"Slipknot’s turbulent fourth album 'All Hope Is Gone' saw them scaling new commercial heights. But what they didn’t know was that it would also mark the end of an era.
Iowa, February 2008. Nine men reunited to record what would be their final album together, created under a thick, dark cloud of tension while battling personal demons. At the time, Metal Hammer reported that the dysfunction within this family was no more, and these masked menaces had found peace. In reality, things couldn’t be further from the truth.
Within five years, Slipknot would be changed forever. Bassist and founding member Paul Gray would die from an accidental overdose and drummer Joey Jordison would leave due to ongoing health issues. 'All Hope Is Gone' is the final piece of The Nine’s legacy, the sound of a band at their most vicious, yet bound together by something much more than blood...
These hostile conditions gave 'All Hope Is Gone' a caustic heaviness, a sound that can only come from the 18-legged killing machine of Slipknot. The brutal assault of opener 'Gematria (The Killing Name)', the twisted discordance of 'Wherein Lies Continue' and pummelling anthemics of 'This Cold Black', and the barbaric title track (which Corey wants to put back in the Slipknot setlist) make up some of Slipknot’s most underrated moments. The era-defining 'Psychosocial' strikes at the heart of the record, alongside the arena-swelling 'Dead Memories'. It’s a schizophrenic album, flitting from abject hatred to bombastic bounce, echoing the disunity in the studio." - Metal Hammer
Compact Disc Pressing
Tracklisting:
1. .Execute.
2. Gematria (The Killing Name)
3. Sulfur
4. Psychosocial
5. Dead Memories
6. Vendetta
7. Butcher's Hook
8. Gehenna
9. This Cold Black
10. Wherein Lies Continue
11. Snuff
12. All Hope Is Gone
