10 Artists Who HATE Their Own Albums
6. All Hope is Gone - Slipknot
Given all of their antics, it's a miracle that Slipknot ever found themselves on the charts to begin with. When these masked freaks started out back in 1999, their sound was far more abrasive than the Linkin Parks of the day, yet still dominated the rock landscape. While the band's heaviest offering on Iowa reached #3 on the Billboard Charts, their first #1 ended up being the most lackluster experience for the band.
Taken on its own, All Hope is Gone is still intense as hell, with songs like "Psychosocial" and "Sulfur" earning a permanent spot in the band's setlist, but what you're actually hearing is the sound of a band fractured.
This may have been the first album done in their home state of Iowa, but the actual recording process was much more slipshot, with drummer Joey Jordison playing every single song by himself. Even Jim Root expressed concerns about the record, saying that the band never properly jammed before going into cut the songs.
Out of all the band members, Clown has been the most venomous towards the record, saying that it seemed like a joke that it got so popular, considering he couldn't give anything of himself to the project. Though this record ended up becoming the last album to feature Paul Gray on bass, it's still got a lot of great moments that any Slipknot fan would be proud to headbang to.