CHILDREN OF BODOM’s latest studio album “Halo Of Blood”, out on Nuclear Blast, has been certified gold in Finland. The band was awarded the gold discs during the packed Bodom Xmas Bash show at “Pakkahuone” in Tampere. »Halo Of Blood« has sold more than 10.000 copies in Finland.
Janne Wirman, keyboard player in CHILDREN OF BODOM commented: ”Physical albums don’t sell that much anymore so we are very thankful for this. Reaching gold or platinum levels cannot be taken for granted”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Charlie from TheEastBayUnderground.com conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM during this summer’s Rockstar Enerdy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below.
CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s eighth album, “Halo Of Blood”, sold 8,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The band’s previous CD, 2011’s “Relentless Reckless Forever”, opened with nearly 11,000 units to land at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart. CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s sixth CD, 2008’s “Blooddrunk” registered a first-week tally of 19,000 to enter the chart at No. 22. This number was roughly four times the opening tally of “Blooddrunk”‘s predecessor, “Are You Dead Yet?”, which premiered with 5,000 units back in October 2005 to debut at No. 195.
“Halo Of Blood” was released on June 11 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover art was created by Sami Saramäki, who was responsible for the artwork on previous CHILDREN OF BODOM albums “Follow The Reaper”, “Are You Dead Yet?” and “Hate Crew Deathroll”.
CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s new album was recorded at Danger Johnny Studios in Helsinki. For the recording of the LP, CHILDREN OF BODOM has teamed up with recording engineer Mikko Karmila, who worked with the band on their fan-favorite albums “Hatebreeder”, “Follow The Reaper” and “Hate Crew Deathroll”, as well as Swedish producer Peter Tägtgren (MARDUK, AMON AMARTH), who oversaw production of both vocals and keyboards on the record. The album was mixed at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki.
Commented Alexi Laiho: “‘Halo Of Blood’ is the eighth studio album from CHILDREN OF BODOM, and believe it or not, but we still managed to keep it fresh and new while still maintaining the elements that make COB sound recognizable. It’s got the fastest and the slowest song we ever made and lyrics wise there are themes we had never had before. It’s 10 new songs of pure Nordic metal and whether you enjoy it with a beer or a glass of water, I’m sure you will have a good time.”
Nuclear Blast has issued that “Halo Of Blood“, the brand new album by Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM has entered the charts worldwide at the following positions:
Finland #02
Hungary #10
Germany #18
Canada: #21
Switzerland #24
Sweden #26
Austria #28
USA #54
France: #78
UK #109 (#09 Rock charts)
Belgium #112
Congratulation, boys!
GET ALBUM AT:
Nuclear Blast: : http://smarturl.it/COBHalo
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/COBiT
Check out the “Transference” video clip:
COB have already released the title track of “Halo Of Blood”. “That could be my favorite Bodom-Song ever”, Mastermind Alexi stated. Check it out here:http://youtu.be/kJnATJDSDSc
Interview by Tarja Virmakari
Finnish extreme metallers ‘CHILDRED OF BODOM’, formed in 1993. They really do not need long introductions as in total they have released eight studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD! They are one of Finland’s best selling artists of all time and their latest album “Halo Of Blood” came out on June 7, via Nuclear Blast Records. With this new album ‘CHILDREN OF BODOM’ decided to reinvigorate the glories of a not-so-distant past, dusting off the sheer aggression that had marked the lightning start to their career.
Recently Metal Shock Finland‘s CEO and Founder, Tarja Virmakari had a chat with COB’s bassist Henkka Seppälä for the Italian Truemetal.it. Join the conversation below, to find out all what Henkka revealed to Tarja:
To read this interview (in Italian) on Truemetal.it, please go HERE.
“Transference”
“Halo Of Blood”
Nuclear Blast has issued that the Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have just released the final part of the track-by-track video series.
Check out the video here:
The band has also uploaded a making-of “Transference” video to YouTube, providing behind-the-scenes impressions of video shooting in Poland.
Watch it here:
Check out the full “Transference” video clip:
COB have already released the title track of “Halo Of Blood”. “That could be my favorite Bodom-Song ever”, Mastermind Alexi stated.
Check it out here: http://youtu.be/kJnATJDSDSc
Win an autographed (by Alexi Laiho) ESP V-401FM Guitar:
Help to spread the word about Children of Bodom’s new album HALO OF BLOOD! Refer your friends to the album
info page and you can win some awesome rewards (for example Autographed (by Alexi Laiho) ESP V-401FM Guitar, 3TB Finish).
Check it out here: http://www.nuclearblast.com/jamplifycobhc
Check also the contest-trailer http://youtu.be/qLvdhd6esKU
Check also the trailers:
Album trailer part I: http://youtu.be/INzpnD1HyNA
Album trailer part II: http://youtu.be/YieIHJ53bVM
Track-by-Track Part I: http://youtu.be/c4ngHqMOur8
Track-by-Track Part II: http://youtu.be/3kuh0ai-U3E
The Nuclear Blast Facebook-Fan-Interview can be watched here:
Part I: http://youtu.be/pI0WHD5lZLo
Part II: http://youtu.be/1f8lC7GpioQ
The new album “Halo Of Blood” will be released June 07, 2013 via Nuclear Blast: http://smarturl.it/COBHalo
Nuclear Blast has issued that the Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have just released the title track of their upcoming album “Halo Of Blood”. On this track, the opening riff flirts with their homeland’s much vaunted ice-cold, grimly melodic black metal before switching gears into keyboard-driven power thrash and pouring on the high-shine gloss.
“That could be my favorite Bodom-Song ever”, Mastermind Alexi stated.
Check it out here:
COB have already released the official video clip of the song “Transference”.
Check it out here:
The video was recorded in Wrocklow, Poland in March 2013 by Grupa#13, Director Rafal Szermanowicz.
Win an autographed (by Alexi Laiho) ESP V-401FM Guitar:
Help to spread the word about Children of Bodom’s new album HALO OF BLOOD! Refer your friends to the album
info page and you can win some awesome rewards (for example Autographed (by Alexi Laiho) ESP V-401FM Guitar, 3TB Finish).
Check it out here: http://www.nuclearblast.com/jamplifycobhc
Check also the contest-trailer http://youtu.be/qLvdhd6esKU
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Check also the trailers:
Album trailer part I: http://youtu.be/INzpnD1HyNA
Album trailer part II: http://youtu.be/YieIHJ53bVM
Track-by-Track Part I: http://youtu.be/c4ngHqMOur8
Track-by-Track Part II: http://youtu.be/3kuh0ai-U3E
The Nuclear Blast Facebook-Fan-Interview can be watched here:
Part I: http://youtu.be/pI0WHD5lZLo
Part II: http://youtu.be/1f8lC7GpioQ
The new album “Halo Of Blood” will be released June 07, 2013 via Nuclear Blast: http://smarturl.it/COBHalo
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