All Hope Is Gone

If you enjoy this type of music, I would say you are ignoring some personal problems. If you would consider yourself to be in a healthy state of mind, send me your Paypal so I can put down 5 bucks for a new pair of ears. Jesus Christ, release me from this stinking pile of dogshit.

So, yeah. Slipknot. Look, I'm really into hard music. I cut my teeth on punk and grew up on hardcore metal. I spent almost every weekend of my 20s at any hardcore show I could get to. Slipknot, though... they were always a joke in the hardcore scene. They're fashion metal. They're gothy pop-metal. The slipknot guys would show up at the hardcore shows in uniform and get laughed out of the venue. It was poser-metal. As I listened to this album, I tried really hard to get past those past notions of the band and listen with a fresh ear. What I found was that those past impressions... were not entirely wrong. But they weren't entirely correct either. There's some good stuff in here. It's a little sing-songy and filled with cliches but, at the same time, there are some killer groves buried underneath all that. Overall, not as bad as I expected it to be.

perfect music for nice relaxing bubble bath 🥰

Those drums are just too good for a 1.

On some level, I get it. You are angry. You sometimes feel dead inside. You need a sound that matches that hopelessness and rage. I am angry too! But whoever thought it was vital to include this album as one of the greats, really does need to check their vital signs. It's okay though; we all have our paths to musical bliss and these guys really do strike a nerve for so many, that I'm happy to have another listen. What I hear are machine gun drum beats. I hear lyrics rich with authentic human emotion and truth. I hear gut-birthed gnarly screaming. I hear catchy arena rock riffs. And, I hear some infused melodic vocals, and even harmonies. I can appreciate all of those components, and do in several bands that I sometimes resonate with (i.e. Linkin Park, Creed, etc.) but while I can appreciate these things that Slipknot brings to the table, All Hope Is Gone is far too elementary at its core for me. No judgement to all of the rockers who embrace the growling thunder that is Slipknot. But for me, the thunder is so overpowering, I cannot hear the rain.

Slipknot are in that bracket of metal/emo bands I actually appreciate more now than when I was a teenager (‘shouty men in silly masks’ was my initial verdict). When they combine meaty riffs with catchy, non-screamy vocals (like Psychosocial, which always went down well at uni rock club nights), I can get on board. That said, I think tracks like Gematria will always be too thrashy for me to enjoy. *That* said, it doesn’t seem like this is considered the best Slipknot album, and people who really like the band tend to prefer the earlier, less poppy stuff. So the inclusion of this album on the list seems like a bit of an awkward compromise. Much like my on-the-fence 3-star rating.

“All Hope Is Gone” by Slipknot(1980) New experience for me. Bad done well. 3/5 These guys have real talent. What a shame. Self contradictory (hope/no hope) the marketing of evil, done with precision, elaboration, finesse. An intriguing listen. It seems like metal has caught up with hip hop. The message is incoherent, undefended and indefensible. Expressing virtually no redemption, no resolution. “Snuff” is the closest thing to beauty on this album (even if the opening groove is a flat ripoff of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way”), but is fatally flawed by its nonsensical lyrics. How can one feel sorry for a guy who gives such a lame and internally inconsistent expression of his sadness? To his woman? I pity the woman.

Honestly couldn't wait for this album to end. Suffered from Metallica syndrome, each song could be cut in half and it would probably be better for it. Heresy, I know. Come at me bro.

Pretty decent, not my favorite genre but I appreciate the musicality/instrumentation. 99.9% unable to understand what they're saying, which kind of makes it hard to stay invested beyond that, personally.

furious, confusing, brutal, raging- lots of lyrical references to worms, killing fields, burning cities down, smashing, war, murders - with a vocal style that switches from regular guttural metal to Styx-like sweetness on some choruses. ("and the rain will kill us all" on Psychosocial). Great drumming throughout.

My instinct here was to get through it and move on, but surprise myself to totally vibing out to Slipknot. You live and learn.

It's a good album, but I think Iowa is still their best one. Not every song on this one is as good. I can understand if you don't like the genre this is not for you, but this was a great entry level band for me.

Better than I thought it would be, although it's clearly not for me. There's some accomplished musicianship in there, along with the angst and anger people come here for.

As a fan of the band let me just say that this album is a confusing selection. It's a fine album but i think that 99% of fans would agree that if you were to choose 2 Slipknot albums as being "must hear" S/T and Iowa would be the ones. I like this album for the most part. Gemetria goes hard. A lot of the songs find a nice balance of catchy and aggressive (albeit toned down from the first 2 albums like the previous album did). The biggest fault of the album is that some of the songs feel like they could be Stone Sour (Corey's other band, if you didn't know) rather than Slipknot songs. Dead Memories and Snuff definitely don't feel like Slipknot but they are fine. Overall I wouldn't say that this is a great album. Its probably my 4th or 5th favorite from the band but considering how much the band helped me discover more extreme metal bands they have a big place in my heart. It's a good album probably a 3.5 or a generous 4 but I'm giving it a 5 for the low community score and my appreciation for the band as a whole.

BL: This album is one quite near and dear to my heart. Slipknot was the first metal band (alongside Korn) I got properly into back when I was 12 or 13, I owned this record on CD and used to listen to it quite often, not as much as the debut, but this was definitely my second favourite album by them. Psychosocial was one of the first metal songs I learned on the guitar, and still remember the riff to this day. The chaos this album brings is truly something of a calibre many other metal albums could never rival. That being said, it’s been maybe 3 or 4 years since I listened to it the whole way through. So I’ll see what I think. “Snuff” continues to be one of my favourite sad songs of all time AL: this was even better on the relisten than I remember it being. There is a lot of diversity here which brings in some blues notations alongside traditional metal, Screamo vocals alongside sung breaks. There were some tracks here which I’ve grown to massively appreciate here which I didn’t when I was younger (“Sulfur”, “Gehenna”). There are still a couple tracks here and there that I think are weaker (“Butcher’s Hook”, “This Cold Black”), but the main tracks I love stayed just as good (“Dead Memories”, “Snuff”) FT: “Dead Memories”, “Snuff”, “Gehenna”, “Sulfur” 5/5

Okay, I'm just a very casual fan of Slipknot, I would sometimes listen to their more famous songs, like "Psychosocial" or "Snuff" from this album. In 2000s I always thought this band is all "shock" and no essence, just 4 dudes using kegs as drums in a weird and scary masks. Stuff for teenagers I guess. But one has to admit that "All Hope Is Gone" is a much more mature album, with quieter and slower moments, good on its own, but also underlining the speed and anger from other songs. I'm also a fan of Corey Taylor, pretty good vocalist, that has some nice songs outside of Slipknot. Not the greatest album on the list, but I think it's worth 5 stars.

Als een metalband tegelijkertijd loeiharde als mooie rustige nummers op 1 album kwijt kan zonder dat het stoort, getuigt dat van zekere kwaliteit. Ook de thematiek is brandend actueel

All Hope Is Gone é um álbum para ser escutado por todos que buscam viver uma experiência vigorosa do melhor do metal. É um álbum complexo, que une riffs poderosos com o vocal profundo. Sendo fundamental destacar a habilidade do baterista.

my 3rd favourite slipknot album but still by far the best listen yet.....

A new direction for Slipknot. It's not their best album, but that is due to the extremely high bar set by their first two albums 'Slipknot' & 'Iowa'. This album brings a slower speed but still the same energy that the band has always had. An amazing band to see perform live!

Les joyeux gueulards de Slipknot nous apportent un peu de fraîcheur dans ce générateur pour ménagères. Malgré cela, j'ai bien l'impression que le cargo de cocaïne promis à Robert n'est pas arrivé à bon port, je vais faire jouer de mes contacts auprès de la police douanière pour tenter de résoudre cette affaire.

Hey, you want to listen to some terrible modern nu-metal from Iowa? No, me neither. 1/5

Tried to give this a fair hearing, but it's just so bad in every way. Music for absolute posers

Iowa is the only other Slipknot album I've heard, so coming into this one surprised me with just how pop-oriented it was. That's not a bad thing, though - the variety and catchiness it adds may not please the pure metalheads, but I think it made for a fun listen.

Slipknot on bändinä tuttuakin tutumpi. Aikanaan yläasteella luokkakaveri tutustutti Slipknotiin ja bändin nimeä kantavaan ekaan levyyn. Vähän myöhemmin jostain sensuurista pääsi läpi Taavetin kirjaston levytarjontaan bändin seuraava levy (Iowa). Tämä piti käydä lainaamassa ja kääntää mp3:ksi (taas vaihteeksi).Olisiko sitten vähän myöhemmin vielä tullut Disasterpieces live-DVD, mitä tuli pyöriteltyä paljonkin. Varmaan nimenomaan se varsin vauhdikas live imaisi lopulta mukaan. Varsinkin kun bändissä on (ainakin alkuaikoina) laulaja, pari kitaristia, basisti, rumpari, pari perkussionistia, dj, sämplääjä, niin lavalla ja lavan ulkopuolella tapahtumaa riitti. Jos ei soitettavaa ollut, niin sitten myllytettiin keskenään tai kiipeiltiin lavarakenteisiin. Kaksi ekaa Slipknotin levyä on itselle ne parhaat. Tällä All Hope Is Gonella on hetkensä, mutta ei kokonaisuutena mikään kummoinen. Levyn alkupään biisit on ihan hyvää Slipknotia, mutta loppuosalla ei slovari Snuffia lukuunottamatta ole kummoisia biisejä. Nostalgian sävyttämä 4.

This is the first CD I ever bought with my own money - I remember biking to Best Buy with Justin Wirsbinski. It's wild going back to this record on the day Trump leaves office and taking more time to notice the themes railing against American politics and the disguising of politics as religion at the end of the Bush administration than I did when I first bought it. I’d give this a 4.5 but I can’t justify a full 5. If I did it’d just be nostalgia The album is way more interesting considered against slipknots early stuff. It’s solidifies their transition from nu metal to something more mainstream. It is commercial metal but its well-executed, An entryway for a lot of people into the genre that is accessible without losing intensity.

Accessible for metal which isn’t a bad thing. I liked what I heard and Snuff was excellent in particular. Some filler I could have done without but overall good.

Okay, Dead Memories kind of works for me. But it's also more alt than metal. I didn't hate Snuff, either, but, again, that's way more post-grunge than metal. I'd honestly think Snuff was by a completely different artist, probably one with a number in their name, if I didn't know what album it was from. I could pick out some good lyrics from other tracks, but, yeah, this is still not selling metal if the only high points were not metal. Given how out of place they feel, I wonder if those were label mandates, or "Beth" style letting one guy do what he really wants. I'm giving it a bonus point for Snuff, which I do like. The rest of the album is just not for me.

A bit too hard for me

It would've been a 1 based on most of the shouty vocals but two songs that were actually sung redeemed it - just! Not my sort of music. You can't relax to it or dance to it.

Vocals too loud.

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Harsh. Not my preference.

No thank you

I just can't, this type of music is too chaotic for me.

I could have lived and died without ever listening to this.

"All Hope is Gone" Yeah, no shit. There are bands that are hardcore/badass. Then there are bands, such as Slipknot, that could have more moments (Child of Burning Time, Vermillion, Pt. 2) if only they weren't so busy trying so hard to be badass. I can't believe it takes nine people to produce this crap.

The very reason Spotify has a private session feature. Don't want shit like this coming anywhere near my algorithm.

I wasn't expecting much. I got what i expected.

Nah sorry, this is shit and anachronistic. That nuff song is cheesy

Not bad

I'm giving this a 5 because I'd recommend it to others, but it's not the biggest 5 I've given. There's some pretty solid hits on here, but the tracks also sometimes get a bit same-y. There's not really a lot of bands that I know of who have a sound quite like Slipknot, so that's cool Standouts Sulfur Psychosocial Snuff 5/5

This is some wild shit. A much younger me would've enjoyed this a lot. The guitars are a bit washed out to my ears. So I just focus on the drumming. This isn't my usual listen but I appreciate good musicianship and the drums are standout. The album cover is creepy, like a good metal record should be. The vocals are also good for this style of music.

i have dabbled in slipknot over the years with liking individual songs. This is the first time i have ever listened to a full album. LOVED IT. straight on to spotify to add it to my albums

Welcome to my Controversial Artists list, Slipknot! One star for their self-titled album and now this. Maybe it's because the previous album from this site was hours of generic drum & bass that sounded like a space dolphin giving a drum machine diarrhoea that's making me more predisposed towards any actual humans playing actual instruments.

Powerful, angry, political, emotional, an all time favorite band of mine which already showed their prowess in their early years and only built on off of this reputation.

Stands as one of the best metal AF records. Sonic brilliance.

I'm giving this a 5 because I'd recommend it to others, but it's not the biggest 5 I've given. There's some pretty solid hits on here, but the tracks also sometimes get a bit same-y. There's not really a lot of bands that I know of who have a sound quite like Slipknot, so that's cool Standouts Sulfur Psychosocial 5/5

Controlled chaos. I love it. I forgot how many good songs are on this album. Of course I remember the big single Psychosocial but Dead Memories and Sulfur came back to me like I listened to them just yesterday. I wouldn't consider myself a big Slipknot fan but this album really is some of their best work. I love the hard gritty nature layered with the some occasional soft vocals. The squealing guitar and relentless drums really set the tone. Getting this album generated in October is just the cherry on top because the memories this album invokes are from my middle school/ high school days going to haunted houses on the weekends. They would blast this stuff while you waited in line and went through the mazes.

One of my favourite bands, and one of their best albums

absolutely

Hell yeah slipknot

9/10

I really dig it, from the intense songs to the calm ones

5 Stars

Was not expecting to get a high school nostalgia trip today. One of the albums I listened to extensively when I first decided I wanted to learn how to play drums. Powerful, heavy, and totally complex. Has appeal to long time fans and more mainstream sounding hits. Excellent album. Top tracks: Sulfur, Psychosocial, Dead Memories, Snuff

Wow never really listened to slipknot but really rippin riffs, this was really fun to listen to after some of the others on this list.

The summer of 2009 I was taking drivers ed and I met this guy who I ended up hanging out with all summer. I had a big crush on him but nothing ever came of it. But we hung out all the time and he listened to slipknot all the time. I love this band. There is a reason that they are one of the top bands in this genre. Vendetta is (and was) my fave.

Its pretty much all bangers or at least good listening. Is good stuff

Damn, cool album. Great musicianship, cool track after cool track. I might have damaged my hearing, but that's ok. Favorite tracks: Gematria (great lyrics), Sulfur, Psychosocial, Vendetta (I bet this one is fun to hear live), Butcher's Hook, Gehenna, This Cold Black.

Overraskende bra, hvis jeg skal høre heavy metal så er det gooooo

Yes! I only really knew the first Slipknot record and a few of the hits, but this is a great record all-round. Love the production, super riff-heavy, just great. Favourite tracks: Gematria, Sulfur, Psychosocial, Vendetta.

i really liked this album, even more than i thought i would. i knew a handful of tracks from it beforehand but enjoyed most of what was going on here. tracks like psychosocial and snuff are some of slipknot's best, and this album strikes a good balance between really gritty, dark, heavy tracks and the nice but sad ballads. with only one real exception, the songs were all in the neighborhood of 4-6 minutes long, which was a bit grueling for some of the less interesting tracks in the middle. in fact, i really enjoyed tracks 1-5 and 11-15, but the middle third of the album just didn't do much for me. still, that many good and varied tracks makes this an easy 5 star for this list. favorites: tracks 2-5 and 11-15. especially sulfur, psychosocial, dead memories, snuff, and vermilion pt 2

I am biased, this was the first metal album I ever heard. My uncle borrowed the CD to me and told me not to tell my mom I was listening to 'screamo' music. Still love this album.

Goated album

Enjoyed way more than I thought I would.

Damn, this is even better than I remember. The drift from nu-metal to groove was just the perfect decision by Slipknot. All Hope Is Gone completely lives up to it's runtime with plenty of outstanding tracks. The duo of 'Sulfur' into 'Psychoscial' really is something, and the face-melting solo on 'This Cold Black' comes out of nowhere! Also, I acknowledge that 'Snuff' is sort of selling out, but it's just one hell of a track.

better than i remember

Heavy nice stuff..

too much metal for me...

Me gustó demasiado este álbum ya que me gusta el género de rock, aunque las letras y los gritos si me sacaron de onda

yeah, all hope is gone.

Wow!

Slipknot innit. 🤘 This Cold Black 👌

A modern metal classic

Metal

4.5

It's not perfect (far from it). It's not the best thing that happened to the music... However, listen to it makes me remember my teenage years and so I'll give it 5 stars just for it.

Really a 4.5, but today I'm rounding up - the world needs to give some respect to heavy metal. Great hammer-drill rock with some melody. Midwestern comfort food for the quietly anxious. Felt like I'd finished a good core workout just by listening.

🙌🏻

Epic rage

Great metal album, a band I will certainly look up

Favourite tracks: psychosocial; dead memories; snuff; butchers hook

Not the best slipknot album, but enjoyed it. Standout songs: Sulfur Vendetta Gehenna

8.5/10

I was a fan of Slipknot before this album, but for some reason I dropped off when this one came out and I regret it now. Fantastic work

So... this is Slipknot, huh? As someone who enjoys metal more than most people, I've felt for a while that Slipknot is one of those bands that I have to try and get into eventually, but I wanted to wait until I got one of their albums for the project since they are (rightfully) included on this list with two albums! I would've liked to start with their self-titled debut, but I guess I'll have to settle for their fourth album, All Hope is Gone from 2008. Hey, I'm sure this was someone's first Slipknot album before me. Anyways, how do I feel about Slipknot after listening to my first album of theirs? I get it. I see the appeal. This album's pretty good! The style is strong. This is definitely one of the heaviest albums I've gotten so far, which is a good thing for me. Apparently this album departs a bit from the nu-metal stylings and goes for more of a groove metal sort of thing. I'm okay with that. There's still some occasional nu-metal moments here, but this is definitely a more standard metal affair. Slipknot definitely has some very talented members behind it when it comes to instrumentals. I especially want to give a shout-out to the band's drummer at the time, Joey Jordison. Fortunately, unlike a band like Limp Bizkit where the band has a bunch of talented instrumentals and a shitty vocalist, Slipknot has Corey Taylor, who is a great vocalist. I like how he can go from intensely screaming to actually singing pretty well like it's nothing. Good for you Corey! The writing here is also solid. It's got some depth to it while still being full of edge. There's even some personal moments here, with the obvious one being the penultimate track, the acoustic "Snuff." Still, the majority of this songs are general "I hate the world" songs, but there's something about a song like "Pscyhosocial" that just makes this sort of thing work. It's probably the talent of the band members. Overall, this album gives me a good first impression of a band that I probably should've gotten into by now. The album's not perfect, but I like it for what it is quite a bit. It appeals to me. Light 4/5.

I bet this album gets savaged here in the global reviews. This community seems to hate metal. I, on the other hand, enjoy metal. Slipknot is one of those bands I've never listened to very much. The melodic vocal interludes have always put me off. So I was happy to see them here and have a reason to give a full listen to one of their albums. And I really enjoyed it. You can tell these guys grew up listening to Pantera and Sepultura.

I've always written Slipknot as some poser NuMetal band that wasn't worth my time back when they first came out. Wow, I have really matured with my music appreciation. This album is rock solid, and kicks ass! Reminds me a lot of Pantera at parts, with some heart and emotion (Snuff, Sulfur). Overall, I enjoyed this album a lot. 4/5

wait a second... am *I* a metalhead? * i look into the mirror. my face is more GREY and SHINY than normal.

I really enjoy the groovier direction Slipknot took on some of these songs. It was a change in sound that I think was welcome. Last album to feature Joey and Paul (RIP to both) so it's an important one. Some big hits on here. Not as groundbreaking as their self-titled or Iowa but a great album nonetheless.

Raaaaagh-gentle-Raaaaagh!

The slower/ballady songs did not hit me the right way - could have probably left those off. With that said the rest of the record was pretty awesome actually. Metal but still pretty melodic -> hard rock is a better description for most of this. I feel like this is more like what I expected 'alternative rock' to turn in to rather than Nickelback and the like... Sulfur was a great track. Gematria was pretty awesome also. Psychosocial was a bit "90's nu-metal" for me but still pretty ok. Overall a good listen. Maybe a weak 4 but I think it makes the 4-star mark for me.

The first Slipknot record came out whole I worked at Blockbuster video and I would listen to it on CD while walking to work. Iowa was an extension of that sound and was similarly great. By the time this record came out, I had moved out of my parents house and couldn't afford to buy CDs. This got missed. This is more polished. And the tempos vary which is a nice chance of pace. But this feels somehow less brutal. There are clearly different metal influences in here. Which is nice. But it just doesn't click the way those first two did. Now I need to go listen to Subliminal verses and see what's going on there.

I understand why Slipknot exists. There was a niche to be filled for heavier music highly marketable towards youth in the 2000s. Slipknot was ever popular with the 12 year olds that were craving something heavier than radio rock, but weren't familiar with anything heavier than Metallica or Soundgarden. Enter Slipknot, standing on the shoulders of giants. Recycling old Slayer riffs, add some Joey J drum fills and a frontman who can scream AND sing (WOWEE!) Things I like about this album: 1. I am desperate for variance in guitar tone. Hearing distorted tones again warms my heart after 400 albums of late 60s jam rock slogs and 90s brit pop slop. 2. The lyrics are on point. Slipknot is writing songs that resonated with the youth of the 90s and 2000s and remain popular for this reason. Any music that is pushing back on the right wing christian theocracy that is alive and well today is appreciated. This is peak Bush era music. 3. Joey J definitely is the highlight here. Slipknots songwriting learns heavy into having a talented drummer that can fit in tight little drum fills to doctor up these songs as being more exciting than they are. Things I dislike about this album: 1. Holy shit the recycling riffs here are boring. There are a couple of downbeat songs here that really let you linger and think about what the music isn't doing, and this sucks. Slipknot is at it's best when its a fast and heavy. 2. Clean vocals. The sing songy choruses juxtaposed to the screamed ones are probably a draw for some, but I can't get into it. It reminds me of those Jpop bands like BABYMETAL. I can't take these guys seriously at all. I'm struggling to rate this as far as this website goes. Heavy metal and it's subgenres are my favorite to listen to in my daily life, and I don't like Slipknot all that much. The conversation has just moved on. Nostalgia doesn't grip me to this music like it does some other nu metal acts. If I was going to rate this album amongst other heavy metal records, it would likely be a 2/5. Because of the omission of seminal or innovative metal albums on this list, I am forced to rate this higher. In short, put Acid Bath on this list, you cowards.

I had never heard an entire Slipknot album before, but this is brilliant. It's not only speed and screaming (although there is plenty of that), but also quite melodic moments. And, most importantly, it can, better thatn most other albums I know, be an outlet for feelings like frustration and anger. I will come back to this. 4/5

An awesome metal album - not as good as some of their older material but still a good one. Amazing how Slipknot turned out to be one of the most valid of the era of early noughties metal bands.

I think this, for the most part, is absolutely excellent. It doesn’t feel like some of the other heavier metal stuff I’ve listened to, in that it’s way more interesting and melodic. It’s not incomprehensible noise. Although there is screaming, there’s plenty of proper singing too, and he has a genuinely great voice. A lot of the tracks have real drive to them, and there’s plenty of shifts in tempo which keep things fresh. The drums hit really hard, and the more technical squealing guitars when they kick in are massively my jam. For much of this album I was scrunching up my face and nodding along in a ‘this is badass’ kind of way. I’m generally on-board with most of the album, but there are some truly stand-out tracks. Sulfur is a great tune. Psychosocial is badass. All Hope Is Gone. Snuff, while the least ‘Slipknot’ song on here is superb. I loooove the guitars in that song when they kick off. Vermillion (it’s a bonus track I think) goes even further with all kinds of interesting instruments and orchestral bits thrown in. Really quite impressive. 4.5 rounded down.

I enjoy heavier music and it's not because I'm ignoring personal problems or don't have a healthy mindset. It's the same way anyone resonates with the music that they like; It makes you feel something. I'm a casual slipknot listener, but I know they changed the lives of many people during our formative years when I was growing up. They're one of many bands that made heavier music accessible to so many.

absolute banger of an album. Incredibly intense with a lot of dark imagery, but really well mixed and mastered, with some awesome riffs, some difficult topics, and overall powerful offering.