Something Wild is the debut studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released in 1997 in Finland, and in 1998 worldwide. Upon release, the album was met with universal acclaim. In 2020, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1997 by Metal Hammer magazine.
Something Wild was an innovative and pioneering album in extreme metal by incorporating elements of power metal, a sound not seen in other melodic death metal bands of the time; this fusion was inspired by that country's most influential band Stratovarius.
Something Wild entered the Finnish album charts at number 35 in the last week of December, 1997. It would spend 12 weeks in the album chart peaking at number 20 in January of 1999. The album would re-enter the Finnish album charts in October of 2021 at number 19. It would spend one week in the charts.
Tracklist:
- "Deadnight Warrior" 3:22
- "In the Shadows" 6:01
- "Red Light in My Eyes, Pt 1" 4:28
- "Red Light in My Eyes, Pt 2" 3:50
- "Lake Bodom" 4:02
- "The Nail" 6:18
- "Touch Like Angel of Death" (4:05 on reissues) 7:57
Total length: 35:57
Trivia:
-Recorded when the band was known as Inearthed, they changed their name to escape their previous record deal (which they deemed a ripoff) and were subsequently picked up by Spinefarm Records.
-"Talking of the Trees" off of Shining was re-recorded during these sessions, but later scrapped.
-Track 7 is the only song with actual lyrics that were written prior to recording, the rest of the lyrics to all the other songs were improvised on the spot as Laiho screamed.
-The intros to tracks 1 and 6 were taken from It (1990) and Ben-Hur (1959), respectively.
-Tracks 3 and 4 both sample passages from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's work.
-The end of track 7 features a short keyboard passage played by Alexi and Alexander in unison. This track is officially known as "Coda" (01:19) and samples a melody from the theme to Miami Vice.
-The original pressing contains an eighth track titled "Bruno the Pig," consisting simply of ten seconds of silence. This is often confused with "Coda."
Music videos:
- Deadnight Warrior
Recording information:
Recorded and mixed at Astia Studio.
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