Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk Review
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Blooddrunk doesn't deviate much from past Children Of Bodom CDs, with thrashy riffs, shredding guitar solos, prominent synths and melodic hooks. The songs are heavy and dark, thickly constructed with layers of guitars and keyboards and plenty of solos from each. Alexi Laiho's guitar wizardry hasn't diminished at all, and he puts on some dazzling displays.
Laiho's trademark raspy vocals are unmistakable, and delivered with a lot of energy and emotion. Children Of Bodom expertly blend extremity and intensity with melody and catchiness. Blooddrunk isn't one of their all time best albums, but it's another solid effort that will continue Children Of Bodom's ascent to being one of the most popular metal bands in the world.
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(CD cover courtesy Spinefarm/Fontana Records)
Comments
i just bought the cd yesterday and its better then hatebreeder thats for sure. Unfortunetly i had high expectations for this cd and really the only songs that stand out are “hellhounds on my trail” and “one day you will cry”. I wanted this album to be a hit like Follow The Reaper or at least are you dead yet? oh well
True it is better than hatebreeder but they need to go back to the more classical sound they had with follow the reaper. Very good album though.
What?! This is NOT better than hatebreeder! Hatebreeder was amazing. This is better than Are You Dead Yet?, but that is their worst album so thats not saying much. Its not a bad album, but every album before Are You Dead Yet was better than this one.