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| Dude, this has crossed my mind a number of times. Unfortunately i dont think Alexader has recorded anything since leaving, so we cant tell if this style was truely his. |
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Written by flamesoficarus on 19.01.2012 at 11:14
Dude, this has crossed my mind a number of times. Unfortunately i dont think Alexader has recorded anything since leaving, so we cant tell if this style was truely his.
No he hasn't, I've looked. Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought of this; I kinda expected to get some flack for writing this. I'm surprised I haven't yet...  |
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| I completely agree... not trying to be hipster, but some two years ago I talked with my friend, both of us are huge (old) COB fans, and we somehow came to the conclusion that the COB decline had everything to do with Alexander departing .. especially since thrash influences rises with Roope's arrival. |
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| I must say You are right dude and is not a theory what you mean I will say is a fact! |
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| I've never really noticed that. Good theory. |
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| I used to like them, but then something happened. Was it peer pressure? |
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Written by Fredd on 31.01.2012 at 04:03
I used to like them, but then something happened. Was it peer pressure?
Did you even read this Fredd or did you just tl;dr it? Lmao. Nobody but CoB knows wtf happened but this makes a lot of sense...if you read it... |
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Fredd - 31.01.2012 at 06:40
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Written by psykometal on 31.01.2012 at 04:28
Written by Fredd on 31.01.2012 at 04:03
I used to like them, but then something happened. Was it peer pressure?
Did you even read this Fredd or did you just tl;dr it? Lmao. Nobody but CoB knows wtf happened but this makes a lot of sense...if you read it...
I did, and I meant I used to like their Alexander-era efforts, but then suddenly I lost interest in the band completely. |
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Written by Fredd on 31.01.2012 at 06:40
I did, and I meant I used to like their Alexander-era efforts, but then suddenly I lost interest in the band completely.
Pretty sure a lot of us did...  |
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Fredd - 31.01.2012 at 06:57
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Written by psykometal on 31.01.2012 at 06:53
Pretty sure a lot of us did...
What I should have said is "Sounds pretty credible, but not enough mana to give a fuck about this band."  |
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| Before reading this, I've had thoughts onto how Roope was regarding with the responsibility that Alexander had during styles although I must say (*Prepares to fend against upcoming snowballs) but Relentless Reckless Forever had a more technical complex output than did Hatecrew Deathroll. |
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Written by psykometal on 19.01.2012 at 17:35
Written by flamesoficarus on 19.01.2012 at 11:14
Dude, this has crossed my mind a number of times. Unfortunately i dont think Alexader has recorded anything since leaving, so we cant tell if this style was truely his.
No he hasn't, I've looked. Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought of this; I kinda expected to get some flack for writing this. I'm surprised I haven't yet...
Actually, he has recorded quite a few stuff since. One which I can remember from the top of my head was with Timo Rautiainen on his Sarvivuori album, but I recall him involved in other musical projects. |
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...how did this get this far??? If you simply look at the credits for the composer for each song on their albums this theory is easily disproven. so....
Lets look at some FACTS
Something Wild: Entirely Written by Alexi
Hatebreeder: Every song by Alexi, except Bed of Razors co-written with Alexander
Follow the Reaper: Every song written by Alexi
HateCrew Death Roll: Written entirely by Alexi xcept Chokehold and Lil Blood Red co-written with Alexander.
Are You Dead Yet: Written entirely by Alexi, one song co-written with Roope.
Bloodrunk: Written entirely by Alexi
Relentless Reckless Forever: Written Entirely by Alexi
You can find all this information here
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/children-of-bodom-p293758/discography
Also if you read any interview about writint with Alexi, he states himself he write 90%+ of the material. When other members of the band come to him with material he is very picky and usually denies it, this is why the other members have side projects, Warmen, EveMaster etc.
So Alexander helped write just 3 songs out of the 36 original songs CoB produces while he was a member. And out of those three songs he was still a CO-writer.
Also by looking at the credits for the following albums, we can see that CoB didnt change the role of band members in the writing process. Alexi continues to write most the material, with Roope co-writing just 1 song since he joined.
So the fact that Alexander left, seemingly at the same time appears to be a coincident. Also HCDR already marked a change in the band and Alexander was a part of CoB then.
Ultimately the reason Children of Bodom changed was due entirely to Alexi. He changed and CoB changed with him.
Why he changed? now that would prolly be a better idea for a thread. Here are some brief ideas on that...
In interviews he states he grew tired of playing Neo-classical music. Also he got into drinking and partying alot around the time of HCDR, so perhaps he just wanted to make music thats easier to play while drunk. Maybe his personal music changed and the new music better fits his tastes now. would make sense as i dont know many hardcore partyers into classical music... |
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| That's legitimately ponderous. |
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| Despite Alexi writing almost everything I think Alexander's leaving could still have had a big impact on the changes. Myself being a song writer and guitarist in a band I find I have a certain style but it most definitely is influenced by the strengths and weaknesses of the other guitarist. Writing changes with time but when I write riffs I don't just write them for myself, I write them for the band which actually turns out different (for better or worse) than I expected. |
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Guib - 20.11.2012 at 01:09
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| ... Does all of this really matter? -_- It changed, get over it theres nothing no one can do, why is it so important to everyone to have or to try to find a reason for this change ? Who cares if its because of Alexi, Alexander, Jesus or Buddah ? |
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Written by Guib on 20.11.2012 at 01:09
... Does all of this really matter? -_- It changed, get over it theres nothing no one can do, why is it so important to everyone to have or to try to find a reason for this change ? Who cares if its because of Alexi, Alexander, Jesus or Buddah ?
Not really. Just had a random thought one day and decided to type it up and post it for shits. |
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