hope gone hope gone fourth studio album american heavy metal band released august album published versions standard album compact disc case special edition packaged fold containing bonus tracks page booklet bonus dvd documentary album recording preparation album began recording started february band home state iowa hope gone studio album vol verses album launch released series promotional images audio samples album websites hope gone considered band eclectic sounding album incorporating elements previous hope gone includes brutal edge track hope gone reminiscent songs sic debut self titled album slow burning elements reminiscent skin ticket second album iowa metal influenced killing lyrically hope gone centers themes anger obsession music industry album features prominent focus politics previous albums promoted hope gone world tour festival generally received critics album reached position record charts worldwide including billboard album certified platinum riaa august shipments excess albums united_states final studio album released band include longtime members bassist founding member found dead iowa hotel years release hope gone drummer departed group december recording preparation hope gone began explained told demo got material choose possible february entered jamaica iowa producer hope gone band album written recorded home state iowa bassist explained band decided record iowa los_angeles production previous albums taken place band stated close home good mindset vocalist drove home night son unlike previous releases album writing process involved band members wrote songs commented band peak mean completely involved writing process beautiful thing taylor felt writing process problems noted creation album conflict band come embrace realizing conflict helps bring creativity taylor guitarist paired performing keyboards work oblique pieces taylor experimented tracking old stating natural intense according experimental tracks album die appears bonus track album special edition child burning time similarly experimental track combined effort wrote song evening band members expressed dissatisfaction hope gone considered favorite album feeling discontent record production process root said felt little bit rushed felt like trying things schedule didn like root particularly disappointed record producer said helped appreciate producer wasn able people page important thing making record conversely said finally record wanted sound like went compliment ear tone considered hope gone band best album hope gone mixed engine room studio united_kingdom promotion rumors recording touring hope gone trademark masks circulated band members appeared performances projects dismissed rumors interview sauce bassist elaborated band return new image stated gon upgrade step things little beginning april website displayed promote hope gone displayed band masks final teaser featured photograph band new masks premiered new masks july million people visited website view masks day june second sample cover art album title track hope gone available song began airplay day june offered track free download website hope gone later released digital single second single album began airplay june released digital single july following album launch dead memories released digital single december accompanying music video music video album fourth single premiered april single released june august magazine held listening events united_kingdom included preview documentary supplied album special edition free merchandise april announced album released vinyl april coinciding record store day album cover art track listing released july began hope gone world tour following day tour band initially toured festival united_states august afterward scheduled appear reading england days week festival austria festival germany european tour dates canceled breaking ankle performed rock range festival headlined download festival england summer time headlined festival style themes musically album sees band moving away metal focusing standard metal sound featuring additional elements groove metal death metal metal prior album release members displayed interest making hope gone heaviest album affirmed saying going heavier vol verses weird experimental reiterated describing hope gone dark combination band previous studio albums iowa vol verses hope gone expands use traditional song structures solos introduced previous album vol verses song led acoustic guitars dubbed attempt power ballad remains dark ominous interview stated feel pain forced retained metal edge reminiscent earlier work allmusic wrote killing goes cluster onslaught densely dark intricate riffs compared song sic debut album explaining technique style reminiscent old brutal shit ign stated rock groove chorus gives potential reach new fans sacrificing intensity stated loves parts band incorporates snare drums reminiscent forget cited cold black favorite songs saying driving tempo lot attitude track incorporates elements slower cerebral edge reminiscent purity debut album skin ticket iowa called song explaining explained phrase hope gone aimed fans expectations band thought figured hope going album taylor incorporates focus politics lyrics compared previous albums opening track features taylor response united_states vice president speech targeted vietnam war protesters second track killing follows vein interview taylor discussed song lyrical content explaining lot people politics religion taste turning policy hurts reviewing ign said lyrically killing gives listener dose track lies continue taylor offers dressing world know explaining kinda goes civilization takes way seriously leaders think deemed speak people proclaimed wouldn album didn recording industry butcher hook taylor specifically targets little boys commenting people shit wearing outfits guys look exactly reception commercial performance hope gone album debut number billboard album chart game units initially billboard published article stating game secured spot margin units described closest race number soundscan began tracking data hours later article rewritten awarded number spot having sold units hope gone debuted number united_kingdom topped album forth canada album sold copies week debuted canadian albums_chart album debuted number charts worldwide album second single brought music awards nomination seventh grammy nomination 51st grammy awards december total guitar ranked hope gone year rated 16th magazine 21st century reader poll hope gone certified platinum united_states_of_america canada riaa respectively january album sold million copies certified gold united_kingdom australia new_zealand germany commercial success album sold copies critical reception hope gone generally received critics music critics anticipated album immediately release vol verses review vol allmusic stated sense ultimate broadcast faithful copies hope gone intended reviewers pressed false reduce risk album leaking internet wrote review allmusic early cluster effective things little softer little later album threatens collapse like criticizing album wrote power ballad like album gave album rating stars album creation process rock sound wrote raised collective middle fingers created album stands head shoulders released year compared album sound bands gave album score gave hope gone stars stated fans views diversity album saving grace concluding jaw dropping revolutionary hoped means bad release reviewing blender writer observed different theme lyrics compared previous albums noting band able sound little bit pretty entertainment_weekly gave album rating calling hope gone metal assault battery modern world ign stated band attempt metal classic metal elements best career gave hope gone score writing effectively builds band collective strengths noted band longer resembled threat western claimed album delivered shock including downloads august rolling_stone reviewer chris praised edge hope gone noting band multiple generate din track proposed melodic song album comparing circle vol verses wrote capped time signature shattering guitar drum breakdown leave best air album praised total guitar writer declared effort heaviest aggressive work date compared dead memories works alice chains praising band experimental work history went state lies continue contains huge verse riff incredible soaring chorus guardian compared dead memories song enter called killing work dense giving album stars track listing songs written composed charts certifications personnel aside real names members band referred numbers zero
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