Something Wild | 
 enlarge | Artist: Children Of Bodom
Label: Fontana Universal
Category: Music
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 41242
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 3041
UPC: 602517613041
EAN: 0602517613041
ASIN: B001675SOO
Release Date: April 29, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Deadnight Warrior | | • | In the Shadows | | • | Red Light in My Eyes, Pt. 1 | | • | Red Light in My Eyes, Pt. 2 | | • | Lake Bodom | | • | Nail | | • | Touch Like Angel of Death | | • | Children of Bodom [Original Single Version] | | • | Mass Hypnosis [*] | | • | Deadnight Warrior [Enhanced Video] |
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Album Description
2008 reissue of Something Wild, the debut album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released in 1997. The album presents a darker and generally more experimental sound than the one present in their later albums, and contributed most to the infamous genre controversy of their classification as a death metal or black metal band at the time. Children of Bodom have gone from being an amazing band from Finland to a household name worldwide in the metal scene. Their intensity, flawless execution and quality of material have put them on a pedestal that most bands is any genre can only dream of.
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 The Album is great June 23, 2007
Carlos Gustavo (RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The recording is not as detailed as other of their productions, but it has that natural art, creativity and atmosphere that made of COB a truly talented musicians band.
I wanted to have the original version, just to have the cover full displayed on the box and not cropped or reduced like in the deluxe edition, however I couldn't find the original version, so I had to buy the deluxe edition.
Really loud, fast, heavy and raw, and I love it! June 7, 2007
Sharon Moskovic (America)
THis is my 3rd COB album, I already have HateCrew Deathroll and Follow the Reaper, sonce I liked those 2 very much I decided to pick up SOmething Wild and Hatebreeder. It took me some time to get used to the raw sound of this album, which does not sound nearly as good as any of the other albums. But once I got used to it I realized that this is actually a great album. Heres why:
First off the riffs are very heavy and melodic through out the entire album, the songs are filled with dual guitar parts, and Alexis solos are great, and some are neo-classically influenced such as touch like an angel of death, the Nail and Red light in my Eyes. Some people complained that the vocals are bad, they are not as good as the later albums, but since I can never tell what Alexi is saying any wway this doesnt bother me.
I would really give this album 4 and a half stars, but I cant so I gave it 5. This is great album, but If youre not already a fan of COB I would recommend that you get Follow the Reaper of Hatebreeder. If you like thos, then you should get this, youll appreciate it more that way, because while this is a great album, the quality is so so. For those who are already fans, definitely pick this up!
 Might be a let down for newer CoB fans, but still a must have April 25, 2007
M. Weir (Denver, CO)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Children of Bodom actually started out as a band called uneartheD but were renamed to Children of Bodom in 1997, which is the year Something Wild was released as their first full length album. At the time of this writing Children of Bodom's newest release, Are you dead yet?, is released tomorrow here in the United States so I'm going to say right now, having not heard their newest album YET, Something Wild is my least favorite CoB album, but that doesn't mean it's no good. It just means they've been getting better and better with each release, depending on who you ask. I personally like their second album Hatebreeder, and their fourth album Hatecrew Deathroll so closely I can't pick a favorite of the two!
In my opinion Children of Bodom started as something of your typical thrashy shounding black metal band, before progressing to a MOSTLY thrashy sound yet with typical Finnish metal elements (the style and sound of the keyboards), and are now progressing to a thrash/electronic sound. Something Wild is their bread-and-butter black metal album. The vocal style, while changing very little over the years, sounds more black metalish here than in the newer albums, as are the keyboard arrangements, guitar riffs, drumming, and overall musical direction.. The interesting thing about Children of Bodom (besides the fact that their vocalist has to be, hands down, one of the finest guitarists on the planet - sadly not evident until their later albums) is that, unlike most bands, you can listen through all of their albums out of order and still tell which order they came in - they have a very natural progression from album to album and Something Wild is definitely their first.
This is a hard album for me to review without being objective because I fell in love with this band after purchasing the two albums that followed Something Wild, and was therefore already influenced by Children of Bodom's awesomeness before I even slid Something Wild into the CD player for the first time. For Children of Bodom fans this album is more of the same, or should I say the first of the same? Think of a band in which the members grew up listening to 80's thrash metal, yet were influenced by early and mid 90's black metal, then had a hard time picking which genre to draw inspiration from when it came time to lay down the tracks. That's what this album sounds like. You really get the best of both worlds here. On "In the Shadows" you get to hear the more black metal and melodic side of early Children of Bodom, but on tracks like "Lake Bodom" and "The Nail" you get a more classic in your face CoB sound much more indicative of the direction they actually took - thrash.
If you're a Children of Bodom fan and you havn't yet picked this one up, I'd recommend this album to see how they started and to round off the collection. If you're not yet into this band I recommend you try their second album Hatebreeder first, then go back to this one if you like what you hear on Hatebreeder.
Start with the best skip the rest April 12, 2007
W. Myers (South of Metal)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
After playing with Thy Serpent and before joining Impaled Nazarene for a short period Alexi Laiho started Children of Bodom. Their short-player "something wild" recorded in 1997 was something of a surprise. Basically they combined black metal vocals with a cross between power metal and death metal in a unique way. Unfortunately for them this first ep is the only thing they've down that is of any interest. On their debut they have a fast, aggressive feeling with some nice key-board affects (on this release they use key-boards as an unique instrument doing bells, harpsicord etc. that they would never use again. Later releases would have key-boards as just back ground organ-types or playing retarded power-metal imitation guitar solos) that they would never acheive again. The follow-up Hatebreeder is completely forgettable and the one following are just watered-down "something wild" Get this album and forget about the rest. Children of Bodom are losers.
 Children Of Bodom - 'Something Wild' (Nuclear Blast America) November 28, 2006
Mike Reed (USA)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Good '98 debut CD from this Scandinavian metal outfit.Tracks that managed to sort of draw me in were "Deadnight Warrior","Lake Bodom" and "Touch Like Angel Of Death".Only downside here is that 'Something Wild' has a total of seven cuts,with a duration of 32 minutes.Is this like an EP?Either way,it should appeal to some fans of In Flames,Kreator,Opeth,Mercyful Fate and Iced Earth.They're currently on tour here in the states,as I saw them earlier this year.They put on a great live performance.Go see 'em!
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