I think Slipknot can take the award for bleakest album title I've seen so far. All Hope is Gone instantly sets the stage though for an album that is rather depressing, and considering their bass player died only a couple of years after the album was released it makes the album just that much more bleak. There are some good guitar ballads, and even a nicely arranged song in "Snuff", but the hopelessness of this album is a bit much to take, and it took me several days to listen to.
History: The fourth album from the band shows the bands feelings and disappointments it seems with many things. Like for example the music industry and personal anger and other feelings they were dealing with that made the themes of the album. With better reception from critics this time around the band opened with a lot of buzz for this album, and increased the talk with whether they would be returning with their trademark masks or not, but instead just picked new ones to wear.
