All Hope Is Gone

the perfect music to put a toaster in the bath too

It's the gimmick that loses me with Slipknot. The music is fine, good decent nu-metal. I say Nu-metal but the sampling & scratches are there but its more of a feature than the draw. The draw is the metal, they create an interesting atmosphere for their lyrics & sound. It's the dumb gimmick of 9?! people in fucked up masks & jumpsuits. Referring to each member by numbers 0-9 instead of names. The 9 people sound like 5 if I'm being nice. What the fuck are the other 4 doing? Gimmicks make me lose respect for you. You make good music. I don't need all the silly window dressing. Slipknot is good enough without the gimmick. Snuff is the first time I can remember Slipknot getting major radio airplay. So this is their breakthrough much like Korn's Follow the Leader. 3

3 out of 5. Good golly I haven't listened to them since Iowa. Much better than I thought it would be.

3.75

das ist ein gutes heay metal album

Oof, better than their other one but not by much

Starts out strong

Slipknot? On the 1001 albums you must listen to before you die? And it’s not their debut? I mean, All Hope Is Gone is one of my favourite Slipknot albums - Gehenna is a top 10 track of theirs. Sulfur, Psychosocial, Dead Memories all high on the list. I don’t understand the love for Snuff, but whatever. But if someone asked me where to start with Slipknot, I’d recommend Iowa instead. Or their self titled debut. Loses its way in the second half, but I still rate it a solid 4/5

After my "Nu Metal Phase" of life, I realized it was just metal's pop emo genre. I drifted from the genre when Slipknot released their first album, and never really got into them, but find them to be better than most nu metal bands... but Deftones is far better. 3.5 stars

2,5

This one is a surprise as I was never a big fan of Slipknot and totally stopped paying attention to them after their second record so had never heard of this one before. While this version of the band has some elements (the groove-based riffs and big melodic hooks) that I like, the overall impression is way less distinctive than their earlier stuff and feels very commercial and empty. The chorus vocals are largely full of a disingenuous emotive quality that really turns me off. I dig some tracks more than others. “This Cold Black” and “All Hope is Gone” have some of the old Slipknot blustery fire. The brooding “Gehenna” has some charm to it. I had heard “Psychosocial” before. It’s not terrible as 2000s metal anthems go.

The "death to false metal" types will likely balk at the inclusion of any Slipknot on this list, but if it had to be one it MUST be the self-titled album, which apparently is on here. By no means should the fourth release from this band qualify. That said, it's got the hallmarks of Slipknot's glory days here and there. Some catchy stuff, good grooves. Songs go on for way too long.

This album isn't actually on the list but I was glad for some decent content instead of the 60% of drivel the actual list has.

Slipknot in 2008 was good I guess, who knew? Somewhere between Ghost & Avenged Sevenfold…surprisingly not as spooky or even violent/brutal as my like 6th grade brain imagined these guys did.

Maybe closer to a 5 than I’d like to admit. I was listening to a decent amount of metalcore in 2008 but Slipknot seemed to heavy or maybe just had a stink of numetal on them. This was super surprising and I’ll slap my 20 year old self for thinking he was better than masked killers. You can’t blame him though, he preferred masked heroes like The Aquabats

Fine honestly, I just didn’t want to listen to well over an hour of this.

If I could give 0 stars, I would. No melody, no harmony, no noteworthy lyrics, no noteworthy songs. This was a completely wasted slot. On a list that excludes hundreds of amazing albums, why spend a slot on something without musical quality?

It was not as great as I hoped, Sulfur and Dead Memories were great (as well as psychosocial but thats a given) Oh snuff was also fantastic.

i just. i can't. i respect it. but it's just a DNF for me

2008 - 4th studio album - groove metal / nu metal - hgrrrr vocal - well-receiver; original band disbanded in ~2010?; 1:12:00?!; too long; corey taylor liked it, rest of the band hated it. There is nothing wrong with the record but I am choosing to rate subjectively. This is the only kind of music I’ve found that I can’t derive any enjoyment or satisfaction out of. I only made it through half of this and the only one I could almost tolerate was Psychosocial. No man. I don’t need to listen to anything that makes me relieved for silence again.

Alright let's check this out eh? Loud. Ok. Sure. What. Idrk if I'm capable of having an opinion on this. It's loud. It's screaming. It's pretty banging tbh. Idk. Knot mention. Interesting. I do like this actually. Favourite: Dead Memories Least favourite: .execute.

Sure

If you think this is a serious album then you're going to hate it. If you embrace your inner angsty 14 year old self then it's great. It's nu-metal, sure...but sometimes you just want some loud chugging and screaming.

MY SMILE WAS TAKEN LONG AGO IF I CAN CHANGE I HOPE I NEVER KNOWW dito isso, miseravelmente ruim, como todos do slipknot

mais rock para pré-adolescentes revoltados esse tem até uma bateria na pegada do death metal feito artificialmente. o foda eh que o resto eh nu-metal medíocre. 2008 e os mano ainda insistiam nessa sonoridade meia boca nao vou dar 1 pela bateria e por snuff. quando eu era pré-adolescente triste e revoltado, gostava mto de snuff.

I am not listening to this

This record is yet another instance of a record being included due to it containing the band's greatest hit. However, the album remains vastly inferior to their debut, and the leading single 'Snuff' is not sufficient to justify that this record should be included. 6/10 [DROP]

lol, no.

Screw it, this thing rips. A bit of an odd inclusion with Iowa and Vol. 3 out there, but anything heavy is appreciated. Some monster riffs, sick breakdowns, and good production. Spiritually a 3.5, but giving them a bump for bringing actually heavy music to the masses.

As far as I’m concerned, this has little to do with music 😕 One star…

Never boring. Which is more than you can say for the majority of the albums on this list. People that reckon it’s “just screaming” need to learn to respect the level of skill it takes to perform this type of music.

Begrudging low-volume listen for the sake of completeness.. 16 songs?! 75 minutes??!! Come on.

4/10 Okay, I can accept that Slipknot is on this list... but does there really need to be two of their albums? Why this album? I feel like their heyday was on the 90s, not the late 2000s. Makes this list seem out of touch (which, in many ways, it was). In general I like the vocals of whoever is singing, and the drums are great. Can't stand the screaming or the lyrics, and the pacing of the album is a bit strange - it feels like every other song is regular singing-centric and the rest are screams. Not a fan. Much of the album has very mid-2000s rock production, for better or worse.

2/5

Couple good ones, rest were like terrible metal mixed with pop

I respect the inclusion of 2 Slipknot albums, even though the two preceding this one are much better! Remember the Slipknot pants with the masks for knees?

honestly and I know this is gonna sound crazy but I always thought i would be really good as the frontman for a rap metal band. I started early talks with some toronto music guys I know about the possibility of starting a rap metal band and everyone seemed interested. I can't rap but I can like yell things in rhythm which is I suppose what you need to do to make this kinda music. when I quit my job maybe ill start my rap metal band. anyways, i found the drumming on this album to be really impressive and i like that the album mimics a lot of hardcore song structure... it wuz better than i expected for sure.

drums gut aber sonst hat‘s mich nicht, ein paar songs catchy hooks aber das ist ja eig nicht das was einen daran catchen sollte lol

Yeah this is dreadful. What were they thinking adding another Slipknot album to the later edition of the book? It adds absolutely nothing that we didn't find out from listening to the first one. More pointlessly fast drumming and screaming. Seriously, fuck off.

Not for me Clive

Enjoyable album, loved it when it came out, and enjoyed it again listening today. But not really sure it's a must listen to album. Lots won't enjoy it, and I appreciate that. Not to everyone's tastes really.

Slipknot album was aight. I really enjoyed the first track but by the end of the album I was exhausted. I might be too old for metal or just that level of drama

Not as bad as I thought. Not as good as anyone thinks. Entirely too long, but they do a better version of bad.

This was better than i expected. I enjoyed the occasional (more) melodic vocals that occasionally crept in. The drumming reminded me of Chaos AD era Igor Cavelerra, which is never a bad thing

Corey Taylor has an incredible voice and, when that is allowed to be shown off in a non-shouty way, like in “Dead Memories” and “Snuff”, then this album is tolerable. But, then, the shouting starts again, and it ruins any goodwill I may have had.

The first track was completely pointless, so that's not a good start. Germatria was going mostly fine until the screamy noodling guitar solo that seemed like it had been accidentally added to the wrong track appeared. I really struggle with the type of vocals this genre of music often relies on. My absolute preference is a relatively high pitched, melodic singer who can also can let out soaring notes or a cathartic scream every 5-6 songs. So the low pitched gravelly-voiced grunting is not my thing. I liked the clean vocals in Sulfer for example, but I imagine aficionados of the genre probably think they are the worst bit. Dead Memories, which entirely avoided the growling, was one of the parts I liked best but I understand is one of the least Slipknotty parts of a Slipknot album. I'm almost 50% of the way into this project, and this album marks the first time I've been so fascinated by a particular band member's playing, I've looked up a YouTube video (top comment made me laugh: "The drums had a cigarette after this."). Joey Jordison, you were an insane drummer. I really wasn't sure what to expect listening to this - Slipknot are one of those bands that it's very much expected that you should hate/take the piss out of, like Nickelback. But in actuality, I liked big chunks of this. It's not groundbreaking, and I'm never going to get past my issue with the vocals, but its getting a: 3/5 P.s. I did very much enjoy discovering that this album was produced by the guitarist from Ugly Kid Joe.

Strange pick from their discography. Iowa or Subliminal Verses would be more deserving of their place. Great drumming though. RIP Joey

Complete shite

The most important three letters in the band‘s name is “not”, as in do not listen to this trash heap of sound.

Nah.

All Hope Is Gone is one hell of a metal album, and I would argue it’s the album that turned Slipknot into a proper metal band. The incorporation of guitar solos, deeper and more introspective lyrics, different influences and musical styles, all led Slipknot to be less of “just a nu metal band” and more of an all encompassing group of artists. Also, I can’t end this little opinion piece without specifically calling out just how fire the drumming is on this record. Slipknot has always been known for their drums, but this is absolutely bananas in the best way.

I just couldn’t

I refuse to listen to ts i hate slipknot

This album could almost be good, but the screaming is so ridiculous and over the top it kills it.

Did not enjoy this. I wish I couldn’t understand the lyrics, either they’re overly melodramatic or just outright cringe. Also very cringe is the pop vocals on this, not great at all. The riffs are just metal metal, the most uninspired metal metal riffs and very overly compressed guitars. I did appreciate the attempts at some electronic sounds here and there, and the drummer does a pretty good job, but mostly this album is just either forgettable or cringy to me. 3/10

Absolutely fucking not.

Impressive instrumentalism but probably won’t listen again.

I missed Slipknot in the early 2000s. I was in my early to mid 20s, so in the prime demographic for this band and...I just did not pay attention to them. I'm not sure why. I think it was the masks, I always thought that stuff was kind of goofy. Totally aware of them, just not really interested in giving them a chance. And honestly...the fans were something I wanted no part of...goth kids, terrible clothes...angry about being...white and from the burbs or from a rural area? Okay...I can't relate. And I liked Metallica growing up, some Megadeth...but nu-metal? Not my thing. And I'm not gonna sit here and say...HOLY FUCK how'd I miss this music!?! I'm so glad I found it! But I am glad I found it...only because now I can really just focus on the music and ignore the image of the band. There's some good stuff here...Joey Jordison, I get it...great drummer. Corey Taylor, actually a pretty good singer. Would I listen to it again? Maybe while working out. It's pretty good...not life changing, life altering...but pretty good. Does it deserve a spot on this list? Hard for me to say...again, sometimes this list feels like...an all inclusive list of genres and needing representation across those genres and the fads of popular music. It almost feels like there's a Spice Girls album lurking here somewhere...not because they were great, but because they captured a moment in time. And I'm not saying that this band isn't bad or untalented...I just genuinely don't know how I feel about them belonging here. Anyway, 3 stars. Solid, fun to listen to. Not sure if I'd return to it.

loved it at 15 but feels kinda boring and purposeless now. snuff and child of burning time are great

I don't hate it, but theres no escaping it's a classroom full of theatre kids from Iowa singing nu metal.

Absolutely not.

shockingly better than the last two albums I had to listen to

Los he escuchado antes por recomendación de un amigo, no son para mi. Por momentos en algunas canciones (Dead Memories) me suena similar a Pantera y eso llega a gustarme, pero por si solos me resulta algo aburrido en el resto de canciones. Los solos no son tan satisfactorios como tenía pensado que serían y las voces no me provocan nada, tal vez estoy acostumbrado a otro tipo de sonido. Creo que puede gustarme una que otra canción de ellos dentro de un tiempo si los escucho más a fondo, pero por primera impresión la verdad me parecen un poco flojos, les tenía expectativas un poco altas por ser 'ellos', de verdad me decepcioné, aunque aún tengo esperanza de que tengan algo mejor. Darle 2 estrellas me parece lo justo porque Dead Memories y Sulfur son buenas, no es horrible pero no hay mucho más que yo diga "guau" o me haga mover la cabeza.

Vol 3 was their masterpiece but this still rocks

Great heavy riffs. The melodic bits give the shouting a bit of a break too.

Not the best album to get on a migraine day, but here we go. I don’t mind Slipknot generally. There are some good songs here, I think this album suffers a bit from a crisis of identity. It can be a bit all over the place sound wise, but still solid overall. 3.5/5

4/5

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1.5. The songs that weren’t screamo saved it from being a one, I didn’t mind those. The rest weren’t my favorite. Metal isn’t my favorite genre and I have a hard time coming around to that out of all genres.

Amazing album! Got me back into metal after a long time out. I liked the prog rock songs better than the metal songs though.

To get anything out of All Hope Is Gone, I’ve found you really have to be in a very specific frame of mind, otherwise, it just feels like a non-stop, exhausting assault. It’s a wall of machine-gun drums, heavy guitars, and constant screaming that can definitely overwhelm you if you aren't looking for that specific kind of aggression. But even when the chaos gets a bit much, you can’t deny the technical skill under the masks. Joey Jordison’s drumming is an absolute beast, and he brings a crazy level of tightness to tracks like "Gematria" and "Psychosocial" that turns the noise into something genuinely powerful. It’s definitely not as unhinged as their earlier stuff, but it’s an interesting mix. It’s half-pulverizing metal and half-melodic breather, and I can imagine it hits the spot whenever you need a bit of a cathartic, loud soundtrack. I, meanwhile, did not.

Didn’t finish this one. It’s not for me, but there is some talent and a couple highlights from what I did listen to. There are plenty of people who do like Slipknot and I love that for them.

Faves: Vendetta (a bit AFI coded) Gehenna

Shit

Just like diving deep, when listening to Slipknot you have to make regular break in order to cleanse your ears. This process renders an already too long album totally insuferrable.

When I was 15 Slipknot were a great gateway drug into metal to the uninitiated, a genre I love, however they are no more than that. Utter powderpuff nonsense. They'd be a whole lot better without the singy singer and the DJ. Alas, they are not that and but for a few moments this album is utter pish.

Not their album I know best, on a personal level I hope that I had outgrown them by then, but it still rocks. The solo acoustic version of Snuff from Corey Taylor is crazy good.

Never actually listened to a slipknot album before, not sure why, think I was put for by the amount of musicians needed aha. I quite enjoyed this though, will re listen at some point.

It's like a Broadway show version of metal. Even 13 year old me thought it was cheesy. "....Fehn said the masks were a "blessing" because they meant the members are not recognized in public." You can't blame the guy for not wanting to be associated with this.

Each song sounded pretty similar to me. I don't know what groove metal is, but not what I'd call this. Three might be generous

Ho hum, this is ok when it’s sort riffing on Metallica or Slayer. Less so when it’s more shouty hardcore. Some Marilyn Manson influence but maybe that’s obvious. Some Mastodon influence as well. It’s ok

Listened while at the gym. Probably best environment. Just a 3 though.

Released in August 2008, All Hope Is Gone is the fourth studio album by Slipknot and represents a watershed moment in modern heavy metal. It marked the band’s commercial zenith—debuting at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 and reaching No. 2 on the UK Official Albums Chart. ​Why It's Considered Great ​Culmination of Their Sound: The record bridges the raw, caustic thrash and death metal roots of Iowa with the melodic experimentation and anthemic songcraft first explored on Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). ​Shift in Thematic Scale: Where earlier albums focused heavily on insular, internal trauma and blind rage, All Hope Is Gone looked outward. It tackled political disillusionment, systemic corruption, media obsession, and existential fatigue. ​Critical Reception: While some purists debated its polished production, major publications like Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, and Q praised the musicianship, particularly the intricate dual-guitar leads by Jim Root and Mick Thomson, combined with late drummer Joey Jordison’s technical mastery. ​Key Tracks to Highlight ​"Psychosocial" The album’s centerpiece and one of the definitive metal tracks of the late 2000s. It is built around a punishing, syncopated groove riff and blistering blast beats, balanced with one of Corey Taylor’s catchiest vocal hooks. ​"Gematria (The Killing Name)" The album’s opening metal barrage after the intro track. It serves as proof that the band had not softened up, featuring intricate thrash riffs and complex time signatures that make it one of the most technically demanding songs in their catalogue. ​"Snuff" A stripped-back, acoustic-driven power ballad that divided metal purists upon release but became one of their most beloved songs. Written by Taylor about a devastating personal breakup, it proved the band could evoke profound emotional weight without distortion or blast beats. ​"Sulfur" A showcase of Slipknot’s balance of speed and melody, switching rapidly from frenzied verse rhythms to a driving chorus. ​Interesting Facts ​The End of the Classic Nine: This is the final album recorded by the original nine-member lineup. Founding bassist Paul Gray passed away in 2010, and Joey Jordison was ousted in 2013 (passing away in 2021). ​Extreme Studio Tension: Despite its cohesive sound, the band was fracturing. Drummer Joey Jordison famously locked himself in the control room to track his parts alone, which upset other members. Percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan later joked he briefly considered shooting the lock off the studio door. ​Recorded in Iowa for the First Time: Although the band is famously synonymous with Des Moines, their previous studio albums were recorded in California. All Hope Is Gone was the first record they tracked in their home state, choosing Sound Farm Studio in rural Jamaica, Iowa. ​The Secret Second Album: During recording, Clown, Jim Root, Corey Taylor, and DJ Sid Wilson branched off to write strange, psychedelic, non-metal material in a separate room. That scrapped experimental project, dubbed Look Outside Your Window, has taken on mythical status among fans.

Ah yes, more nihilistic brain rot to suicide by. If they had an ounce of decency they’d practice what they preach.

Hate this shit

Listened to this with an open mind, or at least as close as I can get. The technical musicianship is world class. Slipknot's drummer can drill your earbones in perfect time. Guitar and bass playing is flawless and of the ilk that warrant hundreds of hours clocked on YouTube by gobsmacked "how did they do that?" fans. Unfortunately this is just the genre of music that doesn't land with me. I admire fast and brutal proficiency but it isn't enough without lyrics that mean something. And this is where Slipknot lets us down. The track listing alone was underwhelming. Just not my cup of tea. I also realise that the type of Mongolian throat singing that is being done here requires skill and a virtuosity not unsimilar to the musicians. I cannot help that I actively dislike this effort and found myself grimacing through most of the album. I see why others would gladly get their faces melted here but, like pap smear, I'm so glad it's over.

Relax, guy.

Not for me.

Listened throughout the day. I would like to like it but objectively not for me.

Is this loud, aggressive, angry, and unrelenting? Definitely. Does it still hit hard now as much as it did when it was released? Probably not. Is this the best Slipknot album they could have put on the list? Not really, and i definitely think their recent albums have gone from strength to strength, so i would probably swap this with WANYK. Does it still whip hard? Absolutely. Was i enjoying it thoroughly? Absolutely! Fave tracks: Psychosocial, This Cold Black

Otro album para Guantanamo y van.......

I never liked Slipknot back then. I always used to think the masks were a few levels of weirdness above where I was comfortable. Don’t think any different now. The drummer needs a nod though. His cardiovascular endurance is superhuman!

Not my style of metal. I found this hard to get into.

Great drumming. Too much groove metal for me. I love the 2d song and am glad that there is no rapping.

This kind of metal was not my favorite growing up, but I've learned to both respect and enjoy it. At this point when I listen, I actually am disappointed when a ballad like "Snuff" starts up... Again, not a connoisseur, but this might be my favorite Slipknot album. Going with a solid 3+

Slipknot was already an established and popular metal act by the time I came around to them. My first introduction was the music video for "Duality" (from Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses), which inspired me to become familiar with their back catalogue. All of my friends in my rural area were fans, and Slipknot got a lot of radio play in the 2000's, so it was easy to get into. In high school, I started to drift away from rock radio and the bands associated with it. I was fatigued by what early 2000's emo had done to music and the general Hot Topi-fication of pop culture. I heard "Psychosocial" and it felt let a symptom of that. I wrote it off at time of release as. All Hope Is Gone isn't too far removed from its preceding album (Subliminal Verses), but there's a definitive shift towards a more radio friendly song. Don't get me wrong, it's still Slipknot; there's still all the pummeling drums, heavy crunchy guitars, and aggressive songwriting, but Corey Taylor sings a lot more, and the songwriting feels a little tired. The first three Slipknot albums were exciting and sounded new, whereas All Hope Is Gone feels phoned in and watered down. Maybe they were just struggling with new ideas, or maybe I just changed. Who knows? Middling as all hell. I would prefer not to listen to it.

This really didn’t do anything for me. Nothing stood out to me, every song is really forgettable and this goes on for too long.

I’m very familiar with Slipknot, but I’d never actually sat down and listened to this album all the way through. I already knew several of the bigger songs, so the more interesting part was hearing the stuff I’d skipped over all these years. Slipknot has never been my favorite metal band, but they’ve got a deep catalog and this album reminded me why they’ve stuck around as long as they have. What surprised me most was how much room some of these songs give Corey Taylor to actually sing. Everybody knows he can scream, but when he switches over to the cleaner vocals you remember how damn good his voice really is. There’s more melody here than the masks and percussion assault might lead you to expect. It’s probably not the Slipknot album I’d reach for first, and there are a few spots where the aggression starts sounding a little samey, but there’s still a lot of good metal here. Hearing some of the deeper tracks for the first time was easily the best part. Favorite song: “This Cold Black”

If my band was this awful, we’d wear masks too.

One from my shortlist of albums I was not looking forward to being served. Plusses: the drums are truly something and they're recorded really well. The rest of the evaluation: I don't really dig the screamy vocals, but the sung stuff I have to say I like less. The lyrics, sheesh. So much playacted put-on sad-boy nihilism. Actually thought I might be able to appreciate the album through the first three tracks maybe five, but then tracks like the imitation of Alice In Chains that is "Gehenna" and the saddest sadboy ballad "Snuff" convince me that it's really not good. I made it through without getting angry at it or hating it, so 2 stars. The practical application for this album is basically hype music for for-real MMA fighters and for edgelord keyboard warriors who need to feel like they're going to burn our cities down.