Children of Bodom' new album - Are You Dead Yet?

[Jakehammaren]

Children of Bodom finally dropped their new album titled Are You Dead Yet? a few weeks ago. I'm an [I]extremely[/I] avid COB fan, so I'd been waiting for this album with furious anticipation. I finally got a hold of the disc and tore it open with a voracious hunger... and found myself feeling dismally bleak after the album's close. The CD was a huge dissapointment. I never, [I]ever[/I] would have expected Bodom to put out an album like this. It's lacking almost everything that made me love them in the first place! It's still an OK album, but if you compare it to Hatebreeder or Follow the Reaper, it's nothing. The best tracks on the album are probably [I]Bastards of Bodom[/I], [I]Next In Line[/I], and [I]Trashed, Lost & Strung Out[/I]. [I]TL&SO[/I] is probably the album's best. It's the only song that really gets me going of this disc. It's actually one of my favorite Bodom songs. But that's pretty much where the awesome ends. The rest of the album is a bit bland (as far as Bodom goes). The cover of the Ramone's [I]Somebody Put Something In My Drink[/I] was pretty fun, but I've had a copy of it for months (it was released previously). It just seems like they lost the flowing, melodic sound that made them awesome previously. The solos seem a bit lacking as well. They're shorter and less passionate. We won't even discuss the lyrics, but I'll put it this way - they still suck, as they did before. But Bodom was never really about lyrics anyway.

Anyone else have feelings about the new album?

[Goodbye, Face]

[font=trebuchet ms]Well, considering that this is the first Bodom cd I got (I downloaded some of their other songs), I was impressed. It's fun to listen to, but yes, it is a bit more bland than I expected. I've heard some of their good stuff, so I know that it only gets better from this cd.

I haven't really checked out the lyrics yet, I was a bit saddened that they didn't put the lyrics in the insert... I actually found the package lacking overall. I do like the cd though, and the bonus track is uhh... interesting...

I'll probably be getting Follow the Reaper next week, along with that new-ish Opeth cd.[/font]

[Jakehammaren]

[QUOTE=RiflesAtRecess][font=trebuchet ms]Well, considering that this is the first Bodom cd I got (I downloaded some of their other songs), I was impressed. It's fun to listen to, but yes, it is a bit more bland than I expected. I've heard some of their good stuff, so I know that it only gets better from this cd.

I haven't really checked out the lyrics yet, I was a bit saddened that they didn't put the lyrics in the insert... I actually found the package lacking overall. I do like the cd though, and the bonus track is uhh... interesting...

I'll probably be getting Follow the Reaper next week, along with that new-ish Opeth cd.[/font][/QUOTE]

Follow the Reaper exemplifies what Bodom is all about! Good choice. As for Opeth, don't buy ANY of their albums until you own a copy of Blackwater Park. It's their best album by far, and marks the pinnacle of their career (IMO). So yeah, get Follow the Reaper by Children of Bodom and Blackwater Park by Opeth. You'll be set for WEEKS!

[Guest Heero yuy]

I heard of them, but not their music. But I'm sure, when I do check them out, I'll check out their older stuff.

[Jakehammaren]

Yeah, check out the song Kissing the Shadows off of Follow the Reaper. That song pretty much sums them up, I think. It's fast, beautifully melodic, and has about 2 entire minutes of duelling solos between the guitar and keyboards. It's amazing! Most people can't get past their vocals, which aren't the best, but listen to the music, not the voice.