CHILDREN OF BODOM — Are You Dead Yet?

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Album · 2005

Tracklist

1. Living Dead Beat (5:18)
2. Are You Dead Yet? (3:54)
3. If You Want Peace... Prepare for War (3:57)
4. Punch Me I Bleed (4:51)
5. In Your Face (4:15)
6. Next in Line (4:19)
7. Bastards of Bodom (3:29)
8. Trashed, Lost & Strungout (4:01)
9. We're Not Gonna Fall (3:17)

Total Time: 37:25

Line-up/Musicians

- Alexi Laiho / lead vocals, lead guitar
- Roope Latvala / rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Janne Wirman / keyboard
- Henkka Seppälä / bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jaska Raatikainen / drums

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Spinefarm, September 14, 2005.

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Vim Fuego
Coming soon to an elevator near you, Children of Bodom in ‘Are You Dead Yet?’ starring Alex “Wildchild” Laiho and a bunch of other guys no one ever remembers or really gives a fuck about.

What the fuck is the point of this album? Anyone who has followed Laiho knows what a virtuoso he can be, but why would anyone bother to learn to play the guitar and then produce banal, formulaic slop like this? Bodomites (notice how that conveniently rhymes with Sodomites) will be lapping this up, but in metal terms it’s like supermarket muzak, bereft of anything even slightly edgy, over-produced and polished to the point where the shine overpowers the music. The songs are virtually interchangeable with each other, or even with those from any other Bodom album. It’s lamer than a one-legged leper with gangrene and terminal athlete’s foot.

This album has fucking keyboard solos on it, for fuck’s sake. The remedial English class lyrical puns are still included too, with clever titles like ‘Bastards of Bodom’ and the oft-abused quote ‘If You Want Peace...Prepare for War’. This is like Europe with Jonny Hedlund from Unleashed on vocals, except Europe have bigger balls and Jonny would know better. This is a metal album by weight of dictionary definition only.

If anyone recommends you this album, smack them heartily around the head and get yourself something heavier.
Kingcrimsonprog
2005’s Are You Dead Yet? is the fifth full-length studio album by the Finnish Melodic Death Metal band Children Of Bodom. The record saw a change in the band’s line-up, guitar tunings and musical direction.

Compared to albums like Hatebreeder and Follow The Reaper the album is noticeably slower and feauters considerably less audible influence from Melodic European Power Metal than before, instead their signature sound (Alexi’s recognizable voice and lead guitar style, plus those bright keyboard tones) is meshed with American sounding Groove Metal, to create something familiar but yet unique. On this album, the band would seem equally at home sharing a stage with Helloween or Pantera without seeming out of place at either event.

Regardless of what it sounds like, the quality of the record is high. The production is clean and crisp, the performances are tight and the album is a decent length without overstaying its welcome. There’s plenty of fun double kicks and flashy guitar solos, and a good balance of sticking to a formula you like while making every song sound different to the last.

Highlights include the famous Title Track and single “Trashed, Lost & Strungout” as well as the absolutely furious sounding “If You Want Peace Prepare For War,” and the slow, out of character Groove Metal song “Punch Me I Bleed.”

Overall; This is a different direction for the band, but a very strong album nonetheless. It may be a very good entry point for fans of more British and American music to get into the band and then work backwards to their more European sounding early work

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