Hatebreeder
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Hatebreeder is the second studio album by Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. In it, the band explores a classically influenced sound, as well as a dark, black metal atmosphere evidenced by fast, tremolo picked riffs, blast-beats, and Alexi using a more black metal-oriented vocal approach (Alexi had joked that Hatebreeder was "too black metal for heavy metal fans and too heavy metal for black metal fans"). It also carries some influence from power metal, in the fast riffs and complex soloing style. This record contains concert favorites such as "Silent Night, Bodom Night" and "Downfall". The keyboards show more presence on this album, with longer and more elaborate solos than in their previous work. The "Deluxe Edition" was released in 2005 with bonus material. Hatebreeder was also re-released in 2008.
This was the first album with guitars tuned to (D, G, C, F, A, D) after Something Wild, which was tuned in C# (C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Warheart" | Laiho | Laiho | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Silent Night, Bodom Night" | Goss | Laiho | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Hatebreeder" | Laiho | Laiho | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Bed of Razors" | Laiho | Laiho, Kuoppala | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Towards Dead End" | Laiho | Laiho | 4:53 |
| 6. | "Black Widow" | Laiho | Laiho | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Wrath Within" | Laiho | Laiho | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Children of Bodom" | Laiho | Laiho | 5:13 |
| 9. | "Downfall" | Laiho | Laiho | 4:33 |
| 10. | "No Commands" (Stone cover, can be found on various deluxe versions) | 4:44 | ||
| 11. | "Aces High" (Iron Maiden cover, only on Deluxe Edition) | 4:28 |
Track Notes
- The intro from the song "Warheart" is from the film Amadeus, Laiho's favourite movie. The line is saying "From now on, we're enemies. You and I.".
- The guitar solo of Black Widow is taken from a section a piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- One of the keyboard/guitar riffs towards the end of Black Widow was used briefly in the keyboard solo from We're Not Gonna Fall, on the album Are You Dead Yet?
- The bridge in "Hatebreeder" (right before the final verse and chorus) that uses a series of arpeggios is from Mozart's Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute.
- The chorus riff in "Hatebreeder" is similar to the chorus of the Iron Maiden song, "Fear of the Dark", except the riff is played lower.
- The song "Wrath Within" is composed almost entirely of riffs from various songs by the Finnish thrash band Stone.
- The flute melody at the beginning of "Black Widow" is a clip from a Miami Vice background theme from the Season 2 Episode 1 episode "The Prodigal Son", composed by Jan Hammer.
- "No Commands" is originally from of Stone's self-titled debut album.
- "Aces High" is originally from the Iron Maiden album, Powerslave.
Album information
Production
- Arranged By Children Of Bodom
- Produced, Recorded & Engineered By Anssi Kippo
- Mixed By Mikko Karmila
- Mastered By Mika Jussila
Personnel
- Alexi Laiho: Vocals, Lead Guitar
- Alexander Kuoppala: Rhythm Guitar
- Janne Warmen: Keyboards, Synthesizers
- Henkka Seppälä: Bass
- Jaska Raatikainen: Drums
Other information
- Artwork by Graham French.
- Design & Layout by Apurator.
- The CD booklet contains lyrics to "Warheart", "Silent Night, Bodom Night", "Bed of Razors" (Spelled in the booklet "Bed of Razorz"), "Towards Dead End", "Children of Bodom", and "Downfall".
- The album was released on Janne Wirman's birthday.