Reception
During album reviews for All Hope Is Gone, "Dead Memories" was remarked upon for its melody and accessibility. Reviewing for Blabbermouth.net, Ryan Ogle says that the track shows Slipknot's diversity, he went on to state it is "well-written and melodious". Total Guitar's writer Nick Cracknell compared "Dead Memories" to the works of Alice in Chains. Dan Martin of The Guardian compared it to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica and went on to say, " is so listenable it's almost conventional." However, Jim Kaz of IGN said that the track almost detracts from the intensity of the album, stating, "it's at this point the band loses a little momentum." In the same vein Ogle of Blabbermouth.net says that it's a track that "lack the white hot fire that allows the rest of the disc to burn our asses." It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. It is the band's second-highest single, behind "Snuff" which peaked at #2, on the Mainstream Rock tracks chart peaking at number 3. However on the Active Rock chart, it peaked at #1.
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