Hatebreeder

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Hatebreeder
Children of Bodom's studio album

Publication
(s)

April 26, 1999

Label (s) Spinefarm Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Melodic Death Metal

Title (number)

9 (without bonus title)

running time

38 min 06 s (without bonus title)

occupation
  • Bass : Henkka "T. Blacksmith “Seppälä
  • Drums : Jaska Raatikainen

production

Anssi Kippo, Mikko Karmila, Mika Jussila

Studio (s)

Astia Studios, Finnvox Studios

chronology
Something Wild
(1997) 		Hatebreeder Follow the Reaper
(2003)

Hatebreeder is the second studio album by the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom . It was released on April 26, 1999 via Spinefarm Records . Nuclear Blast took over the distribution in Europe and America .

After the release, Children of Bodom went on the “Hatebreeder Japan Tour” with In Flames and Sinergy in July 1999 , which consisted of two concerts in Tokyo and one in Osaka . This was followed by the “Hatebreeder Europe Tour” in September and October, together with Arch Enemy , Dark Tranquility and In Flames.

History of origin

The tracks were recorded between December 1998 and January 1999 together with Anssi Kippo. The songs were written by Alexi Laiho , except for Bed of Razors , which Laiho and Alexander Kuoppala wrote together. The lyrics are also from Laiho, with the exception of the text from Silent Night, Bodom Night , which is from Kimberly Goss.

style

The music on the album is influenced by the fast melodies of Power Metal , Alexi Laiho's guttural vocals are reminiscent of singers from the Death and Melodic Death Metal genre and some melodies even come from classical music .

As on all of the band's albums, the fast, melodic guitar / keyboard duels are an important part of the music. On no other album has the keyboard come to the fore as much as on Hatebreeder .

Furthermore, hard, heavily distorted guitar riffs are used, which alternate with the fast solos.

The pace is kept high, Bed of Razors is the exception. With this song the tempo is a bit more moderate.

Cover

The cover was designed by Graham French, who also created the cover image for Something Wild . It is colored green and shows a grim reaper holding a scythe in his left hand and stretching out his right hand to the side. A lake and trees can be seen in the background. The hand holding the scythe can be seen more closely on the back.

Track list

  1. Warheart - 4:08
  2. Silent Night, Bodom Night - 3:12
  3. Hatebreeder - 4:19
  4. Bed of Razors - 3:57
  5. Towards Dead End - 4:54
  6. Black Widow - 3:58
  7. Wrath within - 3:52
  8. Children of Bodom - 5:13
  9. Downfall - 4:33

Bonus tracks

Japan
  • No Commands (Stone Cover) - 4:49
South Korea
  • Downfall (Live from Tokyo Warhearts) - 4:07

Downfall

Also in 1999 the single Downfall was released.

  1. Downfall - 4:33
  2. No Commands (Stone Cover) - 4:47

No Commands is also included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the Hatebreeder album . The single has a total running time of 9:20 and was also produced by Anssi Kippo.

The cover is very similar to that of the album, you can see a lake and trees that are green, but the Grim Reaper is missing here, which is in the foreground on the album.

success

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hatebreeder
  FI 6th 08/1999 (8 weeks)
  DE 76 05/10/1999 (1 week)
Singles
Downfall
  FI 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 01/1999 (11 weeks)

Both the album Hatebreeder and the single Downfall achieved gold status in Finland . In Germany the album reached number 76 and was therefore less successful than the following albums.

Others

  • The phrase “ From now on we are enemies… you and I ” comes from the film Amadeus . You can hear him at the beginning of the album before "Warheart" starts.
  • In Hatebreeder a short solo is composed of Mozart's The Magic Flute comes.
  • The melody of Towards Dead End comes from Inearthed days before the band changed their name to "Children of Bodom". It comes from the song "Homeland II - Shining (The 4th Kingdom)" from the third demo Shining .
  • In the booklet the texts of Warheart , Silent Night, Bodom Night , Bed of Razors , Children of Bodom , Towards Dead End and Downfall are printed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Booklet of the Hatebreeder CD
  2. ↑ Hatebreeder. ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. cobhc.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cobhc.com
  3. ↑ Downfall. ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. cobhc.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cobhc.com
  4. ↑ Downfall in the Finnish charts. finnishcharts.com; Retrieved March 5, 2009
  5. ↑ Hatebreeder in the Finnish charts. finnishcharts.com; Retrieved March 5, 2009
  6. ↑ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverendung_summary/title/Children+Of+Bodom/Hatebreeder/longplay (link not available)
  7. ↑ http://www.scythes-of-bodom.com/site.php?go=disco&lang=de&album=hb (link not available)