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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Release 'Skeletons In The Closet' Collection Of Covers - Apr. 23, 2009

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will release a new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", in September through Spinefarm Records. The follow-up to last year's "Blooddrunk" is a selection of cover versions, some of them existing recordings, others specially laid down for this release.

CHILDREN OF BODOM has been recording covers since the early days of its career, some predictably heavy ("Silent Scream" by SLAYER, for example), others reflecting an altogether broader taste ("Talk Dirty To Me" by POISON), so fans will be intrigued to see which of the existing ones get the final nod here, and also which news ones are added to the list.

The following is a list of CHILDREN OF BODOM covers recorded thus far (Note: It is not yet known which of these songs, if any, will make it to the "Skeletons In The Closet" collection):

* "Aces High" by IRON MAIDEN
* "Don't Stop At The Top" by 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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	COMMENT \| That just burns my biscuits posted by : Merkaba79 4/23/2009 11:51:26 AM

	THE SCORPIONS! Who are they to call them THE SCORPIONS?

	COMMENT \| KINDA... A COPY OF ANTHRAX n' WED13 posted by : T-Boner.com 4/23/2009 12:12:43 PM

	GET YOU OWN TITLE.

	COMMENT \| too bad posted by : cannibalcradle 4/23/2009 12:28:28 PM

	ive had all these songs together for three years know and where are the covers from the blooddrunk session?

	COMMENT \| posted by : EL PENDEJO 4/23/2009 12:33:03 PM

	meh.

	COMMENT \| ................ posted by : VerbalKint 4/23/2009 1:07:36 PM

	One less album they have to put out on their current label and the sooner they can get another deal...provided they can get one in this ass economic climate. These guys have laid a turd since Hatecrew and thats that. Boring!

	COMMENT \| posted by : madeinquebec 4/23/2009 1:30:58 PM

	T-Boner listens to Anthrax???

	COMMENT \| The WASP and Poison covers.... posted by : lundtheconqueror 4/23/2009 1:33:50 PM

	..are actually pretty good. Though, not sure about the "value" of getting this.

	COMMENT \| How about coming up with some original album titles? posted by : MoltenLavaStudios 4/23/2009 2:11:39 PM

	Isn't "Skeletons in the Closet" a Gamma Ray album? And isn't "Aren't You Dead Yet?" a Carnal Forge album? I could be wrong. Bodom is great, but I've never liked their cover songs.

	COMMENT \| why? posted by : SgtD-666 4/23/2009 2:32:13 PM

	cover albums make ZERO sense. I would rather hear the original most the time. At a live show as a bonus surprise it is cool but a whole album's worth is very gay!

	COMMENT \| posted by : Tymell 4/23/2009 2:35:17 PM

	An album of covers can be great. But in this case, it just feels forced. A covers album should be a tribute to the bands that helped you develop, your own take on those songs, and a sign of the bands that shaped your own sound. See Garage Days Revisited for a good example: in those songs you can hear Metallica's influences, you can hear the music that helped shape them as a band. This just feels like Bodom trying to make money from their current popularity by playing songs that will surprise people. They're known in the mainstream, and yet they're extreme enough that to said mainstream they appear one of the most extreme metal bands around. And so they jump on this by covering artists like Britney Spears, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper, etc, just for that "OMG BODOM COVERING X BAND!" factor.

	COMMENT \| posted by : perpetual 4/23/2009 3:56:00 PM

	It's always a bad idea to put some keyboard on a Slayer cover!

	COMMENT \| posted by : SandmanZepp 4/23/2009 4:37:18 PM

	putting a britney spears cover on the album is a bad marketing decision, it will turn many fans away

	COMMENT \| SLAYER AND SEPULTURA ARE BAD ASS........ posted by : southmetal_guy 4/23/2009 5:38:24 PM

	THE REST IS SHIT, AND THE BRITNEY SPEARS COVER IS GAY AS HELL! SAW THESE GUYS IN 04', GREAT LIVE. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE KEYBOARDS.

	COMMENT \| posted by : drago494 4/23/2009 5:54:38 PM

	Cool! I'll definitely get this.

	COMMENT \| posted by : Bradzilla 4/23/2009 6:30:07 PM

	Bodom's cover of "Mass Hypnosis" SUCKS! If Sepultura weren't so busy sucking they would be outraged at this atrocity.

	COMMENT \| posted by : ev1l3drummer 4/23/2009 8:08:56 PM

	Children of Bodom never covered Iron, Steel, Metal. Them and Wizzard appeared on the self titled Children of Bodom EP. with that song on it played by Wizzard. To this day that song is commonly mistaken as a Bodom cover.

	COMMENT \| "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" by the RAMONES posted by : RiotAct666 4/23/2009 9:10:29 PM

	Best Ramones song of all time.

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