Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016861791025
Format: Clean
Label: Roadrunner Records
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
MPN: 179102
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Roadrunner Records
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Studio: Roadrunner Records

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 Rating:
Summary: MOVE OVER SLAYER, METALLICA, ETC.(WHOEVER) SLIPKNOT REIGNS SUPREME!!!
Comment: When i first got exposed to Slipknot in '99 i thought that this band was what i'd been craving for years, however; it never dawned on me that they'd be around ten years later. But thank God(umm i mean Satan) they are still here. It sounded like after the 3rd album, Subliminal Verses, that the inner turmoil would be the death of them. Maybe it was the side projects, the demand, or my opinion the sobriety that brought them back for this project. "All Hope is Gone" is by far the MOST incredible, bombastic, and finely tuned piece of work Slipknot has produced to date. This is their "And Justice for All" their "Seasons in the Abyss" or dare i say "Vulgar Display of Power". They have created a monster that will forever be an example of what a band can accomplish after uncompromised but successful album sales amidst an inner turmoil hell-bent on destroying them the way many bands experience through their own decadence. This is a statement, "Hey Maggots we're here to crush your skull again just when you thought we'd never return!!!!" the tracks are so tight, often melodic, but never ever willing to let up with its assault. the album begins with perhaps the heaviest, unrelenting, smack you in the face song on the album, "Gematria". the follow up, "Sulfur", opens with what would be fitting for an army of Satan's minions to rock out to on their way to fulfill the Apocalypse. The duplicity becomes evident in the chorus when Taylor hits notes not unlike a power ballad. But the conflict continues one track later on the hit single, "Psychosocial". Probably the best drummer in metal, Joey Jordison, provides an attack on the skins almost daring you to try and remain still. He destroys everything in his path throughout the album, killing every chance he gets! "Dead Memories", the Slipknot version of a ballad begins on the softer side, for them, and eventually build into a massive, pounding. "All Hope is Gone" never quits for a minute. it is the record that many of US Slipknot enthusiasts have waited for. I can only patiently wait to see these songs performed live when they hit the road next year!!!!!

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