Band:	Stone Sour
Album:	Come What(ever) May
Style:	Alternative metal, Hard rock
Release date:	August 01, 2006
Guest review by:	Uirapuru

Disc I
01. 30/30-150
02. Come What(ever) May
03. Hell & Consequences
04. Sillyworld
05. Made Of Scars
06. Reborn
07. Your God
08. Through Glass
09. Socio
10. 1st Person
11. Cardiff
12. Zzyzx Rd
13. Suffer [bonus]
14. Fruitcake [bonus]
15. The Day I Let Go [bonus]
16. Freeze Dry Seal [bonus]
17. Wicked Game [Chris Isaak cover] [bonus]
18. The Frozen [bonus]
19. Kill Everybody [bonus]

Disc II [DVD]
Live In Moscow
01. 30/30-150
02. Orchids
03. Take A Number
04. Reborn
05. Your God
06. Inhale
07. Come What(ever) May
08. Bother
09. Through Glass
10. Blotter
11. Hell & Consequences
12. Get Inside

Music videos
13. 30/30-150
14. Through Glass
15. Sillyworld
16. Made Of Scars
17. Reborn

It is fairly well-known that Stone Sour is the side-project led by Corey Taylor and James Root, Slipknot's vocalist and guitarist respectively. What is also widely recognized is that this project worked as an escape valve for the emotional outburst suffocated (at the time) on their main band, resulting in albums with quite an emotional appeal while persisting on a pseudo-brutal semblance. Of course, when it comes to a mainstream radio-hit alternative/nu metal release, no one can expect anything different, but Come What(ever) May has managed to gather some of the worst aspects in this musical field.

First of all, this album is a disaster lyrically; the deteriorated ''I am this, you did that'' blabbering is exhaustive in most songs, with terrible selection of vocabulary for both emotional and agitated moments. Although there is not much to complain about instrumental performance, nothing besides some random exciting riffs and Corey's clean vocals talent is worth a glimpse in the memory; but after all, not even those qualities are enough to save the four cheesy ballads of the album, with squishy choruses that would make Kelly Clarkson herself blush. For the heavier songs, a plateful of juvenile fury and even a political critic attempt on the title track that end up in a failure of epic proportions.

What can truly be said to save this album is that some moments succeed in captivating the listener and stirring the boredom sea in which we are drowning most of the time. ''Socio'' and ''Hell & Consequences'' present decent catchy choruses that are not grossly gluey and definitely enjoyable in small doses. ''Zzyxz Rd.'' gets the title of winner ballad, the one with an appropriate choice of words enhancing the stunning vocal work and therefore allowing the propagation of feelings intended, despite the pretentious annoying solo at the end that almost ruins everything.

Come What(ever) May lies swinging in the tenuous average/bad borderline. The radio-rock exposure destroyed every possible vestige of originality and attractiveness for a slightly rigorous audience, but they do not totally obliterate the entertainment value of the release. It is all simplistic, immature and even presumptuous in some moments, not to mention the ''super easy'' difficulty level for the ears.