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Top Amazon Review
For most bands, the process of experimentation involves infusing more traditional song structures with weirder, or less familiar sonic elements. Not so for Iowa?s Slipknot. All Hope Is Gone, the metal neuftet?s fourth full-length, finds them further mining the seam that produced 2004?s Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses, adulterating their caustic, percussion-heavy take on thrash metal with acoustic guitars and anthemic choruses. Present too, though, is a heaviness that harkens back to 2001?s aggressive Iowa, meaning the likes of "Psychosocial" and "Dead Memories" mix big, inclusive vocal hooks with bulldozing low-end and savage percussion breakdowns set to arcane time signatures. Nor is it all set to formula: "Butcher?s Hook", for instance, sounds nothing like anything in Slipknot?s catalogue to date. It is a slamming funk-metal track not unlike The Rollins Band, with broiling! anti-establishment lyrics and a huge call-and-response chorus. The occasional Nickelback-like chorus might appall the diehards, but Slipknot are still stretching themselves, and All Hope Is Gone stands up to anything in their catalogue.
Customer Review 1
Possibly the best band ever!. This is an absolutely phenominal album from true rock legends. Its worth getting just for 'Psychosocial' alone. However be warned. This album does not follow on in the trend of Iowa, it delves further into the more varied style present on the subliminal verses album. Some of the tracks such as 'Snuff'are ballads and will not appeal to full on metal heads who loved iowa. Personally i am not a huge fan of iowa and much prefer Sliopknots more tuneful stylings of the subliminal verses and all hope is gone. it appears to me that Corey Taylor has confused Slipknot with his other band Stonesour and songs such as 30/30 150 from come what(ever) may would have suited Slipknots heavier style more so than stone sour and songs like snuff should have been done by stonesour. In conclusion there is definately some elements of this album for true deathmetal lovers but be warned this album is no reincarnation of Iowa. Still, it is a kickass album and its definately one i recommend!
Customer Review 2
Bag of poop!. Slipknot have sold out! Money seems to have robbed them of the anger and guts that made them worth listening to in the first place. They seem to be trying to cash in on the popularity of the current emo fad!
A very trendy and crappy record, if your a fan of proper metal then don't buy this...
Customer Review 3
All hope is not gone. I brought this album in special edition and i must say it's the best slipknot album yet. songs like: sulphur,dead memories,butchers hook and psychosocial are the best to listen to and backed up by so many other cool tracks this album is a rare treat and the best album of 2008.
Customer Review 4
Yet Hope Remains! Newly converted.... Slipknot are a strange entity. They've created a clever image for themselves that allows them to stand out from the crowd (Who says metal has to be serious all the time?), yet their music hasn't always followed suit.
Their first album was not what you'd call a classic in the grand scheme of all that is Metal. It had a dirty, heavy sound but the quality of the songwriting was sporadic, the riffs were often similar, and prone to a lot of noise for the sake of it.
It also went downhill very quickly after the first half. Not an uncommon phenomenon with metal albums, but it got pretty bad... Anyway...
I've never been a big fan of them ever since, and i'll be the first to admit i'm not an expert on them. They were ok, but not a band I could listen to for any length of time. They always seemed to be more for younger metal fans.
The most I heard after that was catching occasional glimpses of videos from later albums. Credit due - their videos are class. Duality was cool.
So, when their latest single Psychosocial appeared on my TV screen the other day and pounded my brain to mush with the bloody end of my own severed arm, I was pleasantly surprised.
So surprised that I actually found myself buying the new album today to see if any other surprises were
Occasionally (amongst the *&^% that some bands release these days) I find a new metal album that actually makes me smile and remember why I listen to metal in the first place.
This is not the same band that released that first album many years ago. This is a stripped down, refined, nonsense-free, focused, and professional, tight unit of a band who have put some thought into what they do.
Straight away when the intro builds up into opener "Gematria", you can tell this is going to be a different experience altogether.
The powerhouse behind Slipknot has always been Joey's awesome drumming and their use of percussion as a whole.
This can be a problem though if the rest of the band can't keep up. Thankfully this doesn't even enter into the equation anymore.
Gone is the Nu-Metal sludge, the self-indulgent mucking about and the excess fat that plagued their first album.
The riffs on offer are top quality, Corey's vocals are top-notch (he can SING!), the percussion pounds into your brain like it bloody well should(!) and the songs kick off with no pretense, messing about, or nonsense.
The end result is a highly polished (courtesy of Colin Richardson's HUGE sound) and slick, but heavy as *&^%, slab of pure, unadulterated METAL! Solos an'all. It deserves to be played loud.
I no longer consider them a Nu-Metal band, and that's not something I thought i'd ever say about Slipknot.
From "Gematria" (6 minute thrash classic!), through "Sulfur" (nasty beast of a tune with a great chorus), "Psychosocial" (a stomping BEAST of a tune with pounding drums), latest single "Dead Memories" (bit of a surprise this one!) and Vendetta (At the Gates & Arch Enemy would be jealous), and onto the songs that take a few listens like "Butcher's Hook", "Gehenna" (very moody. very good.), "This Cold Black" (ANGRY!) and the blistering title track, it's a rollercoaster ride that you'll not regret.
Grab your sledgehammer, crank the volume and smash something!
Or better yet, get it on in the car, windows down, drown out the neds with their techno-garbage, and scare christmas shoppers on a saturday afternoon in your favourite city. Childish, but fun at any age!
Not perfect, but definitely worthy of 4 stars (maybe 4 1/2 if they'd spelt Sulphur correctly!), and one of the best metal albums i've heard this year.
Customer Review 5
Slipknot All Hope is gone. A quality album- not fot the die hard fan of Slipknot- they have adpated there sound a bit - solos and awesome riffs to head bang too. personally it shows they have matured as a band and moved on from the old sound. Still very heavy in parts- enjoyable if your into headbanging and not the imagery and bandwagon that people jumped on with Slipknot- this is about the music and very impressive!
