Members of the STONE SOUR Official Fan Club can now listen to the 2005 demo of 'Cardiff' from the album 'Come What(ever) May'. Check it out at here.

The final album version of the track can be heard below:

Stone Sour recently issued the official trailer for the House Of Gold & Bones comic book series, inspired by the two part album and written entirely by frontman Corey Taylor (watch the clip below).

Taylor recently discussed the comic book series with Comic Book Resources. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

CBR: The name of the series' first issue is The Overture which everyone knows as a musical term, but your fans specifically know that the story of this book matches the music on your album. How did the opening songs help shape the overture of the series?

Corey Taylor: "Obviously, I was working on the short story while we were working on the album, and I was going back and forth between the two making sure all the beats were there -- the action beats and the literary beats. I wanted the story to move along and coincide with some of songs. The Overture as a title comes from the way we were looking at the first two songs on the album. 'Gone Sovereign' for us was really the best way to set up what was going to happen. Then having that warp into 'Absolute Zero' was essentially where the Human wakes up in this world. 'Absolute Zero' is the soundtrack for that. So you're getting the behind the scenes feel while the story is happening.

We just felt like that one-two punch was the perfect overture to start something like this, and if that didn't work, nothing would. That's why I named the first issue The Overture -- because if issue #1 didn't work and people didn't buy into the setup, nothing else would make that happen. I thought it made sense to give that connotation and remind the readers that this does have a musical side to it that does or does not work (laughs) depending on who you are in the music industry."

Plus, ever musical, every play, every story starts with an overture. It's really the launching point for any great epic, and I just wanted to set it up like that.

Go to this location for the complete interview.

The first issue of House of Gold & Bones was released on April 17th. Physical copies are available for order here, fans can buy the digital version at this location.

Issue #2, entitled Part 2: The Questions, was released on May 22nd via Dark Horse Comics. Fans can purchase it here, or find a shop near you via ComicShopLocator.com.

The description of the comic reads: "Traveling through his new reality, the Human stumbles across an unlikely ally. But with the zombielike Numbers hounding their steps, they must make some unusual choices to avoid capture in an unknown world, with troubling consequences. But can the Human really trust his new friend's advice and find his way home again?"

On July 15th, Da Capo Press will publish the second book from SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman COREY TAYLOR entitled, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Heaven (Or, How I Made Peace With The Paranormal And Stigmatized Zealots And Cynics In The Process).

The 256 page hardcover is available for pre-order via the Amazon link below. A paperback version will go on sale in June 2014.

In this book, Corey Taylor undertakes something never before attempted in the history of rock superstardom: he takes you with him as he journeys undercover through various ghostbusting groups who do their best to gather information and evidence about the existence of spirits. Some are more credible than others, and, frankly, some are completely insane, but all are observed with appropriate seriousness as Taylor attempts to better understand some of the spooky things that have happened to him in his life, especially that night at the Cold House. But that’s not all, folks. Taylor once again gives you a behind-the-scenes tour of his crazy life and the many beyond-the-grave events he’s encountered. (You’ll be shocked how often Slipknot has been invaded by the supernatural.) Taylor also touches on his religious background and how it led him to believe in much more than the Man in the Sky.