Finch Platte
06-05-2009, 01:50 PM
A friend brought over Children Of Bodum's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Bodom) latest live DVD (is there more than one?), Chaos Ridden Years: Stockholm Knockout Live.
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This is one of the best shows I've seen lately on DVD, and the sound is phenomenal. If you're not familiar with CoB (http://cobhc.com/), they're heavy, dark, progressive metal, and man, can they play. What takes it over the top for me is that they have a keyboard player (Janne Wirman), which adds an interesting dimension to the substantial din. You gots the 2 guitarists & bass (drums, too, of course), plus the keys, which makes for a punishing wall of sound. Often the keyboard player will double leads w/ the lead guitar (Alexi Laiho), and they really git goin'. Almost all the vocals are of the Cookie Monster-type, but I'm not there for the vocals. Production is very good as well, with a really cool front & center camera on the drummer that vibrates as he pounds his kit.
CoB have a sense of humor, which comes out as the DVD moves along. At one point, someone has a couple of brats on a stick, roasting them over a roaring flame pot onstage. :cornut:
Joe Bob gives it two horns up. Check it out.
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http://www.guitareuroshop.com/catalog/images/dvd/ChildrenOfBodom-ChaosRiddenYears.jpg
This is one of the best shows I've seen lately on DVD, and the sound is phenomenal. If you're not familiar with CoB (http://cobhc.com/), they're heavy, dark, progressive metal, and man, can they play. What takes it over the top for me is that they have a keyboard player (Janne Wirman), which adds an interesting dimension to the substantial din. You gots the 2 guitarists & bass (drums, too, of course), plus the keys, which makes for a punishing wall of sound. Often the keyboard player will double leads w/ the lead guitar (Alexi Laiho), and they really git goin'. Almost all the vocals are of the Cookie Monster-type, but I'm not there for the vocals. Production is very good as well, with a really cool front & center camera on the drummer that vibrates as he pounds his kit.
CoB have a sense of humor, which comes out as the DVD moves along. At one point, someone has a couple of brats on a stick, roasting them over a roaring flame pot onstage. :cornut:
Joe Bob gives it two horns up. Check it out.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3552919000_a82a43f716.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3552919000_a82a43f716.jpg