Most people who listen to metal know about Stone Sour being Corey Taylor's first band before Slipknot and coming back as more a side project, but any fan will tell you that Stone Sour is a band to stand alone on its own merit.

As Stone Sour prepared to hit the stage for the first night of the Avalanche Tour, you could feel the energy in the venue.

Soundtrack albums are always such a crap shoot. Some times the music, taken away from the film, doesn’t really hold up.