| Something Wild | ||||
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| Studio album by Children of Bodom | ||||
| Released | November 1997 | |||
| Recorded | July - August 1997 Astia-Studios |
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| Genre | Melodic death metal, neo-classical metal, symphonic black metal | |||
| Length | 36:00 | |||
| Label | Spinefarm Records Nuclear Blast |
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| Producer | Anssi Kippo and Children of Bodom | |||
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first edition cover with original logo
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Metal Storm | [2] |
| Spirit of Metal | [3] |
| Sputnikmusic | [4] |
Something Wild is the debut album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released in 1997.
The album presents a darker and generally more experimental sound than the one present in their later albums, and contributed most to the infamous genre controversy of their classification as a death metal or black metal band at the time. A fair helping of black metal was still present, due to Alexi Laiho's stint (as lead guitarist) in Impaled Nazarene and his self-professed "roots being in black metal".
In a recent interview Laiho claims that the band at the time were inspired by "a lot of black and death metal bands" such as Dissection and Hypocrisy as well as classic rock/metal bands like the Scorpions, and that many other new bands in the scene were "trying to sound like Dimmu Borgir", leading to them wanting to do something "different". Laiho had gone on to consider the album their "most important", as it "put us on the map".
The song-writing here is much more free-flowing and the use of keyboards and strong neo-classical metal influences are much more prevalent than they would be in future releases such as Hatebreeder or Follow the Reaper.
The "Deluxe Edition" was released much later in 2002 and includes bonus material.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Deadnight Warrior" | 3:22 |
| 2. | "In The Shadows" | 6:01 |
| 3. | "Red Light In My Eyes, Pt. 1" | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Red Light In My Eyes, Pt. 2" | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Lake Bodom" | 4:02 |
| 6. | "The Nail" | 6:18 |
| 7. | "Touch Like Angel Of Death" (song ends at 4:05 followed by silence and then a 1:20 second long keyboard outro) | 7:20 |
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| 8. | "Silent Scream" (Slayer cover) | 3:17 | |||||||
| 9. | "Don't Stop At The Top" (Scorpions cover) | 3:24 | |||||||
| 10. | "Mass Hypnosis" (Sepultura cover) | 4:07 | |||||||
| Spinefarm Digipack re-release bonus tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 8. | "Children of Bodom" (track also appeared on the 'Children of Bodom' split) | 5:10 | |||||||
| 9. | "Mass Hypnosis" (Sepultura cover) | 4:07 | |||||||
The 2008 edition of the album does contain the hidden keyboard solo that was originally at the end of "Touch Like Angel of Death", but it is at the end of the bonus song "Mass Hypnosis".
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