This is probably one of my favorite albums. Every time I hear it it brings out some latent memory of when I first got the album. I remember convincing my boss to let me take off for a bit to go buy the CD and then come back so I could listen to it at my desk while I worked the rest of the day.
I was new to living in Seattle so I listened to the almost exclusively while driving around. Hitting up jack in the box after playing arena soccer and eating a breakfast burrito in my car in the parking lot, heading to somewhere new in Ballard after work to meet up with friends for taco Tuesday. Flying down the freeway to my brother’s house on Sunday to watch football. This album reminds me of freedom and adventure which is weird given the name but that’s what it was for me.
Vol 3 was my favorite slipknot album before this one but it always reminded me how something happened to Corey’s voice because his brutal growl was almost complete gone, despite that album being fantastic in its own right. All Hope is Gone was a return to form.
Anyway that’s my story. I love this album still to this day. Thanks OP for the post.