Stone Sour, de band met Corey Taylor en Jim Root van Slipknot, heeft Roy Mayorga (foto), bekend van Soulfly en Sepultura, ingehuurd voor de opnames van hun tweede album.
"Two weeks into the recording of the drums Joel [Ekman] would have to leave the project and return home to his family. His nine-year-old son is very sick. He was diagnosed with Brain Stem Glioma (brain cancer) last fall. With the fate of the record now up in the air a decision had to be made: postpone the record or bring in someone to finish the drum tracks. So with Joel's blessing, Roy Mayorga will finish the drum tracks as we move forward."
Stone Sour's nieuwe album wordt de opvolger van het debuut uit 2002, dat goud behaalde.