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The fourth album for the metal band was produced with Dave Fortman.
| LABEL: | Roadrunner |
| RELEASE DATE: | 26 August 2008 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Rock, Metal, Alternative |
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The average user rating for this album is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 36 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Joe Blow gave it a6:
This post is mostly targeting the first comment by someone named Orelha, dude, dudette, whatever you are, LEARN ENGLISH BEFORE PRINTING A REVIEW. Nobody knows what the hell you're talking about and you sound like an idiot. Yes I agree, it's not Slipknot's defining work (not by a long shot), but at least make a case for yourself by not sounding like you just stepped off a banana boat!
Orelha gave it a2:
Weak boring and some shit, is the badest album from slipknot ever and maybe bad critics make this musicians make some good next time, unless them have lost all they hope like I.
Tyler G. gave it a10:
Culmination of their career. Freaking awesome in lamens terms. Hate with intelligence is presented here perfectly.
T. Saskwatch gave it a9:
This is a great album. It is quite a culmination of SlipKnot's entire musical career, it gives you a new sound but keeps it uniquely SlipKnot. There is a great contrast between the heavy and the uber deep... that's great but I think that some of the more "Metalhead" SlipKnot fans might no enjoy this as much as, say, SlipKnot or Iowa because it is overall less 'brutal' but still an awesome musical masterpiece! Congrats to SlipKnot for making yet another truly unique album experience!
[Anonymous] gave it an8:
It's good overall. Vol. 3 and Iowa are better though. I really liked gematria, sulfur and pyschosocial, but dead memories was a disappointment. All the other songs are good, but not their best. When Vol. 3 came out, I actually liked Vermillion Part 2, but they did not have the same effect in Snuff. Snuff sounds like it was written by Stone Sour. Corey did way too much clean vocals without compensating with grinding riffs at the same time.
D P B. gave it a1:
Slipknot's St Anger? After much anticipation I was only too happy to play the new 'Knot album loud as fuck. I had already given much attention to the pre-released tracks Psychosocial and All Hope is Gone respectively, becoming an instant fan of the intensity Slipknot always bring to the music they create. But unaware of the diehard let down I was about to endure I listened anyway. Now for those of you out there who have been living under a rock for the last ten years you will find it interesting to hear that Slipknot are a Grammy award winning, alternative metal band from Des Moines Iowa who have nine members. Exploding on the scene with the double platnium album "Slipknot" the band went from strength to strength with the follow up "Iowa" and their live dvd "Disasterpieces". After the Iowa tour things weren't looking good for the band, not to mention the severe "nu metal backlash" that hit metal at this time but the relationships between its memebers were at an all time low. Corey and Jim reunited Stone Sour (the band they were in together before joining Slipknot) Joey the Murderdolls and and others members either going into hiding or working on the fringes of the industry. After four years after the release of "Iowa" the band produced a new record. This was entitled "Vol 3. The Subliminal Verses" this album single handedly proved Slipknot was not only another gimmicky nu metal band but proved that they are able to experiment in levels of heaviness. But before today I never thought that "Vol 3.'" would be the bands creative peak. The bands latest offering "All Hope Is Gone" is prime example of being in the fish bowl way too long. This album fell short not because it's not well executed or the fact that it lacks killer riffs, no this album fails becase of the lack of experimentation and a need to please everybody making this effort sound more like a Slipknot parody band than the pure well oiled middle finger it once was. This album will definately split fans and critics alike and thus I've Christened "All Hope Is Gone" as "St Anger". Listen to the album and try and tell me Slipknot are not now a mainstream cliche' of themselves, because in the good ol days when Slipknot was the polar opposite (also the reason you listened to music this back in the day) My official rating 1/10
Jane C gave it a10:
The sound of this album is outstanding. So bone crunchingly perfect to listen to. Their best album yet!
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