Children Of Bodom "I Worship Chaos (Limited Edition Digibook, CD+DVD, Japan, Avalon, MIZP-600400)"

I Worship Chaos is the ninth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. It was released on 2 October 2015. It is the first album since 2005's Are You Dead Yet not to feature guitarist Roope Latvala due to his firing from the band in May 2015, making this the band's first album as a four-piece group with Alexi Laiho handling all guitar duties.

For the first time, the band did not use a commercial recording studio. Instead they opted to use a converted warehouse to enhance the ambiance of the sound.

In this album, the band used drop B tuning on most of the album and D-flat tuning on the songs "Hold Your Tongue" and "Suicide Bomber" instead of drop C tuning and D standard used on previous albums. This also makes this the first album since Something Wild to use D-flat tuning.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. I Hurt 04:29   
2. My Bodom (I Am the Only One) 04:18   
3. Morrigan 05:06   
4. Horns 03:24  
5. Prayer for the Afflicted 04:54   
6. I Worship Chaos 03:39   
7. Hold Your Tongue 04:01   
8. Suicide Bomber 03:33   
9. All for Nothing 05:42  
10. Widdershins 05:11  
11. Mistress of Taboo (Plasmatics cover) 03:37   
12. Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins cover) 02:57
13. Black Winter Day (Amorphis cover) 03:41  
14. Cruel Summer (Bananarama cover) 03:04

Time:  57:36  

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. Making of "I Worship Chaos" (Video) 

Video was made for "Morrigan".

Recording information:

Recorded at Danger Johnny Studios in Helsinki, Finland.

Mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland.

Mikko Karmila – producer, engineering, mixing

Tuomas Korpi – cover art

Children Of Bodom "Relentless Reckless Forever (Limited Edition Hardcover Book, SHM CD, Japan, Spinefarm Records, UICO-9052)"

Relentless Reckless Forever is the seventh studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released on 8 March 2011 through Spinefarm Records, Fearless Records and Nuclear Blast. It is the first Children of Bodom album to not have a song with "Bodom" in the title.

Relentless Reckless Forever was recorded at Finland's Petrax Studios, during August and September 2010. "We worked super hard on this album, at least for me it was pretty much no sleep or rest for six weeks," stated lead vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho. "But we were determined to make the best COB album ever, so we were willing to do whatever it took. Of course, having our producer Matt Hyde kicking our asses 24/7 definitely made the results even better, so obviously we're more than anxious to get this album out there."

The song "Ugly" starts with a quote from the television show House, taken from episode 12 of season 6 titled "Remorse". The quote is, "You're feeling something, what is it, what do you feel? I don't know, it hurts. It will."

A music video has been shot for the single "Was It Worth It?" with skateboarder Chris Cole as well as noted pro skaters Jamie Thomas, Garrett Hill and Tom Asta.

"The single 'Was It Worth It?' is a total party song," said Laiho. "It's not your typical Bodom sound, but it's one of my favorites and heavy as hell." The video was shot in Pennsylvania's residential Action Sports compound Camp Woodward and it was directed by Dale Resteghini for Raging Nation Films.

Regarding the subject matter covered in the "Pussyfoot Miss Suicide" lyrics, Laiho told Revolver, "I've been involved with stupid chicks who were trying to get attention by being, 'Oh, I'm so fucking depressed. I'm gonna slit my wrists with a cheese grater...' And it's so fucking boring, like, 'Just let it go. You're really not gonna do it, anyway.' It's kind of harsh, but it's fuckin' black humor." "Ugly", on the other hand, is "really just venting and screaming stupid stuff. Nobody should expect anything deep and poetic and sensitive and intelligent, y'know?"

The single "Was It Worth It?" was made available for streaming on 13 January via Facebook, and "Ugly" was broadcast for the first time on 4 February 2011 on FullMetalJackie's radio show.

The album is available in several editions: CD, CD+DVD Limited Digipak, Vinyl LP and limited Super Deluxe Edition including a CD, DVD and a 64-page photobook. The Japanese editions are pressed in SHM-CD format, feature three bonus tracks, include lyrics translation in Japanese and a poster is offered with the first press edition.

Relentless Reckless Forever was certified gold (sold over 10,000 copies) in Finland on the first day of its release, 9 March. As of 10 March, the album had sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. Not My Funeral 04:54   
2. Shovel Knockout 04:03   
3. Roundtrip to Hell and Back 03:47
4. Pussyfoot Miss Suicide 04:10   
5. Relentless Reckless Forever 04:41
6. Ugly 04:12   
7. Cry of the Nihilist 03:30   
8. Was It Worth It? 04:06   
9. Northpole Throwdown 02:54  
10. Party All the Time (Eddie Murphy cover) 03:02

Time:  39:19  

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. Was It Worth It? (video) 04:06  
2. Was It Worth It? (making of) 08:41  
3. Angels Don't Kill (live) 05:43
4. Everytime I Die (live) 05:11  
5. The Rockhouse Method with Alexi Laiho - DVD Trailer 01:06  
6. The Rockhouse Method with Alexi Laiho - Instructional DVD Excerpt 02:47  

Time:  27:34  

Contains a 60-page photobook (album lyrics + essentially pictures of recording sessions).

This Japanese Photobook Edition is the same as the standard Photobook Edition except that is has a SHM-CD with 2 live bonus tracks instead of the regular CD and it comes with a 3-page document in Japanese (lyrics translation + band history).

It features no OBI strip.

The first press also came with a bonus promo poster.

Trivia:

-Live DVD material taken from Bloodstock Open Air

-Includes a 64-page hardcover book

Recording information:

Recorded at Petrax Studios, Hollola, Finland during August and Hydeaway Studio, Los Angeles, USA in September 2010. Keyboards - at Petrax Studio and at Beyond Abilities Studio.

Produced by Matt Hyde and Children of Bodom

Arranged by Children of Bodom

Recorded by Matt Hyde and Chris Rakestraw, except keyboards, recorded by Janne Wirman

Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering, USA, October 2010

Children Of Bodom "Relentless Reckless Forever (Limited Edition Digipak, CD+DVD, EU, Spinefarm Records, SPI386DG)"

Relentless Reckless Forever is the seventh studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released on 8 March 2011 through Spinefarm Records, Fearless Records and Nuclear Blast. It is the first Children of Bodom album to not have a song with "Bodom" in the title.

Relentless Reckless Forever was recorded at Finland's Petrax Studios, during August and September 2010. "We worked super hard on this album, at least for me it was pretty much no sleep or rest for six weeks," stated lead vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho. "But we were determined to make the best COB album ever, so we were willing to do whatever it took. Of course, having our producer Matt Hyde kicking our asses 24/7 definitely made the results even better, so obviously we're more than anxious to get this album out there."

The song "Ugly" starts with a quote from the television show House, taken from episode 12 of season 6 titled "Remorse". The quote is, "You're feeling something, what is it, what do you feel? I don't know, it hurts. It will."

A music video has been shot for the single "Was It Worth It?" with skateboarder Chris Cole as well as noted pro skaters Jamie Thomas, Garrett Hill and Tom Asta.

"The single 'Was It Worth It?' is a total party song," said Laiho. "It's not your typical Bodom sound, but it's one of my favorites and heavy as hell." The video was shot in Pennsylvania's residential Action Sports compound Camp Woodward and it was directed by Dale Resteghini for Raging Nation Films.

Regarding the subject matter covered in the "Pussyfoot Miss Suicide" lyrics, Laiho told Revolver, "I've been involved with stupid chicks who were trying to get attention by being, 'Oh, I'm so fucking depressed. I'm gonna slit my wrists with a cheese grater...' And it's so fucking boring, like, 'Just let it go. You're really not gonna do it, anyway.' It's kind of harsh, but it's fuckin' black humor." "Ugly", on the other hand, is "really just venting and screaming stupid stuff. Nobody should expect anything deep and poetic and sensitive and intelligent, y'know?"

The single "Was It Worth It?" was made available for streaming on 13 January via Facebook, and "Ugly" was broadcast for the first time on 4 February 2011 on FullMetalJackie's radio show.

The album is available in several editions: CD, CD+DVD Limited Digipak, Vinyl LP and limited Super Deluxe Edition including a CD, DVD and a 64-page photobook. The Japanese editions are pressed in SHM-CD format, feature three bonus tracks, include lyrics translation in Japanese and a poster is offered with the first press edition.

Relentless Reckless Forever was certified gold (sold over 10,000 copies) in Finland on the first day of its release, 9 March. As of 10 March, the album had sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. Not My Funeral 04:54  
2. Shovel Knockout 04:03   
3. Roundtrip to Hell and Back 03:47
4. Pussyfoot Miss Suicide 04:10   
5. Relentless Reckless Forever 04:41
6. Ugly 04:12   
7. Cry of the Nihilist 03:30   
8. Was It Worth It? 04:06
9. Northpole Throwdown 02:54  

Time:  36:17  

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. Was It Worth It? (video) 04:06  
2. Was It Worth It? (making of) 08:41  
3. Angels Don't Kill (live) 05:43   
4. Everytime I Die (live) 05:11  
5. The Rockhouse Method with Alexi Laiho - DVD Trailer 01:06  
6. The Rockhouse Method with Alexi Laiho - Instructional DVD Excerpt 02:47  

Time:  27:34  

Trivia:

-Live DVD material taken from Bloodstock Open Air

Recording information:

Recorded at Petrax Studios, Hollola, Finland during August and Hydeaway Studio, Los Angeles, USA in September 2010. Keyboards - at Petrax Studio and at Beyond Abilities Studio.

Produced by Matt Hyde and Children of Bodom

Arranged by Children of Bodom

Recorded by Matt Hyde and Chris Rakestraw, except keyboards, recorded by Janne Wirman

Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering, USA, October 2010

Children Of Bodom "Skeletons In The Closet (Russia, Universal Music Russia, 460502670314)"

Skeletons in the Closet is the second compilation album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released on 22 September 2009 through Spinefarm Records. It consists of various covers of songs, most of which have been released on other releases such as B-sides on Children of Bodom's singles. The album only contains four unreleased covers for the songs "Hell Is for Children", "Antisocial", "War Inside My Head", and "Waiting", but the previously released songs are remixed and new details can be heard. The Japanese edition is pressed in SHM-CD format.

Tracklist:

1. Lookin' Out My Back Door (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover) 02:08   
2. Hell Is for Children (Pat Benatar cover) 04:00   
3. Somebody Put Something in My Drink (Ramones cover) 03:16  
4. Mass Hypnosis (Sepultura cover) 04:03
5. Don't Stop at the Top (Scorpions cover) 03:24
6. Silent Scream (Slayer cover) 03:17  
7. She Is Beautiful (Andrew W.K. cover) 03:26
8. Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In) (Kenny Rogers cover) 02:38   
9. Bed of Nails (Alice Cooper cover) 03:53
10. Hellion (W.A.S.P. cover) 03:01
11. Aces High (Iron Maiden cover) 04:29  
12. Rebel Yell (Billy Idol cover) 04:11
13. No Commands (Stone cover) 04:49   
14. Antisocial (Trust cover) 03:35  
15. Talk Dirty to Me (Poison cover) 03:35  
16. War Inside My Head (Suicidal Tendencies cover) 03:25  
17. Ooops!... I Did It Again (Britney Spears cover) / Waiting (King Diamond cover) 08:38   

Time:   01:05:48

Band photos by Tomi Lauren

Artwork and layout by Kalle Pyyhtinen