Hate Crew Deathroll

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Hate Crew Deathroll
Hate Crew Deathroll cover
Studio album by Children of Bodom
Released September 23, 2003
Recorded August 2002-September 2002
Genre Power metal
Melodic death metal
Length 39:54
Label Spinefarm Records
Century Media
Producer(s) Mikko Karmila
Professional reviews
Children of Bodom chronology
Follow the Reaper
(2000)		 Hate Crew Deathroll
(2003)		 Are You Dead Yet?
(2005)


Hate Crew Deathroll is the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom's fourth album, which was released under the Century Media label. This is the last album on which guitarist Alexander Kuoppala plays. It was successful both in Europe and the USA, after the appearance of the "Needled 24/7" music video on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball. "Needled 24/7" also featured on the heavy metal documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

This showed the band's sound becoming more streamlined and a bit simpler, more power metal and classic metal oriented than on previous albums. The keyboards were a bit more toned down as the guitars took hold as the more predominant instrument.

The tracks "Sixpounder" and "Angels Don't Kill" are played in drop C (CGCFAD) tuning, which is a step lower than the band's usual D standard tuning.

The song "Hate Crew Deathroll" is only 3:33, but the track lasts 6:38 altogether. It sounds like it's just silence after the song ends, but if the volume is turned up high, you can hear the band members fooling around in the studio.

The band shot a video for "Needled 24/7", but it ended up being very expensive and did not turn out how the way they wanted it to. To make up for it, they shot the video for "Sixpounder". This video has an edited version, in which the blood looks less realistic, and the license plate at the beginning just says "COB 6 6". At the end of Needled 24/7 there is a quote: Death? What do yall know about death? taken from the movie Platoon. The lyrics of Sixpounder are about sixpounder cannons.

"You're Better Off Dead" was the only single from the CD. The single also contained a cover of the Ramones' "Somebody Put Something in my Drink".

"Bodom Beach Terror" includes a quote heard in the movie American Psycho. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone, in fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. The quote can be heard at the end of the song. The quote continues into the beginning of the next track, "Angels Don't Kill", with "I want no one to escape."

The booklet contains the lyrics for "Needled 24/7", "Chokehold (Cocked 'n' Loaded)", "You're Better Off Dead" and "Hate Crew Deathroll", thus leaving the rest of the albums lyrics up to the listener to take their own meaning from. Alternatively, the lyrics are listed on many music lyric sites.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Needled 24/7" – 4:08
  2. "Sixpounder" – 3:24
  3. "Chokehold (Cocked 'n' Loaded)" – 4:12
  4. "Bodom Beach Terror" – 4:35
  5. "Angels Don't Kill" – 5:13
  6. "Triple Corpse Hammerblow" – 4:06
  7. "You're Better Off Dead" – 4:11
  8. "Lil' Bloodred Ridin' Hood" – 3:24
  9. "Hate Crew Deathroll" – 3:38
  10. "Silent Scream" (Bonus Track on Limited Edition, Slayer cover) - 3:16
  11. "Somebody Put Something in my Drink" (Bonus Track on Limited Edition, Ramones cover) - 3:17

[edit] Line-up

[edit] Album information

All music by Alexi Laiho, except "Lil' Bloodred Ridin' Hood" by Alexi Laiho/Alexander Kuoppala. All lyrics by Alexi Laiho, except "Chokehold (Cocked 'n' Loaded)" by Alexi Laiho/Alexander Kuoppala/Henkka Seppala.

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