Finnish metallers
CHILDREN OF BODOM have revealed the track listing for the new album,
"Blooddrunk", due in Europe on April 7, 2008 via
Spinefarm Records (two days later in Finland).
"Blooddrunk" was recorded and produced by
Mikko Karmila at
Petrax and
Finnvox studios in Finland during October, November and December 2007, except vocals, which were recorded by
Peter Tägtren, and keyboards, which were recorded by
Janne Wirman at
Petrax studios, Finland, during October, November and December 2007. The CD was mixed at
Finnvox by
Mikko Karmila in November 2007 and it was mastered at
Finnvox by
Mika Jussila in December 2007.
"Blooddrunk" track listing:
01.
Hellhounds On My Trail02.
Blooddrunk03.
LoBodomy04.
One Day You Will Cry05.
Smile Pretty For The Devil06.
Tie My Rope07.
Done With Everything, Die For Nothing08.
Banned From Heaven09.
Roadkill MorningCHILDREN OF BODOM will release a new single,
"Blooddrunk", in Finland on February 27, 2008 (March 3 in the rest of Europe).
The band recently traveled to Germany to film two videos, both of which were produced by
Katapult Filmproduktion.
Speaking to
Revolver magazine,
CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman
Alexi Laiho stated about the songwriting process for
"Blooddrunk", "This time we wanted to make things more difficult. So I've been including some progressive sounds. Not in an annoying way, though; if we do progressive music, we want people to actually listen to it. We won't become a
DEPECHE MODE cover band. If we ever get tired of playing metal. That's the end of
CHILDREN OF BODOM."
He added, "We rehearsed all day, then I'd come home and start fucking around with the guitar and a four-track until 6 a.m. Then I'd wake up and do it all again until I was completely wrecked. This time it was really laid back, and that allowed me to be more creative."
According to an article in the November 2007 issue of the Finnish magazine
Soundi,
CHILDREN OF BODOM laid down cover versions of the following songs during the recording sessions for
"Blooddrunk":
"War Inside My Head" (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES)
"Lookin' Out My Back Door" (CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL)
"Just Dropped In" (KENNY ROGERS)
"Ghost Riders In The Sky" (STAN JONES)
CHILDREN OF BODOM will join
MEGADETH,
IN FLAMES,
JOB FOR A COWBOY and
HIGH ON FIRE for this year's
Gigantour in North America.
Two songs from
CHILDREN OF BODOM —
"Angels Don't Kill" and
"In Your Face" — are featured on the
"Unholy Alliance Tour" DVD, which was released on October 30, 2007 via
American Recordings. The set features the the
"Unholy Alliance Tour: Preaching to the Perverted" lineup —
SLAYER,
LAMB OF GOD,
MASTODON,
CHILDREN OF BODOM and
THINE EYES BLEED. The DVD has an approximate running time of 90 minutes.
The
"Unholy Alliance Tour" DVD was shot at Vancouver's General Motors Place on July 13, 2006, was directed by
Adam Rothlein (
Speedway Films), and boasts performance footage plus bonus material to include backstage, behind-the-scenes and one-on-one interviews, many of which were conducted by the
Unholy Alliance artists themselves
The second episode of
CHILDREN OF BODOM's
COBTV takes the viewers to
Petrax Studios in Hollola, Finland for special coverage of the recording sessions for
"Blooddrunk". Watch the six-minute clip below.