Comments on: SLIPKNOT’S ALL HOPE IS GONE: ANOTHER STEP IN A NEW DIRECTION

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:49:38 +0000

Not the heaviest band ever, by any means. Listen to Disembowelment or old school dm.

Anyway, this is my favorite album by my favorite band. Fucking fantastic. Love the intensity and the diversity.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:36:23 +0000

i think slipknot are the heaviest band ever i heard the likes of devil driver and job for a cowboy and they just arnt heavy in the same way people dont understand me when i say this they just have the huge booming sound that gets to your heart and slipknot for me are the only band that can pull off songs like get this and snuff and make me love them both

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:31:37 +0000

uggg, more pussy vocals from a once great vocalist.

By: Zack

Zack — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:45:34 +0000

I just cannot get into these guys. There isn’t a shred of originality in their act. The whole mask-and-jumpsuit shtick was done by Mr. Bungle almost 20 years ago, and the trite lyrics and boring music make me want to just ignore them and listen to good metal/grindcore. I also read an interview with Corey Taylor a while back, and all he could do was talk about how much GWAR sucks and how much better the ‘Knot is! Yeah bro, whatever.

By: Jester

Jester — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:08:23 +0000

What happend to once chaotic and crazy nine masked men band ? watered down, un-inspired and predictable crap for those kids who just grow out of linkin park. Corey have lost it since he took his mask of and became celebrity with Stonesour. They are a good hard rock band but this effort to turn Slipknot into Stonesour pt 2 doesn’t work for me. There’s no agression at all. They’re just trying so hard and yet keep failing since Vol 3. Anything these nine guys with mask record, other metal bands with four members without masks can do it better. New masks ? who give a damn? This isn’t a Superhero comic. Who cares what they’re wearing. It only comes second after music. Psychosocial ? I want to throw up. Half assed attempt to rip off Rammstein and Stonesour melodies.

By: Revrant

Revrant — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:01:13 +0000

Went and listened to it after this glowing review.

God, you know, no matter how many times I hear it Corey’s clean singing vocals are not only generic, and have little range, but they just sound wrong within the musical sound-scape Slipknot creates, it literally makes my skin crawl.

What also unnerves me to a greater degree is the few songs where Slipknot sound like a generic post-grunge band, that’s more apparent than before, I don’t like it at all.

I decided to just be a sheep and not even bother with the lyrics(like all of you guys), and focus on the band’s strength, and it was more of the same that I could bob my head to, pummeling drums, catchy riffs, shouting vocals, the solos are nice.

So that’s what I think, and I of course disagree with the review, but hey, oh well.

By: Sts

Sts — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:43:00 +0000

Seems there’s a pattern with all the latest works from Slipknot, 4 great songs and the rest is just fillers and All Hope Is Gone is no different. Worst part of it is the unashamed collage to Stone Sour which actually sound like leftovers from Come What(ever) May sessions.

By: Tmack

Tmack — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:48:25 +0000

I see Slipknot like I see Hed PE, while both are much maligned due to their nu-metal aspects, they both always have songs on their albums that just stand out as solid metal/rock songs. I never jumped on the I hate nu-metal bandwagon because it was popular, I jumped on it becuase the genre hit the wall as far as being able to progress and offer anything but a rehashing of what had already came. I don’t see any of the nu-metal bands trying to progress within the genre, with the exception of maybe the Deftones. Slipknot is trying purge themselves of nu-metal, Hed PE has become a cover band of their own shit, and many of the other old guard nu-metal bands have split. Where is the prog-nu-metal or trip-hop-nu-metal. We do have Necro (a post Brotha Lynch Hung horror rapper), who virtually created death rap, although his music is too sampled to actually sound like death metal, he keeps the feel of the genre. Anyways, what I am trying to say is Slipknot is nu-metal and we all still dig them, so it is possible that many of these other nu-metal acts, if they would progress, could become popular again and make all of us snobs look like fools.

By: sentancedtodie

sentancedtodie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:59 +0000

Why does everyone whine about a new album when it first comes out. Most of the people crying about the album, are the same people who cried about the last one when it came out. And now those people are like Subliminal Versus is the best album. These guys have laid down some very technical riffs on this new album. You can’t judge an album by less than a weeks worth of hearing it. You have to take it all in over and over. Slipknot and Stone Sour are two different projects and because Cory uses his singing voice actually makes Slipknot seem to mature and evolve. Now if this was an album of cover songs then we would know that they are getting old and close to being finished, Metallica is a perfect example of this. This album is sic and their stage show has stepped up another notch. Thanks Axl for being a dick in your biased review.

By: enemyofgod72

enemyofgod72 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:53:56 +0000

I just listened to the new album 3 times in a row. I think it’s awesome. “Gehenna” is pretty weak but I give Corey Taylor kudos for putting a song out there that he was obviously going to take shit for. Leaving that song on the album shows he definitely has heavy metal cajones. Personally I like Snuff just as much as Sulfur. Maybe I’m too old but I don’t need my metal to be 1000 mph every song for an entire album. I’ve always liked that Slipknot mix it up on every album. In the end this album sounds like Slipknot and that’s a MFin’ good thing.

By: jesse

jesse — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:03:52 +0000

@Dustin

I agree completely about the Nu-metal thing man. My thing is I never agreed with the idea that they were Nu-metal in the first place, which is why I would love for them to have more solid ground against ignorant assholes who just bunch anything they don’t immediately like because everyone else does into the Nu-metal genre.

Corey’s had his “rap” metal moments, but mostly just on Spit it Out. That would pretty much be the only time I would ever actually call them Nu-metal, and that song(both mixes) was heavy as fuck.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:06:00 +0000

When I first heard the 30 second clips, I was pretty disappointed. Then I heard the entire album, and was still disappointed. But, after listening to it a few times, there’s really only a couple songs I don’t like very much. Those songs being Snuff and Gehenna. I just went into the album expecting it to be the heaviest yet because of how much Slipknot hyped it up. Corey Taylor even said, “the album is going to rip your face off.” That’s a very bold statement and unfortunately, it isn’t very accurate. Self titled and Iowa ripped my face off, not AHIG. All in all, i really like the album now. And what’s up with all this burying the nu metal hatchet talk? Everyone seems to agree that their first 2 releases are the best. Their first 2 releases are much more nu-metal than their newer stuff. Yet people are saying it’s good that they are straying from nu metal…that doesn’t make any sense to me. If their first 2 albums were nu metal and everyone likes those 2 the most, why would you want them to stray from their nu metal roots? There’s nothing wrong with nu-metal, I don’t get why people despise it so much. It was, at one time, on top in the music world and everyone loved it. But now it’s the “cool” thing to bash it even tho 99% of the people that bash it used to love it. Like whatever you want, and don’t say something is lame just because other people are saying it. Fuck what other people think. As long as you like it and enjoy it, that’s all that matters.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:35:29 +0000

I wasn’t instantly blown away, but after the first listen, it has growth potential. It is a progressive step more in tune with the Slipknot vibe than Vol. 3 was. It may alienate fans who expect Iowa and Slipknot over and over, but it can bring some people who have been fringe Slipknot fans into a greater appreciation for the band. I do agree that this release should put the final nail in the death of the Nu-metal comparison. Finally!

By: jesse

jesse — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:51:16 +0000

I agree with a lot of you guys. It doesn’t stand up to Iowa or Slipknot, but it definitely progressed from Vol. 3. I’m sure it’ll take a few more listens to get into it a little more, but after the first one I heard a lot of new technical guitar work that I’ve always wanted to hear from them.

It’s kinda cool to hear influences from bands like Pantera and Lamb of God in there too. I’ve always enjoyed a good groove in my metal.

I think All Hope is Gone is a very necessary step in the direction of getting the “Nu-metal” label off their backs if anything else.

Anyone else notice how “Dead Memories” sounds like a Stone Sour b-side? Not that I’m complaining, Stone Sour kicks ass IMO.. but it just doesn’t sound like a Slipknot song to me.

By: Walker

Walker — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:03:01 +0000

Just finished my first listen. Overall, I put this as their 3rd best release but I think that is almost the same as comparing all 4 Indiana Jones movies. No matter what, you liked all 4, but you have your little loves and hates from all of them. I do love, how, they constantly change and tweak their sound without a complete departure from what makes them work in the first place.
I am a fan, I dont like to call myself a maggot, since I saw them at Ozzfest 99, and have purchased each record on release day. Myself being the only loser at Tower Records at midnight when Iowa came out. I liked the political punch of the record, but if you want politics go for a rage against the machine or fucking Bob Dylan at that point. They want to be taken seriously, you cant blame them, they should be. They started off as this extreme 9 piece take no prisoners style and it made them huge worldwide, now they’ve been able to continue and grow up right in front of us. Who wants nothing but screaming on a record their whole life. I know I dont.
I love the fact they dont to want scream their whole lives either. How could you when you have a couple of bucks in the bank, wife, kids, houses, etc. Best tracks is America the Killing Nam, Im not calling the approved title, and Snuff, which best represents what this band is about. Appearances are not everything, on the surface is anger, but inside is love. I think that is very metal. I know more people hate them then love them, which is fine by me, but I think any metal fan could at least understand what they attempting on each record. So many bands have their debut and then everything else is just there, repeating what they did before, not really trying. I actually hope they have another record in them, and really, take chances, do a pink floyd kinda thing, jam out, go nuts….isnt that what slipknot really is all about?

By: BloodGutter

BloodGutter — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:47:47 +0000

Am I the only one who got bored with this half way through? I mean there are some cool little suprises and new things here and there but overall it just lacks that punch their previous material had.

I’ll probably give it a few more listens but so far I don’t hear anything to go crazy over

By: iwrestledaferretonce

iwrestledaferretonce — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:30:40 +0000

You guys are worrying me…….
I was of the mindset that Slipknot was more the “metal for beginners” kinda thing….They got me back into metal after the whole ’90s metal shutdown, but then i moved on when i found more punishing and brutal bands.
When i saw them at Mayhemfest, I started to regain my respect for what they do, but it’s gotta be heavy. Iowa is hands down the best record, and I’m pleased to hear that AHIG is a “collaboration” of previous releases (i was too cheap to pay the extra $$ for expedited shipping, so who knows when I’ll get my pre-order,)
But I don’t want ‘Knot to be Stone Sour Version 1.0 (I know, Corey started SS before being asked to be vox in “Knot.)
Clean vocals have they’re place….ATR’s Fall of Ideals, Bleeding Through’s The Truth, and even Bury Your Dead’s BYD (though they really shouldn’t,) but on a “Knot album it’s really gotta be limited, or else I feel the intensity is lost.
If they’re doing ballads and “lightening their sound”, oh jeez. They oughta just go out before the true maggots start hating them.

By: Diego

Diego — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:43:37 +0000

Hey, Axl: you almost sound ashamed when you say you like “Snuff” and other melodic songs. “Snuff” is a GREAT song. Don’t be afraid of loving it.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:01:23 +0000

While I don’t agree with everything that was said, great review Axl. You managed to display all your opinions about the album in an honesty way without turning it into a Blabbermouth-like bashfest or a forums.slipknot1.com-like jizzfest.

I really like the album.

By: The Mighty Fucking Quinn

The Mighty Fucking Quinn — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:51:20 +0000

Great.I’m not the only person who thinks that Butcher’s Hook is kinda pseudo-Meshuggah.I agree whole heartedly.Heard the album last week and thought it started weak but built up.Still not nuts on This Cold Black or Wherein Lies Continue, but overall it has grown on me with each listen.