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The Children Of Bodom are back. After some criticism the group faced in previous years, this "Blooddrunk" ultimately turns out to be a good album. It's certainly not the new "Hatebreeder"; the Children can no longer produce anything of that sort; that album from 1999 was not only an excellent record but also a great innovation for Death/Power. The fact that they cannot replicate such a work does not mean they cannot create high-level works.
The formula remains the same, Melodic Death Metal with Power influences (or vice versa, the debates about their genre affiliation are still open). Nothing too new, except for the technical/instrumental progress of the band and a pleasant increase in power compared to the latest releases. The duo Laiho/Wirman delivers really interesting and engaging guitar and keyboard solos, with good taste both in terms of technique and musicality. The notes intertwine pleasantly between fast scales and more melodic parts, and perhaps more in this album than in the others, the melodies seem thoughtfully constructed, fitting together very well and giving a pinch of harmony that perhaps was missing in the sound of Children Of Bodom. Alexi Laiho's singing is unmistakable and comes across as quite expressive and energetic, although in several cases his voice is accompanied by the chorus of the other members. The whole is supported by good work from the rest of the band although, however, the other members mainly dedicate themselves to a rhythmic part that rarely goes outside the predefined spaces.
The songs settle on a good level and are all, in my opinion, sufficient and valid, "Blooddrunk" has a strong hold on the listener thanks to an easily digestible refrain (in my opinion, decidedly similar to that of "Walk" by Pantera), "Smile Pretty For The Devil" is, in my opinion, the best track of the album where there is a really catchy and at the same time compelling intertwined guitar and keyboard solo, but there are several tracks that are enjoyable to listen to.
In conclusion, "Blooddrunk" will certainly not be a masterpiece, but it is not a record to be discarded either. It turns out to be a work made more with the head than the heart, and as for emotion, the album loses some, gaining, instead, points for the ease of listening and absorption of the music. It is a simple, straightforward record, to be listened to casually, but one surely cannot deny it a passing grade and even a little more, 3.5 the real score.
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 Hellhounds on My Trail (04:00)
Watching the cunt
But before I'm into worries
I do better think fast
Step beyond the legs
Risk selfdestruction
One more sucker
Wait again
To the wrong turn
To the right direction
Too many fucking gonna turn
Going too fast
When you call me outrageous
As a questioner
No feelings - you destroy me H-A-T-E
We're welcome - we're on this show E-N-D
What the hell was that?
It's a battle name
Tied down everything long before
Blaming all the suckers
I don't give fuck
Till they're coming down
Where I go
Or he's gonna stop me
And when I hear the voice
So you better take care of me now
Knowing that I've always gotta come back
Till the end of life has arrived
Things happen while I grow
No one to catch my fall
Becoming dull is all I know
Resurrection - friend or a foe
No feelings - you destroy me H-A-T-E
We're welcome - we're on this show E-N-D
Gone too fast
I'm caring about the truth
So tell me how
Fuck this I wake
I've been loved before right now
After I've been down
Well if you don't need to
Resurrect a shadow of myself
No feelings - you destroy me H-A-T-E
We're welcome - we're on this show E-N-D
No feelings - you destroy me H-A-T-E
We're welcome - we're on this show
Remember me, seventeen
Come on, get you going
Have I told you I would return
Come on, get you going
Gotta get on the way
But the butcher
You're allowed to lie
I disapprove my body
Eat my dinner
You dull stupid role model
Who's about to rock
Things happen while I grow
No one to catch my fall
Becoming dull is all I know
Resurrection - friend or a foe
Friend or a foe
02 Blooddrunk (04:05)
They say drinking is a way to die
But at the end...Dying is a way to drink
That's why...
Unquenchable thirst burns you inside
The ruins of already burnt out mind
Inexhaustable craving for something
You're already Dieing
Degenerate drunk with a razor blade
Strung out spilling your own blood
Exterminate scars already made
Ready for another drink, can you wait?
Detoxing, here come the withdrawals
whispering Maybe you've gone too far
Deep within things are getting hot
Can't deny, take another shot
Blooddrunk - Wasted again
Inside all the pain will fade
Blooddrunk - You call me insane
Degenerate bloodrunk with a razor blade
Degenerate drunk with a razor blade
Strung out spilling your own blood
Exterminate scars already made
Ready for another drink, can you wait?
Blooddrunk - Wasted again
Inside all the pain will fade
Blooddrunk - You call me insane
Degenerate bloodrunk with a razor blade
Blooddrunk - Wasted again
Inside all the pain will fade
Blooddrunk - You call me insane
Degenerate bloodrunk with a razor blade
03 Lobodomy (04:25)
Slashes to Slashes, Dust to Dust
With the blade in my hand, kill you, I might
Forget about falling, it's for poor distant punks
I tell you I'll see the pain after I see the trunk
So you really thought I just came
To the gutters forlorn to be tamed?
I'm at the end of, my rope your Tying
This is just dreaming of might
Hallucination, your in for shit!
I dare you to look at me, I'm a pshyco freak!
You motherfuckers wanna give me, a lobodomy?
Fuck no, then you know who I am?
Well we're about to fucking see
You started messin with death
No one said?
I'm a Maniac
Fuck yeah, you have no power to ask why!
Then I will give you a turn
When talking out of your bodom mouth
At night I bark, scream or shout
So really thought I just came
To the gutters forlorn to be tamed?
You motherfuckers wanna give me, a lobodomy?
Fuck no, then you know who I am?
Well we're about to fucking see
You started messin with death
No one said?
I'm a Maniac
Fuck yeah, you have no power to ask why!
Then I will give you a turn
I'll never give a fuck that
These poor bridges are burnt
Fuck no, fuck all that shit
Now then, would you all just let me go
05 Smile Pretty for the Devil (03:53)
Live the years of danger live on the road
To the point there's nothing to lose
Regrets all you want it to be!
In the blink of an eye you're fighting
Look at me chump, champ is my name
Were you going to all laugh? I'll Always be
Five Times I've died its all the same
Got only myself to blame
Never begged for you to rescue me
Then again I never could find you
But you leave me ripe to choke
Who gives a fuck and your the devil
And now, war will find you
This hour, you should live in hell
Funny, you don't seem that big time
Memorize that your better
When your smiling pretty for the devil
Ten times I've died its all the same
Well I got myself to blame
Never begged for you to rescue me
Then again no one could find you
Because you leave me ripe to choke
Who gets the fuck and your the devil
And now, war will find you
This hour, you should live in hell
Funny, you don't seem that big time
Memorize that your better
When you smile pretty for the devil
06 Tie My Rope (04:14)
Yeaw! Urg! Did everyone that we charmed how 'bout you check the rim of life Pain, that nothings gonna be down where you walk the rocky road! The way that you won't touch yourself, motherfuckin' dream! Your mother is old but know how it's a brick of brick Yeah! My life a roadmap of pain Oh Yeah! My life's a lot full of shame Tie my rope, one more time! Did every bit I know destroy you last night I never thought I broke my greatest toy in another fight Looking for hair that will pop me tomorrow, why am I looking, oh why? Because that's good you're a real bowman, brick of brick Yeah! My life a roadmap of pain That's right! My life's a lot full of shame Tie my rope! Tell me why, so I can quietly bitch and moan To this light, that I'm not going down! Hanging by, the rope you tie for me! Lift me up, while I'm still alive! Tell me why, so I can quietly bitch and moan To this light, that I'm not going down! Hanging by, the rope you tie for me! Lift me up, while I'm still alive! Tell me why, so I can quietly bitch and moan To this light, that I'm not going down! Hanging by, the rope you tie for me! Lift me up, while I'm still alive!
08 Banned From Heaven (05:04)
It's a color that I can not show
When I could easier pose
But you probably knew that I was lost
Did you think that I would right now
Show you things I have lost?
Swim if you're diving for a human being
Yaow!
I blame myself for every second
That i was gripped by some foe
Standing for the only one, for you
To kill me by your left toe
What even can I say, get me out
I was the one who sold
My body and soul to the devil
No one that I know when I say
"I am the one" would lie
Since when we spoke I stream with fire
Wake up in a pool of blood
Locked up, when you get banned from heaven
Looking I just saw me dripping down blood
Don't worry, I'll get up to get down where I belong
Banned from, Heaven
Banned from, Heaven
Banned from, Heaven
Banned from, Heaven
Wake up in a pool of blood
Locked up, when you get banned from heaven
Looking I just saw me dripping down blood
Don't worry, I'll get up to get down where I belong
Wake up in a pool of blood
Locked up, when you get banned from heaven
Looking I just saw me dripping down blood
Don't worry, I'll get up to get down where I belong
09 Roadkill Morning (03:33)
A swine
An addict
A slave
To that accel forward
Till you just burn, till wreck
And now your falling
Pain potions getting well
Though they hammer you into the ground
Bastard of Bodom, reporting
That sharp pain always go's away
How did I get here once again?
I have to shoot to survive
Otherwise screech "I wanna fucking die"
But I need the bottle and I'll be fine
To the final hammering
Suffer internal
Wanna feeling? and be fine?
On the verge, were never scared
Everything is through with me
This time it's got inside
Bow down to the points of life
Take a scream down Bottom Limb Drive
From the tip of a glass, I'm feeling fine
A have barely come to the point,
To make a motherfucking sure bitch
Wanna wish
Mix beer with pure wine
Seem so bland you sucker punk
Cant see my jumper cables on my junk?
Why would you worry 'bout me?
Fucked up rolling on the floor
Going down like a whore
Just like lightning from the sky
Anything roadkill morning, break down and cry
Seem so bland you sucker punk
Cant see my jumper cables on my junk?
Why would you worry 'bout me?
Bastard of Bodom, reporting
That sharp pain always go's away
How did I get here once again?
I have to shoot to survive
Otherwise screech "I wanna fucking die"
I need the bottle and I'll be fine
Fucked up rolling on the floor
Going down like a whore
Just like lightning from the sky
Anything roadkill morning, say goodbye and DIE!
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By darkHaem
Blooddrunk feels much like a downfall, one of those dry, heavy, redundant ones destined to hurt a lot.
The latest work has... demonstrated a definite step back for the entire band that has somehow lost all that compositional freshness and all that essential energy.
