Billy Idol 의 Rebel Yell 의 커버곡과 4곡의 라이브를 수록한 Children of bodom 의 베스트 앨범, 베스트 음반! Bestbreeder from 1997 to 2000!
1993년, Inearthed의 전신으로 시작된 Children Of Bodom은 현재 전세계를 들끓게 한, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork 등과 함께 유럽 멜로딕 데스 메탈의 선봉장으로 일컬어지고 있다. 핀란드, Espoo에 위치한 Bodom 강에서 1960대에 발생했던 참혹한 살인사건에서 유래된 이름, Children of Bodom은 초기 데스/쓰래쉬적인 튠에서 블랙/데스 메탈릭한 사운드로 변모해 나갔고 클래식 헤비 메탈의 영향력을 수용하여 독창적인 사운드를 구축해 나가기 시작했다.
1997년, Alexi의 Thy Serpent 가입과 동시에 Children of Bodom은 Spinefarm과의 계약을 성공적으로 이끌어낼 수 있었고, Spinefarm 컴필레이션 앨범에 수록된 Metallilitto에서 Deadnight Warrior는 가히 폭발적인 반응을 얻게 된다.
1997년 11월 발매된 정규 데뷔작 Something Wild(핀란드 1997년 11월/유럽 1998년) 는 Children of Bodom을 단숨에 핀란드 언더그라운드 메탈 씬의 제왕으로 등극케 하면서 대중 매체 로부터 폭발적인 박수갈채를 이끌어 낸다. Dimmu Borgir 와의 1997년 11월 Helsinki 공연은 현재까지 '가장 거칠었던 공연'으로 기록되고 있으며, 전설적인 Wacken 공연, Hypocrisy, Benediction, Dismember와의 유럽투어 역시 밴드의 성공 가도에 기폭제와 같은 역할을 실현케 했는데, Nuclear Blast 와의 유럽 지역 계약은 물론 일본, 대만, 한국에까지 이들의 명성은 순식간에 일파 만파로 전해져 아시아 지역에서도 라이센스 앨범을 통해 자신들의 위상을 전하게 된다.
1998년 말, 프로듀서 Anssi Kippo와 Astia Studio에서 레코딩 된 두 번째 정규 작 Hatebreeder는 전설적인 핀란드의 Waltari의 멤버 Mikko Karmilla에 의해 Finnvox Studios에서 최종 완성되면서, 수록된 Children of Bodom은 핀란드 싱글 차트에 오랜 기간 머무는 기염을 토하게 된다. 이후 이들의 1997년 7월, 첫 번째 일본 방문을 기념 하는 동시에 너무나도 성공적이었던 당시 투어 실황을 기억하기 위해 Tokyo Warheart 라이브 앨범을 한정 반 형식으로 완성하게 되고, 커버는 핀란드의 저명한 만화가 Mr. Ville Pirnen이 죽음의 신과 고질라 사이의 전투를 앨범 커버에 풍자스럽게 묘사하기도 했다.
유럽 멜로딕 데스는 물론 전세계 익스트림 음악의 정점에 오르게 된 Children of Bodom은 새로운 앨범의 창조적인 변화와 작업을 위해 핀란드가 아닌 스웨덴으로 눈을 돌려 Hypocrisy/Pain의 메인 맨 Peter Tagtgren의 전설적인 Abyss Studios 에서 작업하게 되었고, Something Wild에서의 헤비 하면서도 여과되지 않았던 사운드에 Hatebreeder에서 보여주었던 괴물 같은 테크닉, 그리고 새로운 변화와 한 단계 성숙한 모습을 2001년 Follow the Reaper앨범에 모두 담아내게 되었다.
멜로딕 하면서도 중독성 짙은 코러스 라인, 브루탈한 9곡은 현재까지도 멜로딕 데스 메탈 계의 필수 교과서로 평가 받고 있는데, 이번 Bestbreeder는 일본에 이어 한국이 전세계 유일하게 이 앨범을 발매한 국가가 된다.
Something Wild, Hatebreeder, Tokyo Warheart, Follow the Reaper 등 4장의 앨범에서 엄선된 16곡의 베스트 트랙과 이들의 역사를 기념하기 위한 이번 앨범을 위해서 특별히 Billy Idol의 Rebell Yell을 커버/수록하고 있다. .... ....
Last night a little dancer came dancin' to my door Last night a little angel came pumpin' on the floor She said, hiya baby, you've got a license for love And if it expires, pray help from above
Because in the midnight hour, she cried more, more, more With a rebel yell, more, more, more In the midnight hour, she cried more, more, more With a rebel yell, more, more, more, more
She don't like slavery, she won't sit and beg But when you tired and lonely, she's there to be What set you free, and bought you to me, babe What set you free, I need you here by me
Because in the midnight hour, she cried more, more, more With a rebel yell, more, more, more In the midnight hour, she cried more, more, more With a rebel yell, more, more, more
And he lives in his own heaven There to collects from 7-11 Well, he's out all night in American heaven Just as long, just as long it don't mess up his hair
I walked the walls for you, baby Ten thousand miles for you I dried your tears of pain A thousand times for (you) I'd sell my soul for you, baby For money to burn with you I'd give you all and have none, babe Just-a-just-a-just-a-just-a-just-a have you here by me
Because in the midnight hour, she cried more, more, more With a rebel yell, more, more, more In the midnight hour, she cried more, more, more With a rebel yell, more, more, more, more
I cannot get up by the howling cry Just justify my longing to die, Bury me down at last, I think about it in the shadows and cry!
Can scissors heal a man torn of tears, A fading I fear inside. The reaper in sheet will stand by me I'm dreaming, I'm wearing a black dress that night!
I'm just a being tonight, And still I'm dressed so black...OH YEAH! Maybe I'm just blind, But maybe I should try...
Can't you see why the vision is calling you?
I got the one, the dream of horror! Dreams of blood, dreams of war! Rudest eyes have seen the fright Welcome to the eternal night!
You won't be a butcher No, you won't be at last Somebody's the trigger Take it off! What, you are the priest's son? So f~~k - SO F~~K YOURSELF AND DIE!
Sill I stand against the death! Am I just a shade? Always I'm awake and in black! Sill I dare to praise the Lord - No I won't pass to the lord Goodbye - no...
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So the keeper waits upon, He waits upon a border Let me own your punishment, It's time to break the border!
The Candlelight fades away There's nothing at all but me...(classical Part)
I stare at death and the darkest one's Watching me with cold eyes A god has been with me in the shadows I lost my reason to hate! ya!
Voice: (So it's right...) (I can leave the shadows!) (The last one has to survive!) YAWW! WOW -RIGHT!
With my light shining bright I got my way, to regret ?? (just my hearts)?? ! With my last dying ryhme I got my world To betray for what I did by my motherfucking heart!
The shadows draw back into honesty and love! Obey, and it will cut your throat I can't speak and you shant be the next, The shadows strike in your blame - YAW
I'm an outcast on the path of rebound Everything is frail, I desolate, crush and burn I have chosen darkness to be my guide War is in my heart, death is by my side
-Chorus- Warheart! No remains from compassion or love Warheart! Hate your fellow as yourself
I have chosen night to be my guide When the daylight strikes I hide in my trench and die
I'm the coldblooded killer, who'll fuck you up
Today I'm the warheart I'm dying to win the battle I live everyday
One for all, all for me, I'm an animal, better set me free
I'm an outcast on the path of rebound Everything is frail, I desolate, crush and burn I have chosen darkness to be my guide War is in my heart, death is by my side
-Chorus- Warheart! No remains from compassion or love Warheart! Hate your fellow as yourself
On the eve of their death they are baptized in the unholy waters of Bodom With no hint of the torture awaiting to greet them at the break of dawn
For the reaper wants more...
When the calm is setting in we'll watch it swiftly disappear Too many years of silence soon he's bound to reappear
The Reaper is calling for you to come home With the thrust of a switchblade on the grip of a madman And the waters of Bodom turn a blood shade of red As the Children Of Bodom take their last breath.
(solo)
When the calm is setting in we'll watch it swiftly disappear Too many years of silence soon he's bound to reappear
No flickering light at the end of the path Confront repressions of the past Fear... Prevail... Insanity... Obey! Draw back in silence to dwell in anxiety No matter where I am, I'm alone My dreams are shattered into thousand running tears The tears keep dripping down, down, deep, down from my veins
Chorus I'm walking towards dead end I'm walking all alone Two steps behind insanity There's no starlight guiding my way throught this downward death row Soon will be the time I have to go...
Little by little the end is drawing near Another night and so little blood to spare (Ya can hurt me... but ya can't possess me 'Y know...)
Kill me, hurt me, fuck me, rape me, you won't have me!
Draw back in silence to dwell in anxiety, No matter where I am, I'm alone. I'm crying outloud the tears of blood I bleed, so fuck the world, I'll go now, I don't care. (Who cares?)
Chorus I'm walking towards dead end, and I'm walking all alone Two steps ago I past insanity There's no starlight guiding my way out this downward death row So now is the time I have to go
In the silence of darkness, among the shadows of the dead we hear a wolf howling hungry to wake up children of the graves Unripe Vengeance! The cult that serves as revenge has put forward it's fangs to declare a f~~king WAR!
Only calmless spirits of corpses are passing by the altars of Bodom where everything but death is a lie To spill your blood to become our wine We'll reborn really where only the wild will survive
The clash of wickedness veils Lake Bodom blood red We have gathered our souls to praise the triumph of Death
Chorus Children of Bodom angry are rising Running amok, slaying with a sense of desire From the twilight of the past, among the victims who died
Before the Daylight falls to rest, into shadows, Soon I'll be on a black-night trip, I'll fly across the sky.
It's not a lonely flight, This one'll be black, The death lies always in the sky, It reflect hatred in my eyes.
If the daylight dies, the Shadow's are falling on me. Then I'll be at your side, Always in the moonlight shadow, I can't get out, Lost in time for eternity.
You're the guard of the dead ones, In the night I'll find you to drink your blood, You're the Dead night's fresh meat in my arms, The dead by night's close by!
Don't wake it up, call my name, it's death! Set them all on a trip of pain, I can't wait!
It's such a lonely flight, This one'll be black, The death lies always in the sky, It reflect hatred in my eyes.
It is such a pain to allow, -??? being hard to wound, -??? Always in the moonlight shadow (echo: shadow), I can't get out!
I found session, betrayed now, it's all now I saw, human, I see so Well I am certain of, I don't know how Other souls beyond this smile
I hate you from the bottom of my heart I have no fucking right now, I say so
Beside you, I saw, your ignition Other souls beyond this smile Well I thought now I said I saw some ignition I saw it, your vanity, your mentality for sure!..
...Never seen the fooled, beast inside of me Well I'm an asshole, and really will always be So why now, let it be Is that so fucking hard, be dead, I'm free
Burn it hard, make a void that sucks to the suction drive We need the open thing with my special little part of life
I'm accessing in the northern light You know I got no fucking other souls guilty now I've got no fine, no fucking thoughts, so A combination, now you're fucking dead
Never seen the fooled beast inside of me Well I'm an asshole, and really will always be So why now, let it be Is that so fucking hard, be dead, I'm free
a glance to my eyes, deep within reveals this worn-out warrior's mind I'm killing you by suffering discomposure of a deepest kind
in the night I crave to feel your breath and your touch like angel of death in the dawn I'm in chains of beastial rage and forced to make you dead
the chains get tighter around my throat I can give you no love, only dead-lift of pain
in the dusk of evening I tuck you up with feather forever I'll stand by your side in the twilight of night I'm laughing while cutting you hundred and thirteen times
can't you see I am evil, double-edged razor child of eternal hate. to torment you like a motherfuckin-whore I'll make you cry forever more
I'd crawl through broken glass to you... and your name is written in my very flesh with the knife I'm still longing to use
in the night I crave to feel your breath and your touch like angel of death in the dawn I'm in chains of bestial rage and forced to make you dead
The night of timeless fire is drawing near I flee... Throughout the years of throe Watching through a mirror, as I fall apart I see a wreck, I'm burning
Chorus I see angels burning, falling down in ruins Looking down I see me, I'm my own enemy
Watching myself decaying, falling from high spirits I flee... Throughout the ruins of me Longing for finding my way out Leaving myself, there's nothing left for me The ruins are about to crumble down.
The flame is dying by shivery winds of jet black skies It reflects hatred in my eyes
Chorus I see angels burning, falling down in ruins Looking down I see my ashes scattered around my grave
Angels whispering fire, no longer I'm alive Settled down I'm done with the trip to my kingdom come
[1.] Loosing the war I'm feining to win though I never tried to to strive deep from within. Life could be beautiful for anybody it's for, but I'd swear this mothafuckin' shit is rotten to the core. [Prech.] The portal has been past and it's time to make a turn, to follow the reaper until the point of no return.
[Ch.] When your blindly death-raying blade sweeps the griefs and fears away. I cross my heart and hope to die thy freedom will be mine.
[2.] Sinking down in the ocean of severe emotions. Grab a bottle to drink up the pain-reliefing potion. But after all, that got boring too, so no matter what happens, I couldn't give a damn or too.
[Prech.2.] The portal has been past 'til the point of no return. No more lines to cross, no bridges to burn.
[Ch.2.] Now when your blindly death-raying blade swept my griefs and tears away. I'd never go back to cross that line. I cross my heart and hope to die.
(Hang on) got to go Preview what they oughtta know Keep your head down and fucking die (Wake up) rise and shine Gotta take another pint Dig heads and watch out for the night When the sun comes down and the moon comes up in the sky The battle of the day and the night
(Kill, kill, kill) go fuck another one Candlelight burns in a wood so high On a carpet (flying high) take it down to the other side The way beyond it may lie When the moon comes up and is rescuing under the night The reaper is on the other side, let's go
The faint blaze of the candle of my life, slowly dying like a fire in a pouring rain. No sparks of hope inside, no shooting stars on my sky. On broken wings, no flying high...
Another night, another demise, Cadaverous wind blowing cold as ice... I'll let the wind blow out the light 'cause its gets more painful every time i die.
Out of strength to fight. I cannot take another night. I cannot take it no more. Lust of light slips through my fingers like blood on my arms. Black candle wax has buried me...
Another night, another demise, Cadaverous wind blowing cold as ice... I'll let the wind blow out the light 'cause it gets more painful every time i die.
I can't waste away, I'm slowly losing my way forever Better raise your slave for me anymore Daylight's sin inside, day's growing closer, wait for pain I cannot wait another night to be alone
Voices are calling me, be my night !, this devil's sigh Yeah, shadows are tainting me, yeah I know that only you can render pain
Peace of mind, you run away from me So make me lose my mask of sanity
I can't waste away, I'm slowly getting my way forever Better is when I used to be alone Shattered light's sin in taint, day's growing longer, wait for pain I cannot wait another night to be with you
Peace of mind, you run away from me So make me lose my mask of sanity
Peace of mind, you run away from me So make me lose my mask of sanity
I was born in ashes of molten hatred Raised by demons in abodes of the end The reaper's scythe I fall upon to light my path Wrecked by mangled wounds of life I have become become the resurrection of the evil one 'Yknow that I don't fucking care If I live or die
I need a bishop preaching fire to get away with my sins I despise everything I see so I don't give a fuck if ya hate me
Ain't got respect for humanity Never lived or wanted immortality The reaper's shadow I fall upon to obscure my path Every day I'm being battered up until I bleed You motherfuckas just leave me be Ya could never give me cure for the pain I feel inside
Led by the reaper I walk in the night Show me the way to yer kingdom come
I believe in armageddon, I've been baptised in alcohol I'm embodyment of antichrist I'm living for my own demise
HELLION (originally recorded by W.A.S.P.)
Hell-hound, hot leather on your legs That smokin powder keg You're riding on is hell-bound And you're the one they claim It's going down in flames You're riding Hades' rails (Hellion)
Hellion - The devil's Hellion child Hellion - will never have to die
Well child, you're sweatin' and you're stoned That alcohol you downed Makes you crazy- All night, you damn the hurt and pain And drink the devils rain It's screaming out your name
Hellion - The devil's Hellion child Hellion - will never have to die
The Gods you worship are steel At the altar of rock 'n' roll you kneel A slave who forever rocks Is chained in the devil's locks And slain by the bloody axe I wail
Hellion - The devil's Hellion child Hellion - will never have to die
Hight above yer shadow smiles at me. Way down below I hear your serenely breathe.
I'm running after you throughout the valleys of tormented souls, don't you be afraid of me only kissing your shadows... You're so far away, I can your scent, when i carries your shadow, and if you truly want I'll cross the line I'll follow.
I'm dreaming my way out from down below. To get wherever you haunting from, I'll go...
I'm kissing the shadows you surround me with, to feel my pain vanishing away from me. Your touching the shadows I'm surrounding you with, so together in pease we shall be.
I'm running after you throughout the valleys of tormented souls, don't you be afraid of me only kissing your shadows... You're so far away, I can your scent, when i carries your shadow, and if you truly want I'll cross the line I'll follow