All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: August 26, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B001BGTWXI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (215 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,218 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
After over 5 million albums sold in the US, Slipknot returns with their most powerful
statement yet - All Hope Is Gone. Filled with the fury people have come to expect from
Slipknot as well as some extraordinary surprises, this album is the culmination of the
band' s 9 unique members, three platinum albums and their 10 year journey at the top
of the Hard Rock genre. Kicked off by the powerful crescendo that is Execute and
Gematria (The Killing Name) and ending with the blistering track All Hope Is Gone
- the album is a cohesive statement about the world today and truly cements the
band as one of Rock' s heavyweights. The lead single Psychosocial will propel the new
album to match and exceed the success of the last album, Vol 3: Subliminal Verses
which produced numerous Top 20 songs at Rock radio including a Top 5 track at Active and
Modern Rock radio.

Customer Reviews

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39 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Slipknot Album (if you are an open minded rock fan), August 26, 2008

By	Carlos (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

Let me start with a few disclaimers about this album. If you are a one-dimensional rock fan whose entire music collection consists of a particular genre (i.e., metal ), then you are going to feel disappointed. Specifically, if you are one of the countless Slipknot "fans" obsessed with the Iowa album you will definitely hate this album. Guaranteed!!! If you like rock music in general (For example, I listen to various types of rock music...everything from Radiohead to Slayer and all in between) then you will really appreciate this album.

I will rate this album as their 2nd best; behind their self-titled debut album (the one that made me a Slipknot fan to begin with). Honestly, I always found Iowa to be a pretty boring album. Surely, it is their heaviest album, but the eternal screaming on every song made the record sound like a single long song. To the dislike of many, with Vol. 3, the band made a drastic change in their music, incorporating solos, adding more melodic choruses, and varying the tempo of the music in the whole album and withing songs.

With "All Hope is Gone", Slipknot has been able to capture the best elements of all their previous albums without sounding repetitive. They have continued to expand their sound and grow musically, which I greatly appreciate. In general, if you have liked the band's entire catalog, you will be rewarded with their best musical outing yet. If you still living in the past and thinking about Iowa, then look elsewhere.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is the album., September 4, 2008

By	Terry Mesnard (Bellevue, NE) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

You know exactly the album I'm talking about. The one that all bands who last longer than one or two albums go through. The one that signals a kind of change, possibly. But also one that does something as old as time itself: divides fans, but also attracts new fans, like me.

While I share a similar taste in music, Slipknot hasn't always been for me. A lot of people like their thrash songs, whereas I need a bit more diversity. And so while I've listened to their previous albums, enjoyed particular songs, I've never had the patience to listen to a whole album. Until now.

All Hope is Gone feels, in some ways, a culmination of everything that's come before; the sometimes melodic nature of Subliminal Verses, the pounding nature of their earlier work in Iowa, with, yes, maybe a smidgen of Stone Sour on the side. The thing is, when Slipknot isn't trying to pound you silly with their music for a dozen or so songs, they can be quite enjoyable.

For me, All Hope is Gone picks up right as "Psychosocial" comes into play. This song, the album version which rocks so much more than the "radio-friendly" version released as a single, exemplifies their nature perfectly: precision trash metal, with an actual melodic hook and a melody that carries through.

But the diversity continues, with "Gehenna" verging into atmospheric territories that sounds reminiscient of a heavier/more technical Korn. And "Vendetta"'s rousing anthem chant of "Are you ready for the time of your life," answered by shouts...perfect live material at shows. Then, of course, there's the Slipknot ballad (how surprising is that?) "Snuff," the song which will invariably have critics calling it a Stone Sour song with heavier drumming.

Don't get me wrong; there's still plenty of thrash songs with the barking vocals and the precision drumming, pounding submission into your head. It's just that there's more here than that. This is the first Slipknot album in which I believe Slipknot has found their niche. They've found a way of distancing themselves from similar acts that stretches beyond wearing masks (which, as an aside, are much better than their previous ones).

So we come full circle. This album will possibly be a divisive one for some fans. But I believe it shows growth, maturity and a willingness to look beyond one song played twelve different ways. Your appreciation may very, but I like this new Slipknot.

Songs to listen to:

"Gematria (The Killing Name)"
"Psychosocial"
"Gehenna"
"This Cold Black"
"Snuff"

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Metal Grown Up, August 29, 2008

By	R. Johnson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: All Hope Is Gone (Special Edition CD/DVD) (Audio CD)

I'm a fairly new Slipknot fan. I started with their live album and then worked my way backwards. Then I listened to All Hope is Gone and now I'm sold. I've noticed that with each album, Slipknot seemed to grow musically and lyrically. It's only so many times you can hear double bass drumming, heavily distorted guitars, and screaming lines before it gets worn out. I think All Hope is Gone has shown Slipknot's maturation into a metal band that can be lyrical, melodic and heavy at the same time. At first listen, I loved the album, but I thought to myself that the hardcore maggots were gonna hate it. If they do, then they really aren't true music fans. If you love a group, you can respect when they try to do something new and different. You may not always agree with the musical direction, but you can at least be appreciative of a band's willingness to try something different.

Overall, a great album!