“Relentless Reckless Forever”, the new album from Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM, was certified gold in the band’s home country for first-day sales of over 10,000 copies.

Recorded in Finland’s Petrax Studios with famed rock producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, MONSTER MAGNET), “Relentless Reckless Forever” is the seventh studio album of CHILDREN OF BODOM‘s illustrious career and the first new record from the band since 2008’s “Blooddrunk”, which debuted at #22 on The Billboard 200 chart and scored the quintet its third consecutive No. 1 debut in Finland.

“Relentless Reckless Forever” track listing:

01. Not My Funeral
02. Shovel Knockout
03. Roundtrip to Hell and Back
04. Pussyfoot Miss Suicide
05. Relentless Reckless Forever
06. Ugly
07. Cry of the Nihilist
08. Was It Worth It?
09. Northpole Throwdown
10. Party All the Time (EDDIE MURPHY cover)

“We worked super-hard on this album, at least for me it was pretty much no sleep or rest for six weeks,” stated guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. “But we were determined to make the best COB album ever, so we were willing to do whatever it took. Of course, having our producer Matt Hyde kicking our asses 24/7 definitely made the results even better, so obviously we’re more than anxious to get this album out there”

“Relentless Reckless Forever” summons and synthesizes everything CHILDREN OF BODOM has earned and worked towards over the course of its successful, storied career. The band’s high-energy hooks and electric energy forge stadium-sized heavy metal anthems that seethe with both marvelous musicianship and a phenomenal pop prowess. COB’s unique union of haunting melodies, rhythmic sensibility, guitar-and-keyboard interplay and king-size solos is supercharged to the maximum on “Relentless Reckless Forever”, and the resulting record is poised to push the band — already on the brink of breakout success in the U.S. — to an altogether new pinnacle.

Source: Blabbermouth.net