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| Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll Band: Children of Bodom Tracks: - Needled - Sixpounder - Chokehold (Cocked N Loaded) - Bodom Beach Terror - Angels Don't Kill - Triple Corpse Hammerblow - You're Better Off Dead - Lil Bloodred Ridin Hood - Hate Crew Deathroll Great Bodom Album Children of Bodom does it again with their new album Hate Crew Deathroll. The overall mood of the music has changed and takes a turn being much more heavy and faster than the previous albums.. It is a great improvement that makes this album superiour to the ones that came before it. The growling is now a thing of the past... the vocalist/guitarest (alexi Laiho) seems to be using a different type of vocalization now... more yelling and screaming early Slayer type stuff.. Very good album and DEFINETLY worth buying if your a cob fan or just getting into them... either way you cannot go wrong with HATE CREW DEATHROLL! Pale in comparison with earlier COB Maybe it was my damn anticipation of this album, but I was Truly disappointed it. I listened to it dozens of times in hope of finding ways to relate to it as I did to Hatebreeder, and even Follow the Reaper. But the album is weak. The Hate Crew Deathroll is something many other bands could be proud with. But COB only continued a downward trend of ever-simplifying stuff. The album is fast and brutal, sure. But there is no magic, beauty and wonder of competing solo guitars and keyboards and fascinating rhytms. There are more hints of copy-catting from other great bands. One of the songs begins with a drumbeat very similar to Carcass' "Corporeal Jigsaw Quandry". But whereas Carcass used that opening beat to springbaord the rest of the song into what became one of the legendary songs of Death Metal, COB managed to get themselves into a stale and boring song that I wished was over after 30 seconds. If this was a debut album for a metal band, I'd give it a solid review. But COB were once trailblazers. They are experienced and skillful musicians - that much they have already demonstrated and that cannot be taken away from them. But this album is simply weak in comparison. It stinks of haste and pressure to be released to the starving and expecting fans, that it falls utterly incomplete. it stinks of intention to make a quick buck. Ironically, the best song on the album, IMHO, is cover of Slayer's "Silent Scream." If you are looking for new and more intense follow-ups to "Silent Night, Bodom Night" or "Hate Me", you will be disappointed by this album. If you are up for a quick release on some fast, heavy stuff, short solos that are unworthy of such musicians, then go ahead and buy an album. But Id rather send message to Alex & Co. to stop screwing around with other projects and bands, and Focus their creativity and whatever remaining ideas they have back to COB where they belong. Wow! Incredible! The first time I listened to The Samples on Amazon[.com], nothing really stood out to me about Children of Bodom. Then, after a good dose of Soilwork and In Flames I took another listen and I was blown away. This is the stuff! The sound is powerful and tight, and full of technical mastery. You can't help tapping your feet to this stuff. It's like a mix of thrash, speed, death, classical & power. In terms of bands, the speed is like Kill 'em All era Metallica, the guitar solos & synth are like Dream Theater & Shuldiner, and time & tempo changes are like Atheist. It's like a Death metal music fiesta for your ears! Buy Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
