New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Internationally acclaimed rock band
Stone Sour has unveiled details of a deluxe release for their acclaimed 2017 LP, HYDROGRAD. The two-disc set, HYDROGRAD DELUXE EDITION, collects unreleased covers, b-sides, live recordings and alternate versions of songs from HYDROGRAD. Available for pre-order today along with a new exclusive t-shirt at www.stonesour.com, the deluxe edition is highlighted by "Burn One Turn One," a previously unreleased b-side from HYDROGRAD, which is streaming now accompanied by an official visual. "Burn One Turn One" is also available as an instant grat download with all pre-orders and available today at all digital service providers. Fans can also pre-order signed physical copies of HYDROGRAD DELUXE EDITION via PledgeMusic. HYDROGRAD DELUXE EDITION features 13 rare or unreleased songs including an acoustic version of the #1 rock song "Song #3," as well as covers of hits from Rage Against The Machine,
Soundgarden and Van Halen. HYDROGRAD DELUXE EDITION arrives worldwide August 31st.
Currently on a headline European tour,
Stone Sour will return to the states this August joining
Ozzy Osbourne as special guests on Ozzy's "No More Tours 2" headline run. The cross-country trek will get underway August 30th and run through mid-October. Tickets for all dates are on sale now. For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.stonesour.com/tour.
HYDROGRAD, the acclaimed 2017 LP from Stone Sour, rocketed onto the charts upon release, debuting at #1 on three Billboard charts: "Top Current Albums," "Top Rock Albums," and "Top Hard Rock Albums." HYDROGRAD also debuted at #8 on the "Billboard 200," marking the band's fifth consecutive Top 10 debut on that chart. Furthermore, HYDROGRAD debuted at #5 in the U.K. (the band's highest debut ever in that country), #2 in Australia (highest debut ever), and was Top 5 in Germany, Japan, and Switzerland. The album features the ruminative single "St. Marie," "Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)," which broke into the Top 10 at Active Rock Radio, and the smash "Song #3", which was #1 for five straight weeks on U.S. Active Rock
Radio chart.
Stone Sour unleashed their eponymous debut album in 2002 and was immediately confirmed as one of the most significant hard rock outfits of the 21stcentury. The self-titled release earned RIAA gold certification while singles "Get Inside" and "
Inhale" each received GRAMMY® Award nominations for "Best Metal Performance."
COME WHAT(EVER) MAY followed in 2006 and proved an even greater accomplishment with a top 5 debut on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 and a #1 entry onto Billboard's "Rock Albums" chart. The acclaimed album spawned still another GRAMMY®-nominated single in "30/30-150" on its own way to RIAA gold certification. COME WHAT(EVER) MAY unleashed a series of rock radio classics, including "Sillyworld," "Made of Scars," the #1 hit, "Through Glass," which spent seven weeks atop Billboard's "Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks" while also reaching #2 on "Alternative Songs" and the top 40 on the overall "Hot 100." The song's companion video was also a favorite, now with over 60 million individual views at YouTube alone.
Stone Sour's 2012 LPs, the monumental HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 1 and HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2, both made top 10 debuts on the SoundScan/Billboard 200 just six months apart from one another - the band's third and fourth consecutive top 10 chart entries. The two-part concept album yielded a string of multi-format rock radio hits, including the top 5 favorites "Absolute Zero," "Do Me A Favor," and "Tired," the latter of which ascended to #1 at Mainstream Rock outlets nationwide.
HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES drew widespread critical applause with ArtistDirect hailing "PART 1" as "a milestone for
Stone Sour and for modern rock music. It's on par with Alice In Chains' 'DIRT,' Metallica's MASTER OF PUPPETS, Queens of the Stone Age's SONGS FOR THE DEAF, Soundgarden'sSUPERUNKNOWN, and any other game-changing albums you can think of." HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES - PART 2 earned equally great acclaim, including placement on Revolver's "Top 20 Albums of 2013" and Loudwire's "Top 10 Rock + Metal Albums of 2013" ranking. The Guardian, in its four-out-of-five starred rave, praised
Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor's "remarkable transformation into heavy music's premier polymath and renaissance man" while further hailing the album's "towering melodies and moments of radio-friendly majesty, the band's trademark straddling of the divide between metal and commercial rock sounding increasingly adroit."
2015 saw the arrival of STRAIGHT OUTTA BURBANK, an unprecedented EP in which
Stone Sour take on five immortal songs originally performed by such iconic artists as Bad Brains, Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, Mötley Crüe, and Slayer. The EP is highlighted by a stunning rendition of The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" featuring distinctive guest vocals from Lzzy Hale of Atlantic recording group Halestorm, STRAIGHT OUTTA BURBANK is available now at all DSPs and streaming services.
