Album Rating: 2.5

I feel as though this album succeeds as a collection of interesting riffs, but it fails when it comes to using those ideas to build coherent songs. The whole thing is just a mess.

Album Rating: 3.0

This is pretty much exactly how I feel about tbis album. Good write up.

i used to like the title track back in the day

Album Rating: 2.5

yeah me too but the album is pretty meh

Album Rating: 2.0

Everyone should just delete all their CoB files and listen to Kalmah instead

hatebreeder is better than anything kalmah has ever done tbh

Album Rating: 2.5

hatebreeder is pretty great but i haven't heard kalmah

Album Rating: 2.0

Ehhhhhh I mean that and Follow the Reaper are the best Children of Bodom for sure but like...nah, man. Imo Kalmah writes actual music instead of just wankery nonsense, while also creating an atmosphere that isn't the cheesiest fucking thing on the planet which is crazy because they named their own genre "swamp metal" lol

Album Rating: 2.0

@fox - stop what you're doing and listen to Kalmah bro, they are fucking incredible

its not even their own genre, its just standard melodeath with every other song title having the word swamp in it lol

also Black Waltz is their best and better than all their swamp themed albums tbh

and cmon, actual music? the best thing about early bodom was that they didnt take themselves seriously (they still dont from what i can tell). doesnt matter if its wankery if the shit's fun as hell

also Hatebreeder has a hell of an atmosphere idk what ur talking about

Album Rating: 2.0

w000 I have that on vinyl and it is so sexy, black and white swirl < 3

Yeah Kalmah calling themselves their own genre is goofy. It's just really good Finnish style melodeaf. But no first 2 albums > the rest, they don't have an album below a 4 for me though.

Album Rating: 2.0

"and cmon, actual music? the best thing about early bodom was that they didnt take themselves seriously (they still dont from what i can tell). doesnt matter if its wankery if the shit's fun as hell"



Yeah, I guess it can be fun but someone should tell their hardcore fans that who seem to think they are the best melodeath metal band on the planet. I dunno, they're fine but there is just so much better shit out there and they are obnoxiously popular within the genre to be as middle of the road as they are imo



"also Hatebreeder has a hell of an atmosphere idk what ur talking about"



Kinda...not really compared to Kalmah and many other melodeath metal bands, though.

Album Rating: 2.5

obnoxiously popular within the genre to be as middle of the road as they are

There's WAY better melodeath bands than Bodom, including Kalmah. There just aren't very many better melodeath records than Hatebreeder and FTR.

"There's WAY better melodeath bands than Bodom, including Kalmah. There just aren't very many better melodeath records than Hatebreeder and FTR."

this right here

"Kinda...not really compared to Kalmah and many other melodeath metal bands, though."

also i'd say that album has more atmosphere than the vast majority of melodeath that focuses more on melody than atmosphere

Album Rating: 3.0

kalmah is better, if COB had stayed in the same vein as Something Wild then they would be equal, but COB is WAY more fun.

Album Rating: 2.0

Damn, I thought I liked fun. I listen to Steel Panther, early Ensiferum and other stuff but I dunno, CoB isn't really my jam :-/



Follow the Reaper and Hatebreeder are good but tbh I don't even love those albums anymore.