We found this cool dude and gave him simple instructions - the cover has to be purple and the reaper has to be central. This time we all agreed to try going old school. Doing it completely with a computer is somewhat safe and convenient.
We are so used to digital art, so it’s really hard to do something else. Henkka commented on the cover: “For some years I’ve wanted to try a different approach with our cover art. The album was mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland.įor this album, the band enlisted Deins Forkas to create the album artwork. Janne Wirman recorded keyboards at Beyond Abilities Studios. “Hexed” saw the return to Finland’s Danger Johnny Studios where COB was reunited with Mikko Karmila ( “I Worship Chaos”, “Halo Of Blood”, “Hatebreeder”, “Follow The Reaper” and “Hate Crew Deathroll”) who recorded everything except keyboards and also produced the album with the band. I guess that’s a positive problem to have.” Anyway, we had a really hard time choosing the songs for the videos. Then again, someone said that there’s a somewhat similar vibe to what ‘Follow The Reaper’ had.
Here we have something that’s very BODOM, but somehow we haven’t done this kind of stuff, possibly ever. “In a way, it always feels familiar, but the new stuff also always surprises me. “For me, it has always been very hard to describe our new music,” comments bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. There are certain melodies across the album that could have come from jazz songs, although they’re completely metal with us, of course. But there’s some crazy shit in there - almost progressive or at least technical. So I started thinking about that perhaps the song structures are easier to grasp on initial listen.
Finland’s melodic death superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM will release their tenth album, “Hexed”, on Mavia Nuclear Blast Records.ĬHILDREN OF BODOM frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi Laiho comments: “People have said that this album is generally catchier.
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