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Finding new targets for their thrashing contempt, Slipknot make ugliness sound just a little bit pretty.
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They needed to up their innovating significantly but haven’t, leaving All Hope Is Gone above-average.
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UncutOccasional, more straightforwardly anthemic moments approach the mawkishness of Nickelback, but Slipknot remain showmen at heart. [Oct 2008, p.108]
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MojoThere's little original in the likes of 'Psychosocial' 'Snuff' or "All Hope is Gone,' but the bludgeoning guitars are crisp, the overload of percussion suitably crunchy and a sense of bravura and commitment that's lacking in many of today's metal bands runs throughout. [Nov 2008, p.118]
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Metal is supposed to be larger than life, especially in Slipknot’s case, and on this record, their attempt to sound more musically varied has them coming off as tired, apathetic, and above all, weak.
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While it's not without its obvious highlights, All Hope is Gone feels too much like a demo with professional production values to make me recommend it as an album.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 197 out of 252
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Mixed: 39 out of 252
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Negative: 16 out of 252
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Nov 17, 2011
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JeffHOct 7, 2008
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Oct 5, 2019It's a good album with good music, and Psychosocial is good and it's just a very good album, with amazing masks, and good head banging music