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Children Of Bodom has done covers for many artists since their first album, to mention some “No Commands” by Stone (guitarist was the young Roope Latvala), “Aces High” by Iron Maiden, “Silent Scream” by Slayer and “Ooops!… I Did It Again” by Britney Spears.
“Skeletons In The Closet” cover album has three different types of edition, Europe, USA and Japan. Find below the tracklists for the different editions of the upcoming Children Of Bodom cover album “Skeletons In The Closet”, scheduled to be released worldwide this fall.
01 “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 “Hell Is For Children” (Pat Benatar)*
03 “Somebody Put Something In My Drink” (Ramones)
04 “Mass Hypnosis” (Sepultura)
05 “Don´t Stop At The Top” (Scorpions)
06 “Silent Scream” (Slayer)
07 “She Is Beautiful” (Andrew W.K.)
08 “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (Kenny Rogers)
09 “Bed Of Nails” (Alice Cooper)
10 “Hellion” (W.A.S.P.)
11 “Aces High” (Iron Maiden)
12 “Rebel Yell” (Billy Idol)
13 “No Commands” (Stone)
14 “Antisocial” (Trust/Anthrax)*
15 “Talk Dirty To Me” (Poison)
16 “War Inside My Head” (Suicidal Tendencies)**
17 “Ooops!… I Did It Again” (Britney Spears)
USA
01 “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 “Hell Is For Children” (Pat Benatar)*
03 “Somebody Put Something In My Drink” (Ramones)
04 “Mass Hypnosis” (Sepultura)
05 “Don´t Stop At The Top” (Scorpions)
06 “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (Kenny Rogers)
07 “Hellion” (W.A.S.P.)
08 “Aces High” (Iron Maiden)
09 “Rebel Yell” (Billy Idol)
10 “No Commands” (Stone)
11 “Antisocial” (Trust/Anthrax)
12 “Talk Dirty To Me” (Poison)
13 “Ghost Riders In The Sky” (Stan Jones)
14 “War Inside My Head” (Suicidal Tendencies)**
15 “Ooops!… I Did It Again” (Britney Spears)
Japan
01 “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 “Hell Is For Children” (Pat Benatar)*
03 “Somebody Put Something In My Drink” (Ramones)
04 “Don´t Stop At The Top” (Scorpions)
05 “Silent Scream” (Slayer)
06 “She Is Beautiful” (Andrew W.K.)
07 “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (Kenny Rogers)
08 “Bed Of Nails” (Alice Cooper)
09 “Aces High” (Iron Maiden)
10 “Antisocial” (Trust/Anthrax)*
11 “Talk Dirty To Me” (Poison)
12 “Ghost Riders In The Sky” (Stan Jones)
13 “War Inside My Head” (Suicidal Tendencies)**
14 “Ooops!… I Did It Again” (Britney Spears)
*previously unreleased track recorded at Beyond Abilities studios, summer 2009
**previously unreleased track recorded at Petrax studios, fall 2007
In other news, Children Of Bodom will touring South American this September. This is the first time Children Of Bodom touring South America since five years ago, check the full story at here.
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Lamb of God has set February 24 as the release date of its new full-length record, Wrath. According to a Blabbermouth.net interview with drummer Chris Adler, “This album is going to surprise a lot of people. Typically, bands that get to where we are in our career begin to slack off, smell the roses and regurgitate. We chose a different path… Wrath needs no hype. We have topped ourselves and on February 24 you will feel it.”
One way to ‘feel it’ would be to see Lamb of God live this spring, as the band launches a lengthy tour in Phoenix on April 2. At the moment, the trek runs through a May 15 stop in Myrtle Beach. Municipal Waste and God Forbid will rotate as openers, and As I Lay Dying/Children of Bodom will provide main support slot sets throughout.
The dates:
4/2 Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theater
4/3 Los Angeles, CA- Hollywood Palladium
4/4 San Jose, CA – Events Center
4/5 Fresno, CA – Crest Theater
4/7 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
4/8 Vancouver, British Columbia – UBC Thunderbird Arena
4/10 Edmonton, Alberta – Shaw Conference Center
4/11 Calgary, Alberta – The Coral
4/12 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Prairieland
4/13 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Convention Centre
4/14 Thunder Bay, Ontario – City Auditorium
4/16 Toronto, Ontario – Ricoh Coliseum
4/17 Montreal, Quebec – Cepsum
4/18 Worcester, MA – Palladium
4/19 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
4/21 Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion
4/22 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
4/23 Lafayette, LA – Blackham Coliseum
4/24 Houston, TX – Verizon Theatre
4/25 Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete St. Amphitheatre
4/26 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
4/28 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
4/29 Kansas City, KS – Uptown Theater
4/30 St. Paul, MN – Myth
5/1 Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre
5/2 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
5/3 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Murat Theatre
5/5 Louisville, KY – Expo Five
5/6 Detroit, MI – Fillmore Theatre
5/8 New York, NY – Roseland Ballroom
5/9 Asbury Park, NJ – Convention Center
5/11 Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live
5/12 Boston, MA – House of Blues
5/13 Albany, NY – Washington Street Armory
5/15 Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
In a shortened column, this week I’m taking a look at a focal point in Soilwork’s career, their Figure Number Five album, and taking a look at two incredible songs from the album.
I’m keeping the column down to one album this week, unfortunately. I’m going through a bit of rough time right now, personally, and I don’t have the energy to do a full column at the moment. So this week’s gonna be focused on Soilwork’s Figure Number Five album.
In the Soilwork timeline, the band toured extensively in support of Natural Born Chaos, with such big names as Children of Bodom and Shadows Fall. The band also hit the studio once again, recording Figure Number Five. In June of 2003, drummer Henry Ranta left the band due to personal reasons, and was replaced with Richard Evensand. In support of the album, the band toured with In Flames, Unearth, and Chimera. After a tour with Chimaira, Bodom, and As I Lay Dying, Evensand left the band. Soilwork brought in Dirk Verbeuren from the French metal band Scarve, who started as a temporary replacement, but was soon brought in full time.
Let’s get into the album, shall we?
Album Info
Recorded: December 2002- February 2003
Released: April 22, 2003 (EU), May 5, 2003 (USA, CA), Nuclear Blast Records
Produced By: Soilwork
Track Listing
1. “Rejection Role” − 3:35
2. “Overload” − 3:44
3. “Figure Number Five” − 3:12
4. “Strangler” − 3:48
5. “Light the Torch” − 3:41
6. “Departure Plan” − 4:24
7. “Cranking the Sirens” − 3:26
8. “Brickwalker” − 3:45
9. “The Mindmaker” − 3:32
10. “Distortion Sleep” − 3:46
11. “Downfall 24″ − 3:55
This album, much like In Flames’ Reroute To Remain album, is the one the fans seemingly turned on. Many thought the band sold out to the more mainstream sound, with the inclusion of alternative metal on the album, and even the band has said that the album could have been better. Sven Karlsson, the keyboardist for the band, had an active songwriting duty on this album, which includes more usage of the keyboard, and lighter melodies. Strid has said that he liked the melodies on the album, but he felt that “it lacks in intensity, and could have been better composed”.
While I do agree with those sentiments, I think the album is still pretty solid. The melodies are undeniably catchy, especially in the clean singing in the choruses of the songs. The alt-metal approach to the album is, in a way refreshing. While the album, like the band said, is not as intense, the different approach allows them to work with a new sound, and it works quite well. More focus is on the synth and the more ambient sounds of the album, as well as Bjorn’s singing, which seems more powerful than ever before.
Musically, as a whole, the album is solid. Aside from a few generic riffs here and there, everything is pretty good. Not as good as Natural Born Chaos, but again, comparing that sound to this more mainstream song is like comparing apples and oranges. “Overload”, one of my favorite tracks on the album, starts out with a small synth section, before the rest of the song comes in. Everything seems to explode when all the instruments fall together for the opening, and Bjorn’s vocals are set to “in your face”, although he switches nicely between the soaring, almost angelic vocals for the chorus.
“Light the Torch” starts out with a muted riff that seems to promise power, which is what the verses deliver, albeit switching in and out of a more mainstream, though very catchy riff with another example of wonderful clean vocals. “Distortion Sleep” is done in the same format, starting with an almost eerie organ sound, before jumping into a very catchy, head nodding riff. The verse riff and the drums complement each other perfectly, and the chorus tries to hold itself between clean vocals and screams, instead staying at an almost literal scream.
Overall, the criticism should be ignored for this album. Who cares if it’s a mainstream, generic metal album, as some have called it? It still kicks some ass.
“Overload” Live
“Light the Torch”
WARMING up the evening, death metal veterans Cannibal Corpse pounded out a set of classics mixed with songs from new album Evisceration Plague. They held nothing back as they bludgeoned Rock City with the lightening-fast assault of such favourites as Make Them Suffer and Hammer Smashed Face.
Lights blazed as Children of Bodom took to the stage to the comical backing of Napoleon XIV’s They’re Coming to Take Me Away. Blasting off in full throttle, they greeted the hysterical crowd with a pummelling rendition of new song Hellhounds On My Trail.
The Finnish death metal heroes could do no wrong. Cuts from new album Blooddrunk were welcomed as old, leaving fans hungry for more. Delving into their back catalogue, above all the timeless Follow the Reaper album, Bodom delivered a jubilantly received Silent Night, Bodom Night.
The charismatic frontman and guitar virtuoso Alexi “Wildchild” Laiho stood victoriously, busting out dramatic guitar solos as he worked up his loyal fans. Janne Warman – on keyboard – casually sipped his beer, his fingers effortlessly gliding through blindingly fast melodies.
Bodom’s anthem-like Hate Crew Death Roll brought a close to the evening’s masterclass in metal.
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Finish metal band Children Of Bodom are planning to release a CD of previously un-released cover songs as well as a few new tracks.
Bassist Henkka Seppälä recently stated in an interiew that on the,“The forthcoming covers album we want to do loads more [songs], but we’re still unsure as to what they will be, so you will have to keep a lookout.”
So far the tracklisting is looking like this:
* “Aces High” by IRON MAIDEN
* “Don’t Stop At The Top” by the SCORPIONS
* “Hellion” by W.A.S.P.
* “Mass Hypnosis” by SEPULTURA
* “No Commands” by STONE
* “Shot In The Dark” by OZZY OSBOURNE
* “Iron, Steel, Metal” by WIZZARD
* “Rebel Yell” by BILLY IDOL
* “Talk Dirty To Me” by POISON
* “Latomeri” by KLAMYDIA
* “Bed Of Nails” by ALICE COOPER
* “She Is Beautiful” by ANDREW W.K.
* “Silent Scream” by SLAYER
* “Somebody Put Something in My Drink” by the RAMONES
* “Oops!… I Did It Again” by BRITNEY SPEARS
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Providence, RI | Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel | |
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SEPT 19, 2009
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Sayreville, NJ | Starland Ballroom | |
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SEPT 20, 2009
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Clifton Park, NY | Northern Lights | |
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SEPT 22, 2009
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Quebec City, QC | Theatre Capitole | |
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SEPT 23, 2009
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Montreal, QC | Metropolis | |
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SEPT 25, 2009
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Kitchener, ON | Elements | |
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SEPT 26, 2009
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Toronto, ON | Sound Academy | |
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SEPT 27, 2009
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Chicago, IL | House Of Blues | |
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SEPT 28, 2009
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Minneapolis, MN | Epic | |
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SEPT 30, 2009
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Winnipeg, MB | The Garrick | |
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OCT 01, 2009
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Saskatoon, SK | The Odeon | |
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OCT 02, 2009
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Calgary, AB | MacEwan Hall | |
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OCT 03, 2009
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Edmonton, AB | EEC | |
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OCT 05, 2009
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Vancouver, BC | The Commodore | |
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OCT 06, 2009
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Seattle, WA | Showbox Market | |
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OCT 07, 2009
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Portland, OR | Roseland Theatre | |
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OCT 09, 2009
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San Fran, CA | Regency Ballroom | |
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OCT 10, 2009
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Pomona, CA | The Glasshouse | |
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OCT 11, 2009
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Pomona, CA | The Glasshouse | |
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OCT 12, 2009
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Tempe, AZ | Marquee Theatre | |
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OCT 14, 2009
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Honolulu, HI | Pipeline Cafe |
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Children Of Bodom
Genre: Melodic Death Metal
Info: Mp3, Vbr V2 Scene, 44 kHz, Stereo
Length: 66.01 min
Size: 116 Mb
Country: Finland
Children Of Bodom – Skeletons In The Closet (2009)
TrackList:
1. Looking at My Back Door (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 02:09
2. Hell is for Children (Pat Benatar) 04:01
3. Somebody Put Something (Ramones) 03:17
4. Mass Hypnosis (Sepultura) 04:03
5. Dont Stop at the Top (Scorpions) 03:25
6. Silent Scream (Slayer) 03:18
7. She is Beautiful (Andrew W.K.) 03:27
8. Just Dropped in (Kenny Rogers) 02:39
9. Bed of Nails (Alice Cooper) 03:54
10. Hellion (W.A.S.P.) 03:01
11. Aces High (Iron Maiden) 04:30
12. Rebel Yell (Billy Idol) 04:12
13. No Commands (Stone) 04:49
14. Antisocial (Trust/Anthrax) 03:36
15. Talk Dirty to Me (Poison) 03:36
16. War Inside My Head (Suicidal Tendencies) 03:25
17. Ooops!… I Did it Again (Britney Spears) 08:39
Band:
Alexi “Wildchild” Laiho – Vocals, Guitar (1997-) (ex-Impaled Nazarene, KylпїЅhullut, Sinergy, ex-Thy Serpent, Warmen(Guest), Godsplague(Guest))
Roope Latvala – Guitar (2003-) (ex-Dementia (Fin), ex-Latvala Bros, Nomicon, Sinergy, ex-Stone, Walhalla (Fin), ex-Waltari, Soulgrind (Fin), Warmen(Guest))
Janne “Warman” Wirman – Keyboard (1997-) (Kotipelto, ex-Masterplan, Warmen, ex-Ari Koivunen)
Henkka T. “Blacksmith” SeppпїЅlпїЅ – Bass (1997-) (ex-Aivokasvain)
Jaska W. Raatikainen – Drums (1997-) (ex-Evemaster, Gashouse Garden, ex-Virtuocity)
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Children of Bodom is a Finnish band from the city of Espoo, near Helsinki. The name of the band comes from one of the most famous Finnish murder cases of all time. (The murdering of three teenagers one night at Lake Bodom back in the 60’s.)
Early Children of Bodom albums are inspired by classical music and death metal (Red Light in My Eyes pt. 1 starts with a line from J.S. Bach’s Invention No.13 in A minor and Red Light in My Eyes pt. 2 includes selections from Mozart’s 25th Symphony), and later albums are more inspired by a commercial thrash and hair metal, losing some of its earlier melodic style. A precise definition for their musical genre is discussed by fans and the specialized press alike, often discounting the influences of the band and the composition of songs. The lyrics of their songs are written in the English language and are often of a simplistic nature, dealing with the subjects of death and personal struggles. As the band grows in experience, so does their playing style. They seem to change one way or another with every album that gets released. Even the album cover arts seems to change as the band grows. They are now also hitting the mainstream part of metal, their name and style being more known now. COB continues to inspire many musicians alike and more join the COBHC everyday.
The bandmembers include Alexi Laiho (lead guitar and vocals), Janne Warman (keyboard), Roope Latvala (rhythm guitar), Jaska Raatikainen (drums) and Henkka T. Blacksmith (bass guitar).
Ex-members are Alexander Kuoppala (rhythm guitar 1995-2003, Jani Pirisjoki – Keyboards (1995-1997), Samuli Miettinen – Bass (1993-1995) and Erna Siikavirta – Keyboards (1998 European Tour)
