{"id":5991,"date":"2008-08-20T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=5991"},"modified":"2013-06-01T15:48:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T15:48:37","slug":"album-review-slipknot-all-hope-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-slipknot-all-hope-is-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"SLIPKNOT – All Hope Is Gone (2008) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SLIPKNOT
All Hope Is Gone<\/strong><\/span>
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\nRoadrunner (2008)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 1998 one of the oddest bands of the last few decades burst into the mainstream with the hit \u2018Wait And Bleed\u2019. Hailing from the Midwest (Iowa to be specific) Slipknot seemingly came from nowhere to scare the MTV generation by wearing Halloween masks, boasting a nine-member band, and playing a twisted form of heavy music that landed squarely between what bands like Korn were doing and what was going on in the more extreme music underground.<\/p>\n

Over the years the band has gotten heavier, angrier and weirder looking, while selling millions of albums and building a devoted fanbase of dejected teenagers worldwide. <\/p>\n

Notorious for the long spans of time between albums, Slipknot returns quickly this time with an album that is likely going to disappoint those who are uncomfortable with the band’s relative happiness these days. Basically, if you thought Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses<\/em> (2004) was too commercial for your tastes, then stay far away from All Hope is Gone<\/em>. On the other hand, if you like the less scary and more melodic version of Slipknot that first appeared around 2005 then All Hope is Gone<\/em> is going to make you very, very happy. <\/p>\n

For their fourth album the band fully embrace the melodic aspect of their music. The songs are backed by the band\u2019s typically dark and expressive lyrics yet there is a measure of hope in each one, lending the title of the album a sarcastic tone when all is said and done. The first scent of change in the air is \u2018Gematria (The Killing Name)\u2019. The song is the album\u2019s proper kick-off and balances the heavy and melodic aspect in much the same way as the massive hit \u2018Wait And Bleed\u2019 or the cult favourite \u2018Left Behind\u2019 from the Iowa<\/em> album (2001). The band bring the pain as they scream \u201cWe will burn your cities down!\u201d<\/em> during each bridge. There\u2019s no doubt that this song will be a staple of the band\u2019s live show in short order. <\/p>\n

\u2018Sulfur\u2019, \u2018Psychosocial\u2019 (the album\u2019s lead single) and \u2018Wherein Lies Continue\u2019 back up the first impressions, establishing that the music here will have more in common with side members Stone Sour albums than it will with the band\u2019s back catalogue. \u2018Gehenna\u2019 is another odd shift, boasting an almost alternative rock sound that when coupled with the power ballad \u2018Snuff\u2019 makes for a confusing listen for longtime fans. The latter is more than a little acoustic and will likely be the point that makes or breaks the album for most fans. The only song here that even comes close to the heaviness produced on the band\u2019s career defining album Iowa<\/em> is the title track, which ends the album. At this point I believe that it is safe to say that Iowa<\/em> was a fluke as they seem to have no desire to be that heavy anymore. <\/p>\n

This is not the same group of angry, beaten-down 20-somethings that emerged in 1998. For better or worse this is the beginning of a different Slipknot, a band that is comfortable with itself and at least the immediate world around them. Gone are the masked, confused revolutionaries and in their place is something slightly more intellectual and entirely more experimental. All Hope is Gone<\/em> is a transitional album to be sure, but when taken as a whole it\u2019s an enjoyable listen for heavy music lovers that don\u2019t mind strong melodies.<\/p>\n

Mark Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SLIPKNOTAll Hope Is Gone Roadrunner (2008)Rating: 6.5\/10 In 1998 one of the oddest bands of the last few decades burst into the mainstream with the hit \u2018Wait And Bleed\u2019. Hailing from the Midwest (Iowa to be specific) Slipknot seemingly came from nowhere to scare the MTV generation by wearing Halloween masks, boasting a nine-member band, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slipknot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5991"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12184,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions\/12184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}