STONE SOUR's House Of Gold And Bones Part 2 will be released in April. The album artwork has been revealed, and can be seen below:

Speaking with with Simon Crampton at ThisIsNotAScene, Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT) stated: "Part 2 is much darker, if I’m honest. Aside from it being a completely different album, it feels more like a soundtrack to a movie in a lot of ways man. It’s really thematic, there are themes from part 1 that reveal themselves and that come again musically, there’s actually stuff from Part 2 that you’ll hear that’s on part 1 and you’ll be like 'Fucking hell!' We essentially recorded these, and this is where technology is now, that so you could have these in a playlist on your iTunes and play them top to fucking bottom and really get that experience while you read both parts.

So it’s some of our darkest music, our most intricate and complex music, some of the best fucking lyrics I’ve ever written to be honest, even writing from a narrative like that, it was so challenging. Plus, it’s got some of our best songs on it. You guys think Part 1's good, fuck off, ‘Do Me A Favour’ alone is going to kick the shit out of people and that’s going to be the first single which comes out in January, that’s going to be the first taste that people get of Part 2, and people aren’t going to know what to do."

Corey Taylor sat down with Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann at Loudwire on January 23rd in New York City to discuss the band's new albums, House Of Gold And Bones Parts 1 and 2. Check out the interview below:

Stone Sour are currently on the road in the US. Their schedule is as follows:

January

30 - Kansas City, MO - The Midland Theatre

February

1 - Amarillo, TX - Aztec Music Hall
2 - Lubbock, TX - Lonestar Pavilion
4 - Midland, TX - Midland Horseshoe Arena
5 - College Station, TX - Hurricane Harry's
7 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheatre
8 - Pharr, TX - Pharr Entertainment Center
9 - Laredo, TX - Laredo Energy Center
12 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
13 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia
15 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Salt Air
17 - Denver, CO - Fillmore

The band recently announced four summer shows for Europe, with more due to be announced over the coming weeks. The current schedule is available below:

June

12 - Bologna, Italy
19 - Hamburg, Germany
20 - Prague, Czech Republic
24 - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Venues will be confirmed soon. Tickets go on sale January 23 at this location.