Gone Sovereign
| House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 | ||||
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| Studio album by Stone Sour | ||||
| Released | October 22, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | March 27 – June 19, 2012 | |||
| Studio | Soundfarm Studios in Jamaica, Iowa, Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 43:21 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | David Bottrill | |||
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| Singles from House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 |
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| About.com |    |
| Allmusic | |
| Artistdirect | |
| Big Cheese | 5/5 |
| Kerrang! | |
| Loudwire | |
| Metal Hammer | 8/10 |
| Rock Sound | 8/10 |
| Under the Gun | 9/10 |
| Bracket and Bracket | 96/100 |
House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Stone Sour, and is the first of two consecutive albums to feature the House of Gold & Bones concept. Its reprises are featured on the second House of Gold & Bones album, which was released on April 9, 2013. It is the first Stone Sour album without bass player Shawn Economaki, who left the band in 2012.
Stone Sour started working on the album on March 19, 2012 and Corey Taylor stated that the album would likely end up being a double album or concept album. It was later confirmed by the band that the songs would form a concept and would be released as two separate albums. Musically, Taylor also described the album's sound as "Pink Floyd's The Wall meets Alice in Chains' Dirt". It was also revealed that bassist Shawn Economaki was no longer in the band and that his studio replacement was Rachel Bolan from Skid Row.
On August 24, 2012, Stone Sour released both "Gone Sovereign" and "Absolute Zero". On October 11, 2012, the band released a music video for "Gone Sovereign", that features their current tour bassist Johny Chow.
House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 was released on October 22, 2012. It debuted at number-seven on the Billboard 200 music album charts, shipping an estimated 31,000 copies in its first week of release.
The album has sold just under 130,000 copies in the United States
House of Gold and Bones – Part 1 received critical acclaim from critics, receiving a 79/100 over rating from music aggregator website Metacritic. Rick Florino of Artistdirect stated "Ultimately, this is a milestone for Stone Sour and for modern rock music. It's on par with Alice in Chains' Dirt, Metallica's Master of Puppets, Queens of the Stone Age's Songs for the Deaf, Soundgarden's Superunknown, and any other game-changing albums you can think of," and awarded the album 5 out of 5.
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