House of Gold & Bones, Part 1

House of Gold & Bones – Part 1 is the fourth studio album by American rock band Stone Sour, and is the first part of the House of Gold & Bones concept album. Its reprises are featured on the second part of the 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 it would be a concept album that would be released in two parts. 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.