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Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk (W/Dvd) Audio CD

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Children of Bodom Band: Children of Bodom
Title: Blooddrunk (W/Dvd)
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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 9: Roadkill Morning 10: Hellhounds on My Trail [DVD] 11: Blooddrunk [DVD] 12: Lobodomy [DVD] 13: One Day You Will Cry [DVD] 14: Smile Pretty for the Devil [DVD] 15: Tie My Rope [DVD] 16: Done with Everything, Die for Nothing [DVD] 17: Banned from Heaven [DVD] 18: Roadkill Morning [DVD] 19: Blooddrunk [DVD] 20: [Bonus Material] [DVD] [*]

An insult to Bodom, however quite accurate
A previous reviewer wrote:

"I'm not some elitest metal douche. . I enjoy the new In Flames style and always like when bands try something new, Bodom just sounds Bored. "


Well I AM an elitist metal douche. And I say that if you have fans of NEW In Flames calling the new Bodom "bored," that should serve as warning enough when considering this one.


Blooddrunk 2008****
Alexi Laiho never dissapoints and all bodom fans will appreciate this record. This album is as metal as they come,Awesome guitar and keyboard Solos,great songs PERIOD.

My favorites.

Hellhounds On My Trail
Blooddrunk
Tie My Rope**
One Day You Will Cry
Done With Everything, Die For Nothing
Banned From Heaven
Roadkill Morning \M/ .


Excellent Metal, subpar Bodom
The first song alone is worth the cost of the album. With Bodom's newest release, I was very pleased to hear a huge improvement over their last album. However, in comparison with older Bodom stuff, it is nothing special. In many ways, you can tell Bodom is "Trashed, Lost, and Strungout". They've extinguished all of their secrets and are not showing us anything new. I am glad to say that they did clean up their playing. They are still sloppier than HateCrew or Reaper, but much better than Are you Dead Yet.

I gave the album 4 out of 5 stars due to the music itself still being better than a lot of metal out there. However, in comparison to prior Bodom, I'd give it a 2. 5. There is no suspense in many of the songs, no more breath-taking bridges, etc. Unfortunately, I think I've come to the conclusion that Bodom has already reached their peak, and this album is just the continuation of their "Downfall" from Hatecrew.


Bodom is back with their bigass scythe!!
After the rather disappointing album Are you dead Yet? this gets back to what made Bodom a band to reckon with a few years back. I havent felt compelled to write a review on an album in a long time. The guitar solos are back in full abundance, the keys are more upfront, and the drums are completely in your face, most of the songs are much faster paced than on Are you dead Yet. Alexi's songwriting is just better and more imaginative, even the lyrics are way better. The hardcore/metalcore-isms on Are you dead Yet are gone and theres more melodic breaks that remind me of earlier albums like Follow the Reaper and Hatecrew deathroll. Actually you could think of this as a mix of those two albums. From reading the other reviews, it seems like this will be an underrated album which is too bad cause alot of people are dismissing Bodom after the last album which I do admit wasnt great, but give this one a chance, it rules!!! And oh yeah, the surround 5. 1 mix is pretty awesome too, you can hear the raw drum tracks and keyboard tracks in the surround speakers which gives them a little more definition, and then when Alexi rips into a solo it comes in loud and clear up front. .


Still Wild!
Even though Something Wild debuted more than a decade ago, and COB has been around long enough to have inspired several imitators (Norther and Skyfire to name a couple), they still seem like the same brash young upstarts who so dynamically challenged the metal status quo with their unique blend of death, black, thrash, and power metal. It's hard to believe Finland's wildest export Children of Bodom are already on their sixth studio album.

Part of what keeps this image alive is that every new COB album still captures the energy and fire of this amazing band, and 2008's Blooddrunk is no exception. Blooddrunk is a completely intense album full of lightning fast riffs, amazing solos, those trademark Wirman keys, and Alexi Laiho's screaming vocals. It absolutely holds up to previous COB albums, and reminds me of Hate Crew Deathroll in particular. Same COB sound, same COB attitude. Of course this consistency means you really aren't seeing that much progression in the band's style from album to album, but this is one of those bands where you really don't need a lot of progression. They figured out a winning formula early and it continues to work for them to this day.

I can't see how any Children of Bodom fan could be disappointed in Blooddrunk. It is vintage COB, and proof positive that this band is still a force to be reckoned with.

NOTE: I'm a collector at heart, so I had to spring for the more expensive Deluxe Edition of Blooddrunk, which comes in a nifty digipack with a bonus DVD, even though I'll probably never watch the DVD more than once. The main reason I bought the Deluxe Edition is that the regular CD contains another soon-to-be- legendary Children of Bodom cover song. This time it's an absolutely furious version of the old cowboy classic Ghost Riders in the Sky that I don't think anyone could have seen coming! There was also an insert with a code to download some free COB songs from previous albums, which I thought was an especially cool bonus for new fans that might not be familiar with the band's earlier albums.
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