Artist: SLIPKNOT
Album: ALL HOPE IS GONE SPECIAL EDIT. (CD+DVD DIGI)

Year: 2008
Media type: CD

All Hope is Gone, the fourth release from this hard rock machine from Des Moines, IA, is more of a statement than a record. Corey Taylor comments, "Every album we have made is a statement about that space in time. I think this era is the most mature, most beautiful and the most powerful. We have made an album that will show the road behind, the road ahead, and where we are as men. I think it's the best thing I've ever made. And I challenge anyone to prove me wrong." The album promises to blend elements of 2004's Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) and 2001's Iowa, while adding a perspective, freshness and depth that only three years apart can bring. All Hope Is Gone was recorded this spring in Slipknot's home state and is co-produced by the band and Dave Fortman.

TRACKLIST CD:

1. Execute
2. Gematria (The Killing Name)
3. Sulfur
4. Psychosocial
5. Dead Memories
6. Vendetta
7. Butcher's Hook
8. Gehenna
9. The Cold Black
10. Wherein Lies Continue
11. Snuff
12. All Hope Is Gone

13. Child of Burning Time (Bonus Track)
14. Til We Die (Bonus Track)
15. Vermillion Pt. 2 - Bloodstone Mix (Bonus Track)

TRACKLIST DVD:

A special edition of the album will include a bonus DVD containing a 35-minute documentary of the album's conception directed by percussionist Shawn Crahan, titled Nine: The Making of All Hope Is Gone. Songs which will appear in this documentary are "Child of Burning Time," "Dead Memories," "Snuff," "Vendetta," "This Cold Black," "Psychosocial," and "Sulfur." Instrumental effects and garbled music by Crahan will also be featured on the DVD.

LINE-UP:

(#8) Corey Taylor – vocals
(#7) Mick Thomson – guitars
(#4) Jim Root – guitars
(#2) Paul Gray – bass
(#1) Joey Jordison – drums
(#6) Shawn Crahan – custom percussion, backing vocals, art direction, DVD director
(#3) Chris Fehn – custom percussion, backing vocals
(#0) Sid Wilson – turntables, keyboards
(#5) Craig Jones – samples, media