That idea inspired me to write that song, but it’s not necessarily about a certain goddess. Lyrically, Morrigan is one of the goddesses of the underworld, and it’s sang basically from a mortal man’s point of view, where he expresses obsessive love and lust for her. And even all my friends I ran it past said, dude, that’s so fucking catchy, you gotta make a single out of that. “It’s like everybody-the band, the record company and the management-were like, that’s gotta be the single. “That one stood out from the line-up from the get-go,” explains Alexi. The Skyclad-meets-Dark Tranquillity of “Morrigan,” with its expert synthesis between keyboards and mid-paced riff, with its thump and near swing feel, is sure to stand out as one of the magic stadium rock moments of the entire Children of Bodom catalogue. Which sounds like, hey, what else is new? But it really is different (laughs).” It’s got a lot of sadness and hurt and anger in it. I think the album has a darker vibe than the previous ones, especially Halo of Blood-it is definitely heavier, as well as darker as far as the melodies go. We just wanted to change things up a bit. Honestly, this is the strongest COB album in a long, long fucking time. Hence tracks like blackened thrashers “Horns” and “Suicide Bomber,” as well as the rhythmically sophisticated “My Bodom (I Am the Only One)” reverberate with bottom end from both bass and guitar, even if keyboards and the band’s modern approach to drum mix fight to uphold Children of Bodom’s celebrated sense of cut, clarity and agility.Īll told, says Alexi, “The mission will always be to get as heavy as possible, but also try to improve as musicians and as songwriters. If there’s an increased level of heaviness rippling and rifling through I Worship Chaos, it might be because the album is constructed with guitars that are tuned a half step lower. And I’m definitely happy with the result.” It’s not like I’m talking shit about Roope or anything, but it’s just a scientific fact that if there’s one guy playing everything, it tends to get tighter. Because it felt like we were teenagers again making our first album. And I think us parting ways with him has made us strive and pull together as a group, which was a beautiful thing, really. But I didn’t even care, man we just went and got everything done. I was obviously on double duty, because I had to record all the guitars. So all of a sudden you are one family member short. Which has lent the band a forced but fortuitous sense of focus, says Alexi: “It was hard because we’ve never been the kind of a band who changes members every other week. The party continues, with the release of the band’s ninth album, I Worship Chaos, which finds guitar hero for a new generation Alexi Lahio recording for the first time in a four-piece configuration (along with Janne, Jaska and Henkka), given the sudden and recent departure of long-time co-guitarist Roope Latvala from the ranks. But the building of their esteemed career has also been aided an abetted by the simple math of all that work, the intense touring, that inevitable return visit to your town that has made the band’s shows engaging, personable and energetic thrash parties indelibly stamped on the circuit boards of headbangers worldwide. Fully 20 years into the tough, heroic grind that represents the lifeblood of extreme musicians, Finland metal scientists Children of Bodom have certainly won over crowds globally through a crafted alloy that is theirs alone.
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