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The album contains 9 original tracks, including a re-recorded version of “Tie my rope.” Various editions of the album will include bonus tracks and a Digipak version will also be released containing a DVD of the video “Blooddrunk,” plus the making of the video segment.
Alexi Laiho has stated that while in the midst of writing “Blooddrunk” that he felt very aggressive and the songs had turned out thrashier than their previous release “Are you Dead Yet." I couldn’t agree more, “Blooddrunk” is a full on Thrash album that doesn’t relent for its full 37min’s. Even with Children of Bodom’s signature keyboard sound, this album is a full on brutal attack to your senses.
Stand out songs? SHIT! They’re all metallic masterpieces that are all well crafted and full of passion.
Opening song, “Hellhounds on my Trail” with its double kick fury, face melting guitars and sweeping keyboards is a great start to this soon to be classic. Alexi has dug deep and came up with his most intense, guttural vocals to date.
The second track is also the album’s title and single. It’s easily the album’s catchiest, hook laden song, with its scream along chorus. It should quickly become a live favorite.
"Tie My Rope” is as close as COB will come to making a death metal track with Tommy gun drum patterns and inhuman guitar playing. This song will attract fans that will listen to nothing less than Deicide.
Other tracks such as “Smile Pretty for the Devil,” “Banned from Heaven” and “Roadkill Morning” are hyper technical outpourings from a band destined for greatness.
In a world where Myspace is full of backyard bands who are crawling out and vying to be heard, COB stand out way above the heap.
Rating: 90
Reviewed By: Cameron Edney - http://www.myspace.com/insideout666ints
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There seems to be a lot of mixed opinions in regards to this new release. I disliked it at the start and now I'm pretty glued to it. It isn't a poor effort by the band to be honest. The music has unique melodic/thrash style riffs and the keyboards augment the guitars keeping that style that they are so well noted for having. 'Blooddrunk' to me is better than their previous release 'Are You Dead Yet?' because the riffs are catchier making COB sound more like their older material. That really seems like the gist of it.
I wouldn't consider the music to be in the genre of power metal at all. Again melodic death/thrash metal is more accurate. The crunch tone guitars and Alexi's screaming vocals leaves me to conclude that they're trying to sound a little different with their riffs/genres. The keys augment the guitar's "heavier" tone. I think all of the tracks are noteworthy. There really aren't any that I dislike. 'Blooddrunk' seems to capture me as being more of a mature release by the band. It doesn't fail in rating as an album in COB's discography.
Crunchier tone guitar is what they use here as opposed past releases. The production is solid with each instrument mixed quite well. The vocals are blended in good in addition to the music. However, the lead guitars aren't quite as "chilling" to hear. It seems like they've kind of digressed in that department. I consider the leads on 'Hate Crew Deathroll' to be catchier. Nevertheless, the sound still features the COB that I've always considered to be. This release is very noteworthy.
It's rumored that Alexi was fed up with people criticizing his lyrics so they aren't featured on the insert booklet. His vocals on this album are pretty much the same as on past releases. The back-up vocals by the band are also featured to give it more of a wholehearted effort augmenting Alexi's outputs. In terms of covers, there aren't any featured here on the US version of the album.
Despite all of the negative criticism 'Blooddrunk' received, I don't really think it's warranted. The reason is because I don't consider the band to have lost their edge that they held musically in past releases. I definitely consider 'Blooddrunk' to be a solid COB release. Just because they're trying to wedge in a "thrashier" sound to the music doesn't mean that they've just went to hell. As far as if they deserve to be written off as now piss poor musicians, I don't feel that way at all towards this new release.
Rating: 75
Reviewed By: Death8699