Obviously, it’s also somewhat odd timing-wise, since singer Corey Taylor also released the highly anticipated new album from his other band, another little group from Des Moines called Slipknot, earlier this year.
Modern bands especially need to put out live documents that hit hard with the classic legacies looming over them, so expectations were rather great for the first live album from Stone Sour, a band that has already achieved much in their 19 successful years. Certainly, not many folks can deny the impact of huge live albums that have changed the way we listen to music, such as Made In Japan by Deep Purple and Live After Death by Iron Maiden, but for every one of those classics, there are dozens that have been nothing but a contractual obligation with little or no atmosphere. Live albums are always a dividing line for fans – for some, they’re a throwaway until the next studio album and, for others, an important document of a band at a specific time that adds colour to the discography.
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