Pictured below is the artwork for STONE SOUR's new album, House Of Gold & Bones Part 1, scheduled for release October 23rd via Roadrunner Records; Part 2 is expected in May 2013.

The complete tracklisting to Part 1 is as follows:

'Gone Sovereign'

'Absolute Zero'

'A Rumor Of Skin'

'The Travellers Part 1'

'Tired'

'RU486'

'My Name Is Allen'

'Taciturn'

'Influence Of A Drowsy God'

'The Travellers Part 2'

'Last Of The Real'

Stone Sour vocalist Corey Taylor, who also fronts SLIPKNOT, spoke with Steve Baltin of RollingStone.com recently; an excerpt follows:

"Each song tells a different part of the story, but it's so unique unto itself. That was one of the things we really wanted to go for; we didn't want to do a batch of tunes that all sound alike. We wanted to make sure each song had its own soul, basically."

The House Of Gold And Bones project offers a bit of whimsy, too, in its included comic books."It's looking like we're gonna release the comics in, like, a four-issue miniseries," Taylor says. "So the first two issues will be part one and then the last two issues will be part two. And we want to really try and keep it on a timeline where they come out, right around the time that Part Two comes out." As a self-proclaimed comic geek himself, Taylor is very excited about working in that realm. "It's basically a visual representation of the short story that I wrote. I'm not sure who the artist is going to be; there are a couple of different guys I want to work with, but it'll be fun for me."

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As previously reported, Rachel Bolan of SKID ROW played bass on House Of Gold & Bones, and David Bottrill (TOOL, MUSE, STAIND) served as producer.

Two brand new songs from House Of Gold & Bones Part 1 - 'Gone Sovereign' and 'Absolute Zero' can be heard in the YouTube clip below:

In live news, Stone Sour will be playing the first annual Desert Uprising Festival on September 28th in Phoenix, AZ, along with ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON, BUCKCHERRY and more.