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Band extremely talented,

Lyrics don't make sense.

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Blooddrunk è il titolo del sesto album del gruppo musicale finlandese Children Of Bodom che è uscito in numerosissimi stati da Aprile (in Europa dal 7 Aprile).

Lo stile in quest'ultimo album è simile ai ritmi propri di "Hatecrew Deathroll", con riff di chitarra tendenti verso il Thrash che donano all'intero album una certo dinamismo, variando così lo stile evidenziato nel penultimo album della band filandese "Are you Dead yet?"

Da poco è stato scelto l'ultimo singolo "Hellhounds On My Trail" dopo i successi di "Tie My Rope" (una vecchia canzone della band,rivista e remixata) e dell'omonimo singolo " Blooddrunk"

Made to be played loud!

Children of Bodom is one of those bands that people argue about the specific genre of metal that they fall into. While some continue to argue and even invent new genres to try and put the band in an easily definable box, I choose to invent my own genre, called Screamy-Shouty-Metal. This genre title perfectly sums up the style of music that is performed on this album.

Fiddly guitar solos and mangy riffs back the gruffs and growls of front man Alexi Laiho. As they speed through most of the album, like a fox chased by aliens, all we want to do is swing our long greasy hair about and bash in to each other. Then set fire to our hair and fly around the room.

At the beginning of the album, there isn't enough to really excite me, it seems to drag on a bit.  A lot of it is very much like stuff they've done before, although it's just not as good. I just feel that it lacked something, like when you've under-salted your food and although it is nice and tasty, it's just a little short of perfection. The second half is much better, the songs are a lot more aggressive than previous works the songs here are some of their best works to date.

The last four songs on the album are superb, fully salted, and while the first half of the album does lack, it is saved by these last four songs. The last two especially, are perfect. 'Banned from heaven' and 'Roadkill' are excellent songs and will certainly be going on a permanent playlist.

Listen to this album: Stood on top of a mountain.

Rating: 78%

Extracts from the last four songs.
[audio http://bumchops.googlepages.com/children_of_bodom.mp3]

"Blooddrunk"

’Hellhounds On My Trail’ innledes rett på sak, og tankene glir mot ’Follow the Reaper’. Tempoet er satt opp igjen, og rytmene hjelpes på vei av synthen. De nyklassiske elementene er tydeligvis gått av moten, og det serveres mer bredbeint metal, i større grad tilpasset konserter. Nye takter til tross, dette har jeg altså hørt tidligere. ’Blooddrunk’ er tittelkuttet, og tematikken er tuftet på Alexis selvskading – som han brukte som utløp for mentale problemer. Heller ikke her ser man kimen til noe nytt, med trygge referanser til ’Hate Crew’. Likevel svinger det mer over dette sporet enn det første. Tempoet er slakket litt ned og åpner for mer catchy rytmer og riffing. To tredjedeler uti låten iverksettes et fengende mellomspill som leder ut i en uinspirert solo, men det var da likevel noe.

Når vi ankommer tredje låt, ’Lobodomy’, merkes en endring. Her eksperimenterer bandet litt mer, og trøkker til på en langt friskere måte. Faktisk går de Dimmu Borgir i næringen på noen av synth-partiene, uten at det føles spesielt uoriginalt av den grunn. ’One Day You Will Cry’ følger på, og her er åttitalls-vibbene høyst levende. Etter en avmålt innledning kliner man til med melodiøst refreng, og konstant tilstedeværelse på synthen. Tempoet er ikke det mest rabiate, og låten minner til dels om en jam som stadig bryter ut i solopartier. En låt som med knapp margin lander på den riktige siden av det middelmådige.

’Smile Pretty for the Devil’ høyner takten igjen, men føles noe resirkulert. Faktisk så mistenker jeg dette for å være et kutt som ble skrotet under innspillingen av ’Follow’. Her er det lite å ta tak i; lite som fester seg. ’Tie My Rope’ engasjerer langt sterkere, med bedre samkjøring på musikk og vokal. Synthen er også langt mer levende, med trillende bakteppe av horror. Lead harmoniene følger en oppfinnsom rute, og soloene feier effektivt forbi.

Det neste sporet heter noe så ambisiøst som ’Done With Everything, Die For Nothing’. Tyngre riffing, sammen med intens rytme preger arrangementet gjør sitt til at jeg tramper fornøyd med. Etter hvert stagnerer det litt i mangel på variasjon, men kommer seg igjen mot slutten. ’Banned From Heaven’ er solid håndverk fra start til mål, og snuser litt på klassisk Bodom igjen, en semi-ballade som leder tankene tilbake til ’Angels Don’t Kill’. Uten at det blir så altfor spennende. Det rundes av uptempo med ’Roadkill Morning’ – et hektisk spor som går rett i strupen på lytteren. Tendenser til sleaze i soloen er en nyvinning, og gir låten en eget signatur som har vært savnet på store deler av platen.

Jeg sitter igjen med et veldig variabelt inntrykk av bandets sjette fullengder. Kanskje bandets minst jevne, på godt og vondt. På sitt beste ligger materialet på nivå med tredjeplaten, mens det på sitt verste ikke engang kan måle seg med ’Are You Dead Yet?’. Jeg forventer egentlig et stabilt høyt nivå av finnene, men må altså konstatere at det slås en stadig større sprekk mellom forventninger og resultat. 6,5/10

Children of Bodom

Gründungsjahr: 1993 (Unter dem Namen "Inearthed")

Discographie:

1997: Something Wild
1999: Hatebreeder
2000: Follow the Reaper
2003: Hate Crew Deathtroll
2005: Are you dead yet?
2008: Blooddrunk

Aktuelles Lineup:

Alexi „Wildchild“ Laiho (Vocals, Gitarre)
Roope Latvala (Gittare)
Jaska Raatikainen (Schlagzeug)
Janne Viljami „Warman“ Wirman (Keyboard)
Henkka „T. Blacksmith“ Seppälä (Bass)

Review:

Wenn man an diesen Tagen die gängigen Metal Foren durchstöbert und dort nach Meinungen zum neuem Werk von Children of Bodom sucht, dann stellt man eins wie so oft fest: die Meinungen gehen weit auseinander. Während die einen sehr zufrieden und glücklich mit der neuen Silberscheibe sind, so sind die anderen abermals enttäuscht darüber, dass sich die Jungs aus Finnland stur weigern sich in irgendeiner Art und Weise "weiterzuentwickeln" bzw. ihrem typischen Sound neue musikalische Akzente beizumischen. Ich für meinen Teil gehöre eher zu den zufriedenen Sorte, ohne aber außen vor zu lassen dass "Blooddrunk" in der Children of Bodom Diskographie insgesamt für mich eher zu den durchschnittlicheren Alben zählt. Was ich als sehr positiv empfinde, ist dass im Vergleich zu "Are you dead yet" wieder mehr Wert aufs Keyboard gelegt wurde, und dadurch Songs wie Blooddrunk und Tie my Rope mit sehr glorreichen Keyboard Intros versehen wurden. Gerade Blooddrunk ist für mich einer der besten Songs, der Chorus geht schnell ins Ohr und dem Blooddrunk Schrei kann ich mich schwer entziehen (Paralelle zu Bloodshed?^^). Ein sehr eingängier Song zum mitgrölen, welcher bestimmt in keinem Live Programm von Children of Bodom mehr fehlen wird. Ein Song, welcher meiner Meinung nach ebenso ganz oben mitspielt, ist Banned from Heaven der auch durch schöne Keyboard Elemente und sehr melodische Riffs glänzen kann. Soundtechnisch sehr beeindruckt hat mich der Song Smile Pretty for the Devil. Der Song weiß mit einem sehr genialem Gitarren Solo aufzuweisen, und auch hier findet der Keyboarder genug Platz um sich auszutoben. Wer auf Gitarren Solos steht wird auch mit One Day you will Cry seinen Spaß haben, hier wollen mich die Vocals aber nicht wirklich vom Hocker haun. Die härtere und schnellere Schiene schlägt die Band mit Stücken wie Roadkill Morning und Lobodomy ein. Hier werden die Riffs schneller und härter und das Keyboard rückt ein wenig mehr in den Hintergrund. Diese Songs passen sich dennoch sehr gut ins Gesamtbild des Albums ein.
An Geschwindigkeit mangelt es Hellbounds on my Trail auch nicht, und Alexi Laiho schafft es meiner Meinung nach mit seinen Vocals dem Stück nen ziemlich trashigen Sound einzuverleiben. Bisher unerwähnt blieb Done with Everything, Die for Nothing, der Song gibt mir persönlich nicht wirklich viel, für mich das schwächste Stück auf der Platte.

Insgesamt ist das Album für mich sehr schnörkellos und direkt, es fehlen mir persönlich ein wenig die absoluten Ohrwurm Knaller ala Sixpounder, Hate Me!, In your Face und wie sie alle heißen. Die Lyrics sind wie immer auch sehr direkt und laden nicht zu tiefgreifenden Interpretationen ein. Sie wirken aber auch nicht unüberlegt und sinnlos zusammengeheftet. Ganz typisch Children of Bodom also auch in diesem Bereich.

Obwohl das Album soundtechnisch schon ganz oben mitspielt, weil mir aber eben der Funken Außergewöhnliches, Einzigartiges fehlt, kommt das Album bei mir auf eine Wertung von 7/10.

Fazit: Nicht das von vielen erhoffte Meisterwerk aber trotzdem 100% CoB und ein Pflichtkauf für jeden Fan.

Another take on Children Of Bodom’s latest release - Blooddrunk.



I've recently lost interest in Children of Bodom, with a lot of their previous material sound too similar. That said, there remained enough standout material for me to remain interested enough to get myself a leaked copy of Blooddrunk, and I'm fairly glad that I did.



The leak has 9 tracks in total, although wikipedia claims there are 4 related covers (Stan Jones, Suicidal Tendencies, Creedance Clearwater Revival and Kenny Rogers songs too be covered).



With the new album has come a slight deviation from the style that Bodom fans have come to love, and others have loved to hate. A number of the tracks - Hellbounds On My Trail for one - seem to throw some Thrash Metal (think Slayer) into the mix.

To be truly excellent, CoB need to simplify things. Sure, there is a massive following that needs to be worried about, but the music is so complicated that it becomes difficult to enjoy. To be truly outstanding (in my eyes) they need to cut it back. Record an album at their roots - the mesh of Power and Melodic Death Metal. Or go further back, and create a pure Power Metal or pure MDM album. It would be completely different, but extremely enjoyable.



Overall, I do like this album, and will definately be worth whatever I have to pay for it in stores.

The standout tracks are Blooddrunk and Done With Everything, Die For Nothing.



Blooddrunk is set to be released on:


April 9, 2008, Finland & Japan


April 11, 2008, Germany


April 14, 2008, Europe


April 15, 2008, United States

Children of Bodom

Blooddrunk

2008

La banda finlandesa Children Of Bodom, ya tiene nuevo vídeo con el mismo nombre del que será su próximo disco, Blooddrunk, que saldrá a la venta el día 9 de abril. El nuevo disco incluirá un DVD y una galería de fotos, el contenido del mismo será este:

CD:

• 01. Hellhounds On My Trail
• 02. Blooddrunk
• 03. LoBodomy
• 04. One Day You Will Cry
• 05. Smile Pretty For The Devil
• 06. Tie My Rope
• 07. Done With Everything, Die For Nothing
• 08. Banned From Heaven
• 09. Roadkill Morning
• 10. Ghost Riders In The Sky

DVD:

• 01. Blooddrunk (video)
• 02. Making of the Video
• 03. Hellhounds On My Trail (Surround Sound)
• 04. Blooddrunk (Surround Sound)
• 05. LoBodomy (Surround Sound)
• 06. One Day You Will Cry (Surround Sound)
• 07. Smile Pretty For The Devil (Surround Sound)
• 08. Tie My Rope (Surround Sound)
• 09. Done With Everything, Die For Nothing (Surround Sound)
• 10. Banned From Heaven (Surround Sound)
• 11. Roadkill Morning (Surround Sound)
• 12. Photo Gallery

En MySpacetv.com, puedes ver el vídeo Blooddrunk.

This is Children of Bodom's newest Video Blooddrunk. The album titled "blooddrunk"will be released on 04/07/08 but wont be realsed in the U.S. till  the 15th. Alexi Laiho (singer and lead guitarist) has stated that he has been feeling very aggressive while writing the songs, and that they will be faster and "thrashier" than the songs displayed on their latest release, Are You Dead Yet? He has also notified fans, however, that certain parts of the album will be more progressive.

• 12" picture disc- (1000 copies worldwide)   

1. Blooddrunk.
2. No commands("Stone" cover)+COB Sticker.

• 7" vinyl single-(1000 copies worldwide)

1. Blooddrunk.
2. Lookin' out my back door(Creedence Clearwater Revival cover). 

• Enhanced single CD-

1. Blooddrunk.
2. Rebel yell(Billy Idol cover).
3. Blooddrunk video.

According to COB's myspace site,their much anticipated album "Blooddrunk" will be released on April 15th,this year.The track listing are as follows,as expected "Banned from Heaven" is available for streaming.The supposed album art is also revealed.

1. Hellhounds on my trail.
2. Blooddrunk.
3. Lobodomy.
4. One day you will cry.
5. Smile pretty for the devil.
6. Tie my rope.
7. Done with everything,die for nothing.
8. Banned from heaven(available for streaming on myspace).
9. Roadkill morning.

Considering the technically miraculous "Banned from heaven",I can guarantee that Bodom are in for thrashier,louder,nastier ride that they've ever taken and they are ready to throw it "IN YOUR FACE"!And hell yeah!you are more than welcome Alexi!!!

"technically dazzling"-The New York Times.