Devin Townsend and Children of Bodom to tour the US this summer

To top off an afternoon of great news in metal, Metalsucks announced earlier today that Children of Bodom and Devin Townsend are set to tour the United States together sometime this summer. This may not be the heaviest or most brutal tour of the summer (that award as of right now still goes to Hate Eternal), but I'll be damned if it doesn't sound like a blast. I've seen Bodom once before a few years back, and Devin Townsend is, well, Devin Townsend, so if anything this will be the kind of show you go to to get wasted with your friends and jam out all night. No actual dates have been announced yet, so whether or not it'll come around in time for me to actually be old enough to drink when I go to the show (and I mean "when", not "if") remains to be seen, but either way this is still exciting news and promises to be a good time. What I'm actually most interested to see is which one of them ends up headlining, because both bands are well-known enough to pull it off. To get into the spirit of it (and to fill out space, since I seem to be saying everything I wanted to say in like three sentences lately), let's keep the theme going and check out a couple videos from both of the aforementioned bands. First up we have the title track from The Devin Townsend Project's last full length Addicted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpfPpxjEhb8

Man, if that isn't spacey then I don't know what is. Is it industrial, is it nu-metal, is it djent maybe? Who the hell knows, Devin kinda does whatever he wants. And even if you don't like this particular band, there's always Strapping Young Lad, who surprised the hell out of me with how heavy they turned out to be. And even if this is a little too Hot Topic for you (no one would blame you, honestly), there's always Children of Bodom to look forward to; even their weakest offerings like Are You Dead Yet? are still heavy as balls and have a few cool songs on them, and their live shows are incredibly energetic and a ton of fun. Here's one of my personal favorite Bodom videos, from their 2003 classic Hatecrew Deathroll, entitled "Needled 24/7":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8GycF2idTM

Don't forget, Children of Bodom's new album Relentless Reckless Forever is out now, featuring the single "Was It Worth It?". I wonder how many people have used that song title as a joke for buying the album by now? I'm not saying you shouldn't get it, I did, I'm just saying there are a lot of douchebags on the Internet, and if I can think of it then they certainly can. Oh well, like I said any and all dates for the tour will be posted as soon as they're made available, and until then keep tuning in for more and spreading the word.

-BK

New Children of Bodom song

Just in case you forgot that Children of Bodom have a new album coming out in March, they were nice enough to release another new song for all of us. Isn't that nice of them? It's not the most mind-blowingly amazing song they've ever done, but it's a Bodom song so it's still pretty cool. I don't think these guys have ever written a genuinely bad song, now that I think about it, just great songs and other songs that are cool but you never really listen to. Check out the video below for their new single "Ugly".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QmVjJ_JUHE&feature=player_embedded

Relentless Reckless Forever is set to drop on March 8th on Spinefarm Records, be sure to mark your calendars. Expect a full review when the time comes, as well as any other announcements as they're made. Have a pleasant weekend everyone, see you in the not-so-distant future.

-BK

New Children of Bodom album!

Well isn't this a pleasant surprise. According to Metalsucks, Children of Bodom's new album Relentless Reckless Forever is set to release in the US on March 8th via Universal Music and Spinefarm Records. I've been a fan of Bodom for some time now, but I'll confess, recently I'd almost forgotten about them. I mean let's face it, Follow the Reaper and Hatebreeder are classics, and while their last couple of albums were pretty good, they just didn't quite live up to the monumental standards they had set for themselves. Still, that doesn't change the fact that they're a very talented band, and even if this new album isn't Hatebreeder 2 I'm sure it'll still be worth a listen or twelve. C'mon, it's fucking Bodom. Check out the teaser trailer for the video for the single "Was It Worth It" here, and leave your thoughts and/or concerns about the upcoming album or Children of Bodom in general in the comments below.