Quite a typicial Bodom song seems to be "Triple Corpse Hammerblow" (where do they get their songtitles from?!). Very melodic keyboard work, fast drumming and bass playing and of course one of Alexi's impressive guitar solos. "You're Better Off Dead" wasn't picked as the single for nothing. Again you can find the typical melodic and yet brutal elements and this time there are also odd background vocals which make the song interesting in a strange way. The best song can be found in the title song "Hate Crew Deathroll" at the end of this CD. This song definitely contributes much to the rating of this album. Real fast melodic guitar solos, fast drumming and great vocals here even though you can't really understand what Alexi is singing, as always ;). Especially the chorus will stay in mind for a long, long time ("We're the Hate Crew, we stand and we won't fall..."). Now you may ask why this album only gets a 9.5/10 rating? Well, this album is definitely amazing, but in my opinion "Follow The Reaper" had more great songs (like Hate Me!, Everytime I Die or Follow The Reaper) and was a little bit better regarding the album as a whole. Children Of Bodom have nevertheless improved their technical work, but they might even have gone a bit back to the roots. One thing I missed on this album were the great guitar/keyboard-duels as we could hear them on the previous album. If you are a fan of this band and / or genre you might already have this album - if not, what are you waiting for then?

written by Silence

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