{"id":7298,"date":"2015-10-05T12:14:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T12:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-children-of-bodom-i-worship-chaos\/"},"modified":"2015-10-05T12:14:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T12:14:42","slug":"album-review-children-of-bodom-i-worship-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-children-of-bodom-i-worship-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Children of Bodom &#8211; I Worship Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/4a15eef38aeb9e6d572adceff2d7c451\/tumblr_nvpgvhi6jJ1r8no6so1_540.jpg\" width=\"250\" alt=\"Children of Bodom \u2013 I Worship Chaos\" title=\"\">If it\u2019s chaos you\u2019re looking for, then chaos you shall receive &#8211; <b>Children of Bodom<\/b> are never ones to disappoint.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish masters of death metal <b>Children of Bodom<\/b> are timeless advocates of the power of a melodic infusion to direct an arrangement hell-bent on face-melting. In the expert hands of Laiho and co, the genre\u2019s safe and well \u2013 there\u2019s no end in sight for this 22 year old behemoth, merely another consistently talented opus to add to the collection.<\/p>\n<p>The flagship takes off on its ninth voyage with a symphonic melody throughout opener <i>\u2018I Hurt\u2019<\/i>, refusing to be held prisoner amid frontman Alexi Laiho\u2019s trademark sinister venom-spitting. Determined and punchy <i>\u2018My Bodom (I am the Only One)\u2019<\/i> exhibits a phenomenal guitar solo and drumwork from Jaska Raatikainen to demonstrate the Finnish outfit aren\u2019t getting older, but they\u2019re certainly maturing.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Album highlight <i>\u2018Morrigan\u2019<\/i> parades its contagious riff with pride, as melodic and beautifully arranged as ever, a credit to their seemingly endless back catalogue in its consistent show of talent. While the energetic and perfectly mosh-worthy <i>\u2018Horn\u2019<\/i> leads the charge, its sinister successor <i>\u2018Prayer for the Afflicted\u2019<\/i> booms through an epic atmospheric opening into menacing whispers, biding its time to strike.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cEnough\u2019s enough,\u201d<\/i> snaps Alexi through aptly-named <i>\u2018Hold Your Tongue\u2019<\/i>, audibly pent-up and acid-tongued in its delivery. True to its word also, the chaotic title track proves its worth through a fiddly guitar interlude. Purveyors of instrumental equality, <b>Children of Bodom<\/b> have a determined knack for allowing each other to take fair turns at centre stage, and evidently so with every second that passes.<\/p>\n<p>The atmospheric synth addition to <i>\u2018Suicide Bomber\u2019<\/i> adds a delicate beauty to melodic Alexi vocals amid growls and backing shouts. Reminiscent of a heart losing its will to live, <i>\u2018All for Nothing\u2019<\/i> is subdued, understated and anguished, anthemic in its larger-than-life solo and almost seductive in Alexi\u2019s whispers.<\/p>\n<p>At first racy through Alexi\u2019s masterful and commanding fretwork, the glittering <i>\u2018Widdershins\u2019<\/i> is hiding a dark secret. Drawing to an end on the corrupted static of a failed communication, something sinister lies behind the close. Something lurking in the darkness has its victim in sight. Something wicked this way comes.<\/p>\n<p>A commanding ninth addition to their array of aggressive studio releases, <i>\u2018I Worship Chaos\u2019<\/i> is a violent statement of intent. <b>Children of Bodom<\/b> are just as incendiary as ever, and they\u2019re still chucking out some cracking riffs to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2019I Worship Chaos\u2019<\/em> by <strong>Children of Bodom<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Nuclear Blast Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children of Bodom<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/cobhc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/childrenofbodom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cobhc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ali Cooper (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AliZombie_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AliZombie_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If it\u2019s chaos you\u2019re looking for, then chaos you shall receive &#8211; Children of Bodom are never ones to disappoint. 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