Disco de Children of Bodom: “You're Better Off Dead!”

To say the least, this is an interesting little CD. "You're Better Off Dead" is a return to the Hatebreeder style of music. There is much more emphasis on the guitar rather than on the keyboard, but the keyboard still adds a nice touch. "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" is a Ramones cover, which is an interesting change since every other cover we have seen so far has been of other metal bands. Since I am not a big fan of any kind of punk, this song is neutral in my mind, even though the song is given a metal feel. So, just as the title of the review says, the songs are just fine. The problem is that the CD itself is extremely overpriced. I could not suggest that anyone purchase this CD at the outrageous price of almost $$$. I think everyone would have been much better off if the CD had either been made cheaper or if the songs were simply used as bonus tracks on a later release.

Having had listened to the entire new album 'Hate Crew Deathroll' for many times already, I would judge 'You're Better Off Dead!' as the weakest song of the album...and I'm not saying it's a bad song!

You're Better of Dead! has an totally other mood to it than, for example, the songs on Follow the Reaper. Like many otehr songs on the new albu, this song seems as if it would include a far larger range of musical aspects than their last release.

This song was oroginally chosen to be the first single due to the fact the band finnished it as the first new song.

So you can expect hard and powerful riffs in ol' good Bodom style!

The second song which is a cover called "Someone put something in my drink", we can again hear how COBs style just fits into all kinds of music. Not bad at all, but I wouldn't consider it as a great masterpiece eitehr.

I think this new COB album isn't that great. They're starting to conform to "New Metal." They're starting to loose their classical style as well as the sick guitar solos. I just hope the album has some better songs than this one. But don't get me wrong, I still think Children of Bodom is one of the greatest metal bands!