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- Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 2:51:52pm MST
- - Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
- Artist: Children Of Bodom
- Album: Blooddrunk
- Label: Nuclear Blast Records
- Playtime: 36:49 min
- Genre: Metal
- URL: http://www.myspace.com/childrenofbodom
- Rip date: 2008-02-21
- Street date: 2008-03-14
- Size: 68.88 MB
- Type: Advance
- Quality: 248 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- - Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
- The band that darted to international fame with their debut, 1997Æs
- ôSomething Wildö, has gone from being ôthis amazing band from Finlandö to a
- household name in the metalscene. And that, of course, is obvious given the
- intensity, sheer quality of their material and the flawless execution.
- Formed in 1993 and hailing from the city of Espoo, Finland, this young
- Finnish group took their name from one of the biggest murder mysteries in the
- history of their home town and Finnish crime: the murders at the Lake Bodom.
- After starting out as a trash-metal combo, the founding members Alexi Laiho
- (guitars and vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Seppõlõ (bass) and
- Alexander Kuoppala (guitars) soon found elements of classic heavy metal
- creeping into their music. After taking in keyboardist Janne Wirman to
- complete their line-up, they honed their combination of old schoold black
- metal, classic heavy, and death metal vocals into the sharpest instrument of
- its kind.
- After Spinefarm Records received Children of BodomÆs ôDeadnight Warriorö
- demo, it didnÆt take long for the company to figure out what they had in
- their hands back in late 1996. Three demo spins later, the band was signed
- and ready to knock a few heads off with their debut album ôSomething Wildö.
- In their following albums Children of Bodom perfected their sound. Their
- music became a glorious mixture of their debut album's heavy riffing raw
- sound and 2nd album "HatebreederÆs" monstrous technical metal acrobatics. By
- their 2002 album Hate Crew Deathroll the band had also taken their
- songwriting into new levels of aggressivity and heaviness.
- In the Summer of 2003, Alexander Kuoppala left the band and was replaced by
- Roope Latvala, whose stellar playing had already graced countless of Finnish
- metal records. In early 2005 Children of Bodom barricaded themselves into
- studio to record their next full-length album. Released through Universal
- Music worldwide in September 2005, ôAre You Dead Yet?ö Æs phenomenal success
- brought the world onto its knees. The successful AYDY-touring run was
- followed by the release of the ChildrenÆs first live DVD û ôChaos Ridden
- Years û Stockholm Knockout Liveö in Autumn 2006. The massive show filmed in
- Sweden, at the Arenan in Stockholm, was directed by Patric Ullaeus of In
- Flames-fame, and proved to be one of the most successful DVD releases in
- Finland, and certainly the most wanted live release of the year amongst metal
- fans!
- The live release gave the band a breather, and Alexi Laiho finally found some
- time to start writing material for their next full-length release. As a
- teaser CoB released ôTie My Ropeö, a special single song sample of the
- forthcoming material which was only released commercially in the States.
- Finally in August 2007 the band entered the Petrax-studios in the middle of
- the woods of Hollola, Finland. Stranded in the middle of nowhere, the band
- and their producer Mikko Karmila recorded mopre material for the album which
- was later dubbed ôBlooddrunkö, a nine track killer of an album which shows
- Bodom at their heaviest and hardest yet.
- Even more technical and more unforgiving than any of Children of BodomÆs
- earlier albums, Blooddrunk shows the raw side of Alexi Laiho. No mercy given,
- no easy routes chosen, the whole album is pure death, terror and murder from
- the beginning until its end. The title track of the album was shot into a
- video by German director Sandra Marschner, and the video displays the
- terrifying themes perfectly with a shot into the life of a dead, cold ghost
- town and its inhabitants.
- With these Blooddrunk weapons at hand, CoB will head for tours next, starting
- their world domination from the States with the Gigantour, and continuing to
- wield their deadly scythe all over Europe, Japan and beyond.
- Children of Bodom have come a long way since their humble beginnings, and
- today stand tall in the all time extreme metal hall of fame, commanding the
- respect and awe of both fans and colleagues alike. Children of Bodom have
- been hugely influential, but still, eight years down the road east and west
- alike, remain the leaders of the genre.
- It is not mere precision, but the metal-mad passion that makes COB unique in
- their craft.
- - Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
- 01. Hellbounds On My Trail ( 4:00)
- 02. Blooddrunk ( 4:05)
- 03. Lobodomy ( 4:25)
- 04. One Day You Will Cry ( 4:05)
- 05. Smile Pretty For The Devil ( 3:54)
- 06. Tie My Rope ( 4:14)
- 07. Done With Everything, Die For Nothing ( 3:30)
- 08. Banned From Heaven ( 5:04)
- 09. Roadkill Morning ( 3:32)
- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
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