Hatebreeder
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| Studio album by Children of Bodom | |||||
| Released | April 26, 1999 | ||||
| Recorded | December 1998 - January 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Melodic black metal Neo-classical metal Power metal |
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| Length | 38:10 | ||||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | ||||
| Producer | Anssi Kippo | ||||
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Hatebreeder is the second album from the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. In it, the band explores a classically influenced sound, as well as a dark, black metal atmosphere evidenced by fast, tremolo picked riffs, blast-beats, and Alexi using a more black metal oriented vocal approach (Alexi had joked that Hatebreeder was "too black for heavy metal fans and too heavy for black metal fans"). It also carries some influence from power metal, in the fast riffs and complex soloing style. This record contains concert favorites such as "Silent Night, Bodom Night" and "Downfall". The keyboards show more presence on this album, with longer and more elaborate solos than in their previous work. The "Deluxe Edition" was released in 2005 with bonus material.
This was the first album with guitars tuned to (D,G,C,F,A,D) after Something Wild, which was tuned in C# (C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#).
[edit] Track listing
- "Warheart" – 4:07
- "Silent Night, Bodom Night" – 3:12
- "Hatebreeder" – 4:20
- "Bed of Razors" – 3:56
- "Towards Dead End" – 4:53
- "Black Widow" – 3:58
- "Wrath Within" – 3:53
- "Children of Bodom" – 5:13
- "Downfall" – 4:33
- "No Commands" (Stone cover, only on Deluxe Edition) - 4:44
- "Aces High" (Iron Maiden cover, only on Deluxe Edition) - 4:28
[edit] Credits
- Alexi Laiho - Vocals/Lead guitar
- Alexander Kuoppala - Rhythm guitar
- Janne Wirman - Keyboards
- Henkka Seppälä - Bass
- Jaska Raatikainen - Drums
[edit] Album information
- All songs written by A. Laiho except "Bed of Razors" by A. Laiho and A. Kuoppala
- All lyrics written by A. Laiho except "Silent Night, Bodom Night" by Kimberly Goss.
- All arrangements by A. Laiho and Children of Bodom.
- Recorded in Astia Studios Dec. 1998-Jan. 1999 by Anssi Kippo.
- Produced by Anssi Kippo.
- Mixed in Finnvox Studios by Mikko Karmila.
- Mastered in Finnvox Studios by Mika Jussila.
- The intro from the song "Warheart" is from the film Amadeus
- Artwork by Graham French.
- Design & Layout by Apurator.
- The CD booklet contains lyrics to "Warheart", "Silent Night, Bodom Night", "Bed of Razors" (Spelled in the booklet "Bed of Razorz"), "Towards Dead End", "Children of Bodom", and "Downfall".
- The guitar solo of Black Widow is taken from a piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The riff in "Hatebreeder" that uses a D minor arpeggio followed by a series of palm muted, open notes and then repeats, is the relative minor of one of the major arpeggio structures/patterns in Mozart's Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute.
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