CHILDREN OF BODOM To Stream New Single Via Facebook On January 13th

CHILDREN OF BODOM, the Finnish five-piece led into action by 21st century guitar star Alexi Laiho, will release a free stream of their forthcoming single, ‘Was It Worth It?’, at 5 PM (GMT) on January 13th via the official COB Facebook page.



‘Was It Worth It?’ is taken from COB’s 7th studio album, Relentless, Reckless Forever, and will be released as a digital download and limited edition 12” vinyl picture disc on February 21st via Spinefarm Records UK.

“The single is a total party song,” says Alexi. “It doesn’t have your typical Bodom sound, but it’s one of my favourites and heavy as hell!”

The video for ‘Was It Worth It?’ was shot guerrilla-style by director Dale Resteghini (PINK FLOYD, SANTANA, MÖTLEY CRÜE), and features a number of noted pro skaters, including the world’s No. 1 Amateur Skateboarder, Tom Asta, who makes some suitably spectacular moves alongside Chris Cole, the two times Thrasher Magazine ‘Skater Of The Year'.

A trailer for the video can be seen below:



As previously reporeted, Chldren Of Bodom will release Relentless Reckless Forever on March 8th via Universal Music. The album's cover art can be viewed below:



The tracklisting for Relentless Reckless Forever is as follows:

'Not My Funeral'
'Shovel Knockout'
'Roundtrip to Hell and Back'
'Pussyfoot Miss Suicide'
'Relentless Reckless Forever'
'Ugly'
'Cry of the Nihilist'
'Was It Worth It?'
'Northpole Throwdown'
'Party All the Time' (* Eddie Murphy)

Recorded in Finland's Petrax Studios with famed rock producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, MONSTER MAGNET), Relentless Reckless Forever is the seventh studio album of COB's illustrious career and the first new record from the band since 2008's Blooddrunk, which debuted at #22 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart and scored the quintet its third consecutive #1 debut in Finland.

On Relentless Reckless Forever, COB's high-energy hooks and electric energy forge stadium-sized heavy metal anthems that seethe with both marvelous musicianship and a phenomenal pop prowess. The quintet's unique union of haunting melodies, rhythmic sensibility, guitar-and-keyboard interplay and king-size solos is supercharged to the maximum, and the resulting record is poised to push the band – already on the brink of breakout success in the US – to an altogether new pinnacle.

"We worked super hard on this album, at least for me it was pretty much no sleep or rest for six weeks," stated Laiho. "But we were determined to make the best COB album ever, so we were willing to do whatever it took. Of course, having our producer Matt Hyde kicking our asses 24/7 definitely made the results even better, so obviously we're more than anxious to get this album out there."

In addition to Laiho, COB features Roope Latvala (guitar), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Seppälä (bass) and Janne Warman (keyboards).

Together, they will be heading out on the road in the UK and Ireland in April, playing headline shows under The Ugly World Tour 2011 banner; support comes from AMON AMARTH, ENSIFERUM and MACHINAE SUPREMACY, the latter pair both fellow Finns and fellow Spinefarm labelmates.

The full list of dates is as follows:

April
1 - UEA - Norwich, England
2 - Academy 1 - Manchester, England
3 - ABC - Glasgow, Scotland
5 - Vicar Street - Dublin, Ireland
7 - Rock City - Nottingham, England
8 - Academy - Birmingham, England
9 - Forum - London, England

For more info visit Cobhc.com.