Slipknot Release All Hope Is Gone
A new Slipknot song entitled, All Hope Is Gone, is streaming from the band's MySpace site (http://www.myspace.com/slipknot1). Joey Jordinson describes the song this way:
"‘All Hope Is Gone’ is a classic-style Slipknot track pure and simple, but this fucker is jacked up a few thousand volts! The song, music and theme speak for itself. It’s a song about the world at stake: all the situations at hand, be it personal or worldly, and trying to turn things into a positive. Sometimes you have to face the grotesque to bring about something amazing.”
Hmm, since songs are open to interpretation, I choose to interpret this song as a Global Warming threat. I think Slipknot is talking about global warming and the threat that it poses to our world as a whole. A very different take from their previous albums about blood, birth, death, doom, and Iowa. You go boys! Fight that invisible threat.
"‘All Hope Is Gone’ is a classic-style Slipknot track pure and simple, but this fucker is jacked up a few thousand volts! The song, music and theme speak for itself. It’s a song about the world at stake: all the situations at hand, be it personal or worldly, and trying to turn things into a positive. Sometimes you have to face the grotesque to bring about something amazing.”
Hmm, since songs are open to interpretation, I choose to interpret this song as a Global Warming threat. I think Slipknot is talking about global warming and the threat that it poses to our world as a whole. A very different take from their previous albums about blood, birth, death, doom, and Iowa. You go boys! Fight that invisible threat.
All Hope Is Gone is the fourth studio album by American metal band Slipknot. It was released on August 20, 2008,[1] by Roadrunner Records. A special edition of the album will contain three exclusive bonus tracks, and will be packaged in a six-fold digipak with a 40-page deluxe booklet[1] and bonus DVD containing a documentary of the album's conception.[2]
Noted to have begun preparation in 2007, recording was due to begin in January 2008, but was pushed back to February. It will be the band's first studio release since 2004's Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), making All Hope Is Gone their fourth studio album as well as the first musical output from the band since Corey Taylor and Jim Root's mainstream success with Stone Sour, Joey Jordison's stints with Korn, Ministry and 3 Inches of Blood, Shawn Crahan's side project Dirty Little Rabbits and Sid Wilson's solo project. All Hope Is Gone is also the band's first studio album on a major label to be recorded in their home state of Iowa.[3]
Recording and production
Preparation for All Hope Is Gone reportedly began in 2007, drummer Joey Jordison explains; "I've told them to demo whatever they can so we've got as much material to chose from as possible."[4] In February 2008,[5] Slipknot entered the Sound Farm Studio in Jamaica, Iowa with producer Dave Fortman.[6] Unlike any of their previous albums, All Hope Is Gone was written and recorded in the band's home state of Iowa. Bassist Paul Gray explained that they decided to do this because in Los Angeles — where all their previous albums were produced — there are too many distractions.[7] Band members also revealed that it was good for their mindset being so close to home, in an interview with Kerrang!, vocalist Corey Taylor revealed that he would make a point of driving home every night to see his son.[8] Of the album's production Jordison said, "it's finally the record that I've wanted Slipknot to sound like." Complimenting Fortman's ear for tone, he explains that he believes that this is the band's best album sonically.[9] The album was mixed by Colin Richardson in the United Kingdom.[10]
Unlike previous releases, all nine band members were involved in the writing process of the album, reportedly writing over 30 songs. Jordison reveals, "I have to say that the band is at its peak; everyone — I mean everyone — is now completely involved in the writing process, and it's a beautiful thing."[6] When questioned about the process, vocalist Taylor explained that the cycle was not met without conflict. He went on to add that the creation of every Slipknot album has had conflict and that the band has come to embrace it, as they realize it is what brings out their creativity.[11] Also for the first time, some members of the group separated themselves from the band to write some tracks. Vocalist Taylor and guitarist Jim Root paired up with turntablist Sid Wilson (performing on keyboards) and percussionist Shawn Crahan (who took up full drumming duties) to wor