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2022 reissue, 2×12″, Roadrunner Records. Orange vinyl.
The much anticipated follow up to 2003’s, ‘Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses’, almost painted Slipknot into an uncertain corner, but once the now iconic ‘Psychosocial’ dropped, essentially all reservations were laid to rest.
Continuing to stray further from the bile and limescale grit of their earlier work, ‘All Hope Is Gone’, took the melodic lessons of its predecessor, and expanded upon them with dynamic and controversial results. From the crushing breakdowns and visceral fury of ‘Gematria (The Killing Name)’, to the Stone Sour leaning, big melody hooks of ‘Sulfur’ and ‘Dead Memories’, all the way to arguably one of the strongest points of contention, the utterly vulnerable and melancholic ‘Snuff’, would reveal dimensions of the Iowa 9-piece some never thought possible.
Possibly the most misunderstood entry in the collective canon, the project has garnered its own cult status in recent years, and also poignantly marks bassist Paul Grey’s final effort with the group before his untimely passing in 2010.
