CHILDREN OF BODOM — Blooddrunk (review)

CHILDREN OF BODOM — Blooddrunk album cover Album · 2008 · Melodic Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Blooddrunk" is the 6th full-length studio album by Finnish melodic death metal act Children of Bodom. The album was released through Spinefarm Records in April 2008.

If you are familiar with the band´s sound, it will come as no surprise that the music on "Blooddrunk" is melodic death metal drenched in power metal tinged synths. Compared to the more traditional heavy metal inspired death metal style of the two predecessors ("Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)" and "Are You Dead Yet? (2005"), the music on "Blooddrunk" is slightly harder edged though. Of course we´re talking details here, and Children of Bodom more or less stick to their guns on "Blooddrunk". The songwriting has somewhat stagnated and you won´t find many new ideas on this album keeping in mind how much the band developed their style on the first four albums. The musicianship is excellent as ever, the sound production is professional and well sounding, and as such the songwriting is pretty strong too. I guess the problem with "Blooddrunk" is, that it drowns in the band´s discography. It just doesn´t stand out among the best releases by the band.

When that is said "Blooddrunk" is still a quality product and new fans who listen to this album first, probably won´t understand why my review comes off slightly negative and hardcore fans of the band will probably enjoy this one without reservations too. To the more casual listener my recommendation is that you get "Follow the Reaper (2000)" and "Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)" first to hear the best the band has to offer. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is warranted.
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