Music Rant

Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone

As far as I'm concerned, the only musical artists that deserve to wear makeup and costumes on stage are David Bowie, Kiss, Alice Cooper, and Marilyn Manson. Other than that it just looks like Halloween threw up on the local 
dive bar. GWAR???  Insane Clown Posse?? Mudvayne??.................It's just plain sad. So why Slipknot finds it necessary to play rock and roll masquerade is beyond me.  These guys are actually talented and most definitely rock you like a hurricane; they don't need a gimmick, just less band members.  I mean with 9 members in this economy........you have to think layoffs.  

For their latest album, Slipknot use their special brand of Pantera/Metallica/Korn/Sevendust infused metal and pummel the listener into submission.  Par usual, musical highlights include any song where Corey Taylor gets to show off his vocals (a nice contrast to the Neanderthal grunting that permeates the verses of many songs) Couple that with rapid fire drumming and rapid fire guitar riffs (as well as solos) and you get a fantastic metal album. 

Metal is not dead my friends, it just vacations in Iowa.

Check out:

Psychosocial
Sulfur
Gematria (The Killing Name)
This Cold Black
All Hope Is Gone