Stone Sour Sounds Fresh As Ever Throughout Song #3

All I can say to metal juggernaut Stone Sour is welcome back. Corey Taylor, you endearing devil, how in the hell are you? The vocalist's crystal clear vocals and room to spare forward momentum are on full display in "Song #3" Let the superlative adjectives fly. On top of Taylor's talents we get Christian Martucci's searing guitar work at the bridge which should make the metal community exhale a collective sigh of satisfaction. Then you have to give drummer Roy Mayorga his due. His sticks cover both fast and technically adept ground. The chord shifts are heavenly. "Song #3" takes us along a winding road too compelling to pass up. The melody couldn't be any tighter if you tried. Its tempo provides an ideal backdrop for a fulfilling night of drinking beer and shooting the breeze. Corey is one of those rock souls who possess a combination of humor and articulateness that I find worth crowing about. He's not afraid to laugh at himself. Check out the accompanying video and you'll get some idea how charming he can be. The plot appears to wrap around his being unable to locate a suitable outfit for the video shoot. Can't be any more organic than that. Lyrically Corey's heart's firmly clinging to his sleeve. With no whiff of self-consciousness about him he boldly declares: "I was gone until I finally saw your face. Now Corey can get away from this ill-conceived notion that he's wasted half his life because since apparently adding a sweetheart to the mix he's got a direction in life. Toward the end of the video Corey finally settles on an outfit and joins his associates to rock out. "Song #3" may be Stone Sour's most accessible track since "Through Glass", and that's a really good thing. That may just earn the five of them new fans and do so without alienating its core aficionados. In short "Song #3" earns the right to be #1 on your iPod shuffle.