Stone Sour's Roy Mayorga

Stone Sour's latest C.D. , is in my opinion, is their best to date. This band seems to get heavier as time goes on. Now that Slipknot has been on hiatus since Paul Gray's death, Stone Sour has had more time to write, record and perfect their sound and style.
Drummer Roy Mayorga is currently playing on a DW Collector's Custom Maple Kit with Vertical Low Timbre in Black Ice FinishPly finish with Satin Chrome Hardware. The drums sound great, not overpowering but they're not some wimpy child's play either. Personally a little compressed, but, overall they sound really good.
Roy definitely knows when to play for the song, but he also knows when to throw in some cool fills and double bass parts. I particularly like how they go from a song like The Travelers, which is heavy, and then go to a track like Tired, which starts out acoustic and then brings in guitars and string instruments and displays Corey's softer, deeper side.
And then you got RU486  that starts out punching you right in the face and won't stop!! This sounds like it could be a Slipknot song, although I'm sure people will disagree with me. However I can hear this song on the next Slipknot c.d. It sounds like Corey is bringing out his inner KNOT if you will.

Last Of The Real  should be their next single. This song just flat out rocks!
Going Sovereign/Absolute Zero go together perfectly. I love how they put the 2 songs together and made it 1 single for the radio. The first song is fast and heavy and then they bring it back a notch and  and drop a fat, heavy groove in your lap.
The album is really a good example of what a hard rock album should sound like – in sharp contrast to a lot of popular music that gets passed off as hard rock on the radio. The songs have hooks but they aren't over-dominated by the hooks; they just have their proper place in the song. Big choruses in several of the songs, a few heavier songs that go into the realm of metal and a few slower quieter songs mixed in. Fans of Stone Sour will not be disappointed.