Enter To Win CHILDREN OF BODOM And CHRIS COLE Exclusive Meet-and-Greet

A contest has been launched where one lucky grand-prize winner will receive two VIP tickets to the CHILDREN OF BODOM concert April 3, 2009 at the Palladium in Los Angeles, California. After the show, the winner and a friend will get to hang out with the band and professional skateboarder Chris Cole. The winner will also receive an autographed ESP electric guitar and a custom CHILDREN OF BODOM Zero Chris Cole deck.

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CHILDREN OF BODOM was honored in the "Metal/Hard Rock Album Of The Year" category (for its 2008 release, Blooddrunk") at this year's Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent), which was held March 14 at Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki. The awards ceremony was televised on the Finnish TV channel YLE TV2. Other artists that were nominated in the "Metal/Hard Rock Album" category were DIABLO, STAM1NA and STURM UND DRANG.

"Blooddrunk" sold 19,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 22 on The Billboard 200 chart. This was roughly four times the opening tally of its predecessor, "Are You Dead Yet?", which premiered with 5,000 units back in October 2005 to land at No. 195.

"Blooddrunk" was certified gold in Finland (for sales in excess of 15,000 copies) on pre-sales alone — before it was even officially released — a first for the band.

The CD was released in North America on April 15, 2008 via Spinefarm/Fontana International.