pro Tools software, it led me to writing the music for 30/30-150.
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"The drums are programmed on this version using an Alesis SR-16 drum machine. After Corey [Taylor, frontman] came over and laid down his vocals for this song, I knew then that our second record was going to be a big leap forward for the band from the self-titled record."
Check it out below:
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