Slipknot "All Hope is Gone" (2008)
I’m kind of surprised to see more than one Slipknot album on this list (their self-titled debut was day 885).
More surprising is that the second selection is not their excellent third album “Vol.3: The Subliminal Verses”.
With that album they expanded their sound to include some more melodic
tracks and different musical ideas, while presenting a cohesive sound that utilised all members. Lots of memorable music there.
Apparently “All Hope is Gone” sold better, so maybe that’s why it’s
here. It opens (as many of the Slipknot albums do) with a creepy
ambient track that’s not really a song as such. The first couple of
songs passed me by without really making much of an impact.
For my tastes, the album doesn’t really get going till you reach single “Psychosocial”
which has a nice pulsing chug of an intro/verse and a catchy melodic
chorus that keeps the momentum going. This is followed by the
melodically interesting “Dead Memories” and the crazy drum intro of
thrasher “Vendetta”. Elsewhere, “Gehenna” is a creepy horror movie
piece that moves into melodic almost grungey territory in places.
After a couple more metal tracks they drop in "Snuff"
which, with its emotive melodic vocal, acoustic guitar and dramatic
production brings singer Corey Taylor's other band Stonesour to mind.
The album closes out with the title track that is pretty unrelenting
with speedy percussion, yelled vocals and speedy metal guitar.
As suggested, I prefer "Vol.3" but this one has enough to recommend it.
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