Are You Dead Yet?
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Publication |
September 19, 2005 |
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| Label (s) | Spinefarm Records | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
9 (without bonus tracks) |
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running time |
37 min 28 s (without bonus tracks) |
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Mikko Karmila (tracks 1–7, 9), Anssi Kippo (track 8) |
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Studio (s) |
Hästholmen Studio |
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Are You Dead Yet? is the fifth studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom . It was released on September 14, 2005 in Finland and on September 19, 2005 worldwide. The album was recorded between May 2004 and May 2005. It is the first album with Roope Latvala as guitarist after Alexander Kuoppala left in 2003 . A tour was completed for the album (including in Australia , Japan , the United States and Europe ), during which concerts were sometimes sold out.
style
What is striking about the album are the keyboard melodies that are characteristic of the title track "Living Dead Beat". The magazine Whiskey-Soda.de classifies the longplayer in the direction of Death Metal . In addition, stylistic elements of Thrash Metal , Speed Metal and Power Metal can be recognized. The typically aggressive melody of the band is striking. The tempo - with the exception of the song "Punch Me I Bleed" - is kept very high. In its album review, the All Music Guide draws stylistic parallels to the British band Iron Maiden .
Composition & lyrics
Laiho was responsible for the composition of the songs, except for "Bastards Of Bodom", which he composed with Latvala.
Laiho wrote the lyrics as well, except for “Next In Line” and “Bastards Of Bodom”, on which Sinergy's singer and bandmate , Kimberly Goss, was involved. The song "Trashed, Lost & Strungout" comes from the EP of the same name , which topped the 2004 single charts in Finland.
The lyrics are about anger , death and war , among other things . For example, the song "If You Want Peace ... Prepare For War" ( eng. For "if you want peace, prepare for war") the translation of the Latin proverb si vis pacem para bellum .
The band also recorded a cover version of Britney Spears ' Oops! ... I Did It Again , but this only appeared on the Japanese special edition of the album.
reception
The review of the album was positive, even if the critics indicated that there were no major musical changes compared to the previous album. The e-zine laut.de feels the songs on Are Your Dead Yet? as “first class” even if the “big surprises” are not to be found on the album. The alternative magazine Whiskey Soda sees it similarly :
"[...] even if the work has by no means lost any of its aggression and creativity, and even after several iterations continues to bring new subtleties to light, 'Are You Dead Yet?' not the impact of its brilliant predecessor 'Hate Crew Deathroll' [...] "
Track list
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- Living Dead Beat - 5:19
- Are You Dead Yet? - 3:53
- If You Want Peace… Prepare For War - 3:59
- Punch Me I Bleed - 4:50
- In Your Face - 4:18
- Next In Line - 4:20
- Bastards Of Bodom - 3:30
- Trashed, Lost & Strungout - 4:00
- We're Not Gonna Fall - 3:17
Bonus tracks
- Japan
- Oops! … I Did It Again - 3:18 (cover version, original by Britney Spears )
- Talk Dirty To Me - 3:38 (cover version, original by Poison )
- North America
- Somebody Put Something In My Drink - 3:18 (cover version, original by the Ramones )
- Europe
- Rebel Yell - 4:11 (cover version, original by Billy Idol )
Individual evidence
- ^ Metalunderground.com: "Are You Dead Yet?" CD review , accessed September 28, 2008
- ↑ allmusic.com: Are You Dead Yet? Review , accessed September 28, 2008
- ↑ continental-concerts.de: Biography ( Memento from December 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 28, 2008
- ↑ a b whiskey-soda.de: “Are You Dead Yet?” CD review ( memento from November 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 28, 2008
- ↑ metalunderground.com: Interview With Alexi Laiho Of Children Of Bodom , accessed September 28, 2008
- ↑ metalinside.de: “Are You Dead Yet?” CD review ( memento from September 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on September 28, 2008
- ↑ finnishcharts.com: "Trashed, Lost & Strungout" in the Finnish single charts , accessed on September 28, 2008
- ↑ laut.de: “Are You Dead Yet?” CD review , accessed on September 28, 2008
- ↑ finnishcharts.com: Children of Bodom in the Finnish charts , accessed April 11, 2009
- ↑ musicline.de: Children of Bodom in the German album charts ( Memento from May 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 11, 2009
- ↑ austriancharts.at: Children of Bodom in the Austrian charts , accessed on April 11, 2009
- ^ Hitparade.ch: Children of Bodom in the Swiss Hit Parade , accessed on April 11, 2009
- ↑ billboard.com: Children of Bodom in the US charts , accessed April 11, 2009
- ↑ swedishcharts.com: Children of Bodom in the Swedish album charts , accessed April 11, 2009
Members: Alexi Laiho | Roope Latvala | Jaska Raatikainen | Janne Wirman | Henkka Seppälä
Albums: Something Wild (1997) | Hatebreeder (1999) | Follow the Reaper (2000) | Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) | Are You Dead Yet? (2005) | Blooddrunk (2008) | Relentless Reckless Forever (2011) | Halo of Blood (2013) | I Worship Chaos (2015)