LIMITED EDITION CD+DVD VERSION

LIMITED EDITION FEATURES
Pressing limited to 30K
Elaborate, embossed collector's digi-pak packaging
CD Bonus track: Ghost Riders In The Sky (Johnny Cash cover)
Bonus DVD: 5.1 mix of entire Blooddrunk album + Blooddrunk video and exclusive �Making Of Blooddrunk� video
Unique code for free digital download of 5 songs from Children Of Bodom back catalog

Blooddrunk is the sixth album by Finnish metal band Children of Bodom, released on April 7, 2008 through Spinefarm Records. The album includes a re-recorded version single for "Tie My Rope". Various editions feature one or two cover songs as bonus tracks. The limited edition digipak version of the album includes a bonus DVD with 5.1 surround mixes of all songs and the video and making-of for "Blooddrunk". It sold 20,000 copies during its first week of release.release.http://www.metalfromfinland.com/news/2008-09-15_19:55/children_of_bodom_members_launch_clothing_line

The band recorded a cover of the Suicidal Tendencies song "War Inside My Head" during the recording sessions for this album, but the song was not released on Blooddrunk. The song was released on the cover album Skeletons in the Closet together with two new covers plus some old ones as well. The song "Done With Everything, Die For Nothing" is a playable song in Guitar Hero 5, while some players consider it to be one of the game's harder songs. The album includes more thrash metal than its predecessors.

Production

While writing and recording the album, Alexi Laiho had stated he felt very aggressive, and as a consequence the songs would be faster and "thrashier" than the songs displayed on their previous release, Are You Dead Yet?. He notified fans, however, that certain parts of the album will also be more progressive, as heard on "LoBodomy." The lyrics cover similar territory as previous releases.

Release

The first single was the title track, which was released in Finland on February 27, 2008, and features the cover song "Lookin' Out My Back Door" as a b-side. The videos for "Blooddrunk" and "Hellhounds on My Trail" were shot in Berlin, Germany in December 2007. Blooddrunk debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's highest charted album thus far in their career, and the third highest death or black metal recording chart in the USA, just behind Dethklok's debut The Dethalbum and second album Dethalbum II.

The band streamed "Blooddrunk" on their MySpace page a week before its release.

The album went gold in Finland on pre-orders alone, and topped the Finnish charts beating its nearest rival in sales by 7 to 1.

Personnel

*Produced & Mixed By Mikko Karmila

*Engineered By Peter Tägtgren, Mikko Karmila & Janne Warman

Line-up

* Alexi Laiho − lead guitar, lead vocals

* Roope Latvala − rhythm guitar, backing vocals

* Janne Warman − keyboards

* Henkka Blacksmith − bass, backing vocals

* Jaska Raatikainen − drums

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References

Category:2008 albums

Category:Children of Bodom albums

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