All Hope Is Gone (10th Anniversary Edition)

「全ての希望は失われた」アイオワが生んだ猟奇趣味的激烈音楽集団、スリップノット。衝撃的なタイトルとともに世界を混沌と狂気が支配する最凶のヘヴィネスで飲み込んでいった、2008年発表の壮絶かつ圧倒的な4thアルバム『ALL HOPE IS GONE』が、10周年記念エディションとなって再び世界を恐怖に陥れる…!

Blender - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] dark balladry and textured melodies....Slipknot make ugliness sound just a little bit pretty." Kerrang - "[A]n uncompromising and ever-evolving creation, combining the power and uncertainty that most have come to thrive on....[ALL HOPE IS GONE] sees Slipknot finding new, unexpected ways of making their noise heard." Spin - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The songs] find Slipknot's usual self-loathing and internal hostility becoming even heavier and more powerful when it's turned outward." Mojo - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he bludgeoning guitars are crisp, the overload percussion suitably crunchy and a sense of bravura and commitment that's lacking in many of today's metal bands runs throughout." Q - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir most mature and accessible yet, with the syncopated thump of 'Psychosocial' recalling Faith No More and 'Dead Memories' evoking BLACK ALBUM-Metallica." Kerrang - Ranked #7 in Kerrang's Best Albums Of The Year 2008 -- "[T]he pessimistic fury of the music within is even more appropriate for a world falling apart."

Slipknot's embrace of ugliness on their fourth album isn't entirely surprising, nor is it unwelcome as this isn't a regression, it's more or less a consolidation of strengths. For the longest time on All Hope Is Gone it seems as if Slipknot will never let up on this pressure, as this is an onslaught of densely dark intricate riffs. So effective is this onslaught that when things do get a little softer a little later, the album threatens to collapse like a souffle, but that's because the slower moments emphasize the group's odd tendency to sound like anonymous active rock when they untwist their rhythms and lay off on the double bass drums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine|

メタルやヘヴィー・ロックの定義を覆した現代最強の覆面集団が新作を投下!　ついに明かされたその全貌は、デビュー作『Slipknot』での強烈なインパクト、2作目『Lowa』でのドロドロとした暗黒サウンド、3作目『Vol.3（The Subliminal Verses）』で確立した力強いメロディー、それらすべてを兼ね備えたキャリアの集大成と言える一枚になっている。またしてもヘヴィー・ミュージック史に金字塔が打ち立てられた!　　　　　
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