STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand is featured in a new interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com. An excerpt is available below:

UG: Long ago, you were quoted saying that you "bring all the heavy stuff to Stone Sour." Was that the case on House Of Gold & Bones?

Rand: "Yeah, I try to bring a metal aspect to the band. I'm not saying that the other guys don't, but I cut my teeth in thrash metal and it's still my favorite style of music so I try to bring those elements to our music. We all contribute a lot of heaviness to the music these days but in the beginning it was an outlet for Corey and to some extent, Jim to not do that type of stuff because they were doing it in SLIPKNOT. My writing style, even with the heavy stuff, is so much different than Slipknot's. But I do end up bringing some of the more aggressive tracks."

UG: How has it been working with Jim Root?

Rand: "I think we complement each other very well. I've learned tons from Jim. He's so good at doing the ear candy and the layering of guitars and I'm all about the riffs. We've been doing the split solo stuff too and it just works. We get along great."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Stone Sour have posted a preview of their new track, 'Peckinpah', featured on their forthcoming release, House Of Gold & Bones Part 2, which arrives everywhere on April 9th via Roadrunner Records. Listen below:

Earlier this week, Stone Sour premiered their new music video, for ‘Do Me A Favor', the first single off House Of Gold & Bones Part 2.

The clip, which was directed by Phil Mucci, is the first official music video to be released off of House of Gold & Bones Part 2 , the second installment of the group’s House of Gold & Bones two part concept album, following the story written by singer Corey Taylor. ‘Do Me A Favor,’ which is currently climbing the Active Rock building chart (set to break into the Top 10 this week) will be one of two songs in the Active Top Ten that feature Stone Sour's Corey Taylor – the other track being 'From Can To Can’t', a collaboration with DAVE GROHL featured on Sound City: Real To Reel, the soundtrack to Grohl’s recently released Sound City documentary.

Watch the new video below:

Stone Sour are set to run a spring trek in support of House of Gold & Bones Part 2. The spring tour begins on April 2nd in Portland, ME and another performance will be included at the 5th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards presented by Epiphone on May 2nd in Los Angeles, CA.

Support for Stone Sour will be IN THIS MOMENT and HELL OR HIGHWATER.

Stone Sour dates:

April

2 - Portland, ME - State Theatre
3 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
5 - Montclair, NJ - The Wellmont Theatre
6 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
7 - Lancaster, PA - Freedom Hall
10 - Huntington, NY - Paramount Theatre
11 - Silver Spring, MD - The Fillmore Silver Spring
13 - Orlando, FL - Tinker Field (WJRR’s Earthday Birthday 20)
14 - Ft. Myers, FL - Jet Blue Park (Fort Rock Fest)
17 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Music Park
20 - The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (94.5 The Buzz Buzzfest 30)
24 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works
27 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Metro Park (Welcome To Rockville)

May

4 - Mesa, AZ - Quail Run Park (98 KUPD Ufiesta)
16 - Peoria, IL - Peoria Civic Center (105.7 The X Spring Fling)
18 - Columbus, OH - Crew Stadium (Rock On The Range 2013)

For more info visit Stone Sour.com.