Stone Sour v2?

I'm not a major fan of Slipknot but when I heard the band was back from the hiatus I was interested in what they would come up with. And All Hope Is Gone is what their result and it's not good, let alone great.

Anyone who has ever listened to some of Slipknot's previous songs should know that their songs are hard, fast, filled with rage. In interviews before the release of All Hope Is Gone members of the band stated that this album would be their heaviest to date with some experimental parts to shake it up. Well I would have to say they put in a lot of experimental parts and forgot to include the heaviness.

Most of the songs fell like their really are a bunch of Stone Sour songs as they feel like a bunch of metal ballads filled with political ramblings and have no real intensity that Slipknot is known to exhibit.

It's really hard for me to review this album as it's a real disappointment and would suggest anyone to just pirate the album and check it out and make up their own mind.

4/10