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| n/a by Billboard |
The set is at once Slipknot's most ambitious and accessible outing to date, with a broad palette of sounds and textures that shift faster than Michael Phelps off the starting block. |
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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
Happily, Slipknot can pull in these directions and still maintain a new standard of bone-crunching intensity . There are louder metal bands in the world, for sure, but the Iowan nine-piece continue to make the most noise. |
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| n/a by www.spin.com |
All Hope Is Gone, reportedly the first thing they've recorded in years without wanting to kill each other, proves that there's still musical unity in disharmony. |
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| n/a by www.courant.com |
SlipKnot's fifth album finds the nine-piece alternative metal band at an unquestionable creative peak--but the effort may only further alienate some of its diehard, shred-metal fans. |
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| n/a by www.blender.com |
Finding new targets for their thrashing contempt, Slipknot make ugliness sound just a little bit pretty. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Metal is supposed to be larger than life, especially in Slipknots case, and on this record, their attempt to sound more musically varied has them coming off as tired, apathetic, and above all, weak. |
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| n/a by www.sputnikmusic.com |
While it's not without it's obvious highlights, All Hope is Gone feels too much like a demo with professional production values to make me recommend it as an album. |
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| n/a by NME |
They needed to up their innovating significantly but havent, leaving All Hope Is Gone above-average. |
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| n/a by www.ew.com |
This is dark stuff, but there's excellent musicianship to be found on these heavy meltdowns. |
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| n/a by www.hotpress.com |
While their peers pander to the mainstream, the masked musicians continue to honour their scene by staying true to their roots while broadening their sound. |
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