Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will release their tenth album, "Hexed", on March 8, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records.
CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi Laiho comments: "People have said that this album is generally catchier. So I started thinking about that; perhaps the song structures are easier to grasp on initial listen. But there's some crazy shit in there — almost progressive or at least technical. There are certain melodies across the album that could have come from jazz songs, although they're completely metal with us, of course. [Laughs]"
"For me, it has always been very hard to describe our new music," comments bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith). "In a way, it always feels familiar, but the new stuff also always surprises me. Here we have something that's very BODOM, but somehow we haven't done this kind of stuff, possibly ever. Then again, someone said that there's a somewhat similar vibe to what 'Follow The Reaper' had. I don't know. Anyway, we had a really hard time choosing the songs for the videos. I guess that's a positive problem to have."
"Hexed" saw the return to Finland's Danger Johnny Studios where COB was reunited with Mikko Karmila ("I Worship Chaos", "Halo Of Blood", "Hatebreeder", "Follow The Reaper" and "Hate Crew Deathroll") who recorded everything except keyboards and also produced the album with the band. Janne Wirman recorded keyboards at Beyond Abilities Studios. The album was mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland.
For this album, the band enlisted Deins Forkas to create the album artwork. Henkka commented on the cover: "For some years I've wanted to try a different approach with our cover art. We are so used to digital art, so it's really hard to do something else. Doing it completely with a computer is somewhat safe and convenient. This time we all agreed to try going old school. We found this cool dude and gave him simple instructions — the cover has to be purple and the reaper has to be central. Half a year later, we got his work, and with little tweaking, we now have the cover of 'Hexed'. It is very different from what we are used to, even the Reaper looks different, but at the same time very spooky."
"Hexed" will be available for pre-order starting December 7.
fix the date, youtube video says Dec 8 2018
It says, March 8th 2019
You listen to the Deftones and Veil of Maya and we’re supposed to take music advice from you?
LOL You owned that poser.
You should
Aw, triggered little mallcore kid. Don’t you have a Limp Bizkit shirt to have your mommy put in the washer?
Animals As Leaders, Between The Buried And Me?????????? What a loser.
God… I really can’t wait for it to leak…
only 5 days, but its like an eternity -_-
4 as I read your message, but yeah, still feels like an eternity haha.
Oh wow, they’re still around!
Why won’t it leak already!?
Yeah Right, the album should be leaked righ now . Wierd.
I’m freaking out. Checking GetMetal and Kingdom Leaks every other hour to make sure I don’t miss it. On French and German amazon it is supposed to be released on March 7, don’t get how it didn’t leak yet…
I’m freaking out. Checking GetMetal and Kingdom Leaks every other hour to make sure I don’t miss it. On French and German amazon it is supposed to be released on March 7, don’t get it…
It’s leaked. Go to Getmetal