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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Children Of Bodom - Halo Of Blood + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-17-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.cobhc.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Children Of Bodom Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Halo Of Blood Label : Nuclear Blast ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Sound: Children of Bodom started in Finland in ║ │
│║ 1993 under the name Inearthed. After several ║ │
│║ unsuccessful demos they undertook the recording ║ │
│║ of their first full length album and caught the ║ │
│║ interest of Spinefarm Records, but changed their ║ │
│║ name to Children of Bodom to avoid legal ║ │
│║ entanglements with their previous label, Shiver ║ │
│║ Records. In subsequent releases the band had a ║ │
│║ tendency to tweak their sound, adding keyboard ║ │
│║ and different compositional elements, but having ║ │
│║ most often been associated with death metal or ║ │
│║ melodic death metal. In 1997, after opening for ║ │
│║ Dimmu Borgir, the band caught the attention of ║ │
│║ Nuclear Blast records which began their entrance ║ │
│║ to an international stage. Since then Children ║ │
│║ of Bodom have become a "household name" to the ║ │
│║ international metal community and have released ║ │
│║ numerous successful albums, including a cover ║ │
│║ album in 2009 called "Skeletons in the Closet." ║ │
│║ Their album, "Blooddrunk," released in 2008, is ║ │
│║ the one that caught my attention and I've ║ │
│║ listened to them since shortly after that ║ │
│║ release. The current lineup is Alexi Laiho on ║ │
│║ lead vocals and lead guitar, Roope Latvala on ║ │
│║ rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Henkka Seppala ║ │
│║ on bass guitar and backing vocals, Janne ║ │
│║ "Warman" Wirman on keyboards, and Jaska ║ │
│║ Raatikainen on drums and backing vocals. Alexi ║ │
│║ and Jaska are both founding members, and Roope ║ │
│║ is the newest addition having joined in 2003 ║ │
│║ after Alexander Kuoppala left because he said ║ │
│║ the touring lifestyle no longer worked for him. ║ │
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│║ "Halo of Blood" is Children of Bodom's eighth ║ │
│║ full-length studio album and contains 10 tracks, ║ │
│║ clocking in at just under 42 minutes. The ║ │
│║ overall mixing and production on the album is ║ │
│║ perfection, with driving bass and the guitars ║ │
│║ maintaining the essential rawness and power to ║ │
│║ convey the aggression of the songs. The drums ║ │
│║ are precise but still have an organic feel. The ║ │
│║ album opens with the track "Waste of Skin" with ║ │
│║ a riff syncopated with the drums that builds ║ │
│║ into an instantly classic CoB track. The title ║ │
│║ track, "Halo of Blood" comes in like 3 minutes ║ │
│║ of pure aggression from the first note until the ║ │
│║ last. "Transference" is one of the most melodic ║ │
│║ songs from the album and probably some of the ║ │
│║ most successful use of keyboards on the album. ║ │
│║ "Bodom Blue Moon (The Second Coming)" has a ║ │
│║ frenetic almost schizophrenic vibe to it and is ║ │
│║ well placed in the middle of the album, forcing ║ │
│║ you to lean forward and start listening fresh to ║ │
│║ the album. The track "Dead Man's Hand on You" is ║ │
│║ a great slow-burner type of track with a creepy ║ │
│║ feel and the most vocally dynamic. The album ║ │
│║ closes with "One Bottle and a Knee Deep," which ║ │
│║ is probably the most interesting track on the ║ │
│║ album for me, having a weird metal pirate shanty ║ │
│║ feel to it and also containing the most ║ │
│║ memorable guitar solo. // 9 ║ │
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│║ Lyrics and Singing: Alexi Laiho has made small ║ │
│║ changes to his vocal style throughout his ║ │
│║ career, and with the release of "Halo of Blood" ║ │
│║ he periodically uses slightly cleaner vocals ║ │
│║ than he has on previous releases. He still uses ║ │
│║ death metal screams, but lets his vocals clean ║ │
│║ up occasionally. The rest of the band does a ║ │
│║ great job backing him up on vocals. In several ║ │
│║ places on the album they use "gang vocals" for ║ │
│║ parts of the lyrics. The lyrics to most of the ║ │
│║ album are loosely narrative while remaining ║ │
│║ abstract and pretty interesting, though it ║ │
│║ always takes me a couple of listens to pick all ║ │
│║ of them up. From the song "Transference," here ║ │
│║ are some of the loosely narrative but abstract ║ │
│║ lyrics I'm referring to: "Dragged in the light/ ║ │
│║ Like nothing was wrong/ Pulled towards where I ║ │
│║ don't belong/ I hear the fallen angels/ Sing my ║ │
│║ requiem/ Take a step/ Cross the line/ Have a ║ │
│║ thin/ Glance back and you're living in sin/ It ║ │
│║ hurts so bad/ Like a war within/ Looking at the ║ │
│║ blade/ Aiming at my eyes/ Staring to where the ║ │
│║ evil call my lies/ Keep a promise/ If you ever ║ │
│║ will/ Don't say a word/ Just kill, kill, kill!" ║ │
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│║ Impression: "Halo of Blood" was a fun album to ║ │
│║ listen to. There is a fair amount of variety on ║ │
│║ the album including some really interesting ║ │
│║ keyboard use to help make songs sound "epic." ║ │
│║ While Children of Bodom have been predominantly ║ │
│║ labeled as "melodic death metal" I've always ║ │
│║ thought of them more as thrash metal with ║ │
│║ elements of power metal and this album is a good ║ │
│║ argument for that, from my point of view. ║ │
│║ Really, the vocals are the main thing that give ║ │
│║ Children of Bodom that death metal label. My ║ │
│║ favorite tracks from the album are "Bodom Blue ║ │
│║ Moon (The Second Coming)," "Transference," "Dead ║ │
│║ Man's Hand on You," and "One Bottle and a Knee ║ │
│║ Deep." Overall, this album stacks up fairly well ║ │
│║ with their previous releases and I think it will ║ │
│║ be seen as one of their best releases, at least ║ │
│║ rivaling with "Blooddrunk," in my opinion. ║ │
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│║ Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho - Vocals, Guitars ║ │
│║ Janne Warman - Keyboards ║ │
│║ Roope Latvala - Guitars ║ │
│║ Henkka T. Blacksmith - Bass ║ │
│║ Jaska W. Raatikainen - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Waste Of Sin [04:17] │
│ 02 - Halo Of Blood [03:12] │
│ 03 - Scream For Silence [04:10] │
│ 04 - Transference [03:58] │
│ 05 - Bodom Blue Moon (The Second Coming) [04:14] │
│ 06 - Your Days Are Numbered [03:41] │
│ 07 - Dead Man┤s Hand On You [04:58] │
│ 08 - Damage Beyond Repair [04:21] │
│ 09 - All Twisted [04:52] │
│ 10 - One Bottle And A Knee Deep [04:05] │
│ 11 - Sleeping In My Car (Bonus Track) [03:19] │
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│ Total Length : [45:07 minn │
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