Aye. Only criticism I can think is that Alexi was still a bit one-note in his screaming/singing (he improved a lot after this) but the songs are still badass, probably the best of their careers.
@@MaaZeus Alexi was never meant to be the vocalist. They couldnt find anyone so he assumed vocal duties. Personally, i love his old vocals like this much better than his newer vocals.
Finally some CoB! I knew you would like these guys. Good stuff. I gave up dropping requests for them in the comments here a long time ago but I knew eventually someone on patreon would pull through. :D
Sixpounder is one of their worst songs. I like In Your Face, but it's not a very good song either. Anything from Follow the Reaper is fantastic, though.
@@JabbyMayo Well i know that that's not from the "good" era, but it sure as hell will get them to like them imo. The vocals are easier to the ear (for new listeners) and it has a groovy chorus riff.
To think a 20 year old kid would create such a masterful piece of music, learning classical really does do its trick for creating music and understanding it.
Nice...bodom! COB's early era albums were masterpieces. Nice to see you appreciate the musicianship of this...fo' sho'! Kissing the Shadows off of their album Follow the Reaper has the sickest solo of all time.....I encourage you to check it out
@@miguelrochefort I recently listened through Hatecrew Deathroll a few times and realised every damn song on that album has a pretty much perfect solo section or rather everything that comes between the first chorus and the 2nd. Sixpounder is the most obvious but I was most amazed with the solo segments from Chokehold (Cocked'n'loaded) and You're Better Off Dead (especially the keyboard solo) by how perfectly they transitioned in and fit in the atmosphere of it's respective song. When it comes to solo's that just fit perfectly HCDR is a highly underrated album, but it has to be said that these solos are not as difficult as many of the sick Follow The Reaper songs. Follow the Reaper, Bodom After Midnight and Kissing The Shadows require more skill to play than any HCDR song (not only because of the solos) but that doesn't mean the solos are better. A guitar player becomes better when he's able to play more difficult solos, but solos aren't better the harder they are to play.
Please, please, PLEASE react to the music video for "BELZEBUBS -- Cathedrals of Mourning" It's a Finnish animated metal band, featuring The characters of a Finnish webcomic of the same name, vocals done by the vocalist of Insomnium. It's really good. Bonus points if you also check out their very first music video, Blackened Call, as well.
@@mysticsaxophone4181 Oh man, I remember those arguments years ago which I admit I also took part in. 😂 But I think it was warranted, CoB was such a unique sounding band back.
@@MaaZeus I had a channel on one of these early social media platforms about 15 years ago where I roasted the CoB fans mercilessly. I was the kid who bullied everyone else because of their taste and the "this is power metal" line worked really well. TBH, in a nostalgic stupor, I do sometimes spin the first two albums.
@@mysticsaxophone4181 Yeah CoB was much like Cradle Of Filth, a lot of people loved them in the world but in smaller groups there were always some elitists giving you shit if you admitted to liking either band. 😁
Great review guys. I loved this song. This was right up my alley. Very relatable lyrics as I'm working on trying to be kinder to myself at the minute. Good discussion. Also, I absolutely loved the little candid behind the scenes moment. You guys are hilarious!! We need more bloopers and outtakes lol. Much love guys
Great song, their first three albums are classics among the melodic death metal genre, Kissing The Shadows is their best song in my opinion, you need to check out ! The guitar work is unbelievable, they had an amazing neo classical influence back in the day
When I was first introduced to COB back in my High School days we called it children of boredom. We fell in love with the instrumentals eventually. This band brings back so many memories..
You have a lot of great CoB songs to check out! Needled 24/7, In Your Face, Are You Dead Yet?, Bed of Razors and more. They don't really belong in Black Fire though. Helloween ☆ Keeper of the seven keys 🎃
children of bodom melodic death metal with thrash metal influence on the guitars they had Roope Latvala for a while in the band and Roope is from legendary finnish thrash metal band stone that played late 80´s and early 90´s...which gives me a idea you should react to STONE and their song GET STONED its made 1988 and metallica was touring Finland back then they did tv show together and what happens 1990 metallica release black album listen enter sandman then get stoned similarities wink wink Kirk Hammet nice work stealing stone´s riff.
I’m so glad I came across your channel, you guys breaking down the lyrics that’s unique and LONG LIVE CHILDREN OF BODOM 👑 more of COB guys and keep it up👌🏼
Amazing band! If you want more of them ( *uses jedi mind trick* And you do! ) you should definitely check out Kissing the Shadows which has one of the greatest solos ever (and it's not just a guitar solo ).
6:06 Finland, frak yeah! We have quality. Still, a bit grudgingly I have to admit that though I am a Finn, I have _more_ Swedish favourite bands _than_ Finnish ones - and surely you know there is a centuries old "enmity" from the Finns towards the Swedes ;)
I first heard this song when I was 13 years old while in the 7th grade. A year later I found more songs from all of COB’s catalog. I’m 18 now and Children of Bodom has been my #1 favorite band for the past five years. And it’s all thanks to “Downfall.” This song started it all!!!!
12:36 _Downfall_ *is* the final "song proper" of the original 1999 CD - depending on which Limited Edition you have, there can be also _No Commands_ (a *Stone* cover) and, in the case of the 2005 "Deluxe Edition", _Aces High_ (an *Iron Maiden* cover).
You's are just awesome!! Love your reactions🤘should have waaay more subs (1,2m)IMHO, but the journey ain't over yet. I'm sure yous will get there wether you're aiming for that or not lol
@@tmex9588 I love about everything I heard from them so far. I heard all of phm, broken, TDs, fragile, and I'm starting to hear stuff from with teeth. I can see why they considered one of the best of all time. The downward spiral instantly became one of my all time favorites
I honestly didn’t like them at first but then again, I was only 14 when Downward Spiral came out and at the time I guess my brain couldn’t digest it yet. It wasn’t until my early 20’s, I gave them another chance and a deeper listen and finally got it. Trents one of the greatest songwriters period.
You guys are awesome, two of the coolest Christian people I've ever heard. I'm glad that you guys are giving bands like Children of Bodom a chance, and giving a little bit of Christian feedback. I feel like they have a lot to say through their music, and it matches the struggle of sin found within the Bible. It's easy to feel like your life is in ruins, and parallels in reference to the city of Jerusalem in the prophets being in ruins, too.
What makes the song standout is when you’re listening to the whole album everything is fast paced. So this song really stands out. They usually end with this song during every show
Damn u guys... I've played this song a thousand times and never really listened to the lyrics. Of course I know the lyrics but never stopped to think about them so thank you.
Before I became a Christian children of bodom and Alexi Laiho helped me through a tough part in my life. It breaks my heart that he recently passed. R.i.p. Alexi Laiho.
Love your reactions and your discussions about these songs. Please do Rise Against- Hero of war, it's not what it seems and I'd love to hear your thoughts on on the subject. Hope you two are enjoying your new addition!
The biggest mistake you can make is to analyse Children of Bodom lyrics. They are, and have always been crap. Alexi (the songwriter, vocalist, lead guitarist) says so himself. Musically though, this is some of the absolute best. If you want to hear more of their trademark keyboard/guitar solos, I'd recommend Kissing the Shadows or Children of Bodom (songtitle). But honestly, any song from the albums Hatebreeder, Follow the Reaper and Hate Crew Deathroll are a 10/10 for me. I wouldn't recommend anything from Blooddrunk or later, as while still good songs (and I would say some of them even better than the early era) , it's generally speaking not nearly as jawdropping as the first 4 albums. The first album, Something Wild, is also outstanding but suffers from it clearly being the debut album from when they were al around the age of 17/18.
Exactly. Alexi quit putting lyrics in the CD booklets because people kept shitting on them haha. I don't care honestly. The music speaks for itself. The vocals may as well be emotionally based percussion most of time. It still kicks 100% of ass.
I wasn't a big COB fan but i love their first 3 albums. Alexi Laiho was great in Sinergy too. Sinergy - To Hell and Back is my favorite album. I remember when Kalmah came out and their were COB fans that would say they were a rip off band of COB. Both good bands but i always leaned more towards Kalmah. Another good band is Immortal Souls.
It's because Europe is the cradle of metal. It's here that it all begun. Specifically in 1970 Birmingham and with the band called Black Sabbath (Americans should be quite familiar with Ozzy Osborne who was the lead vocalist). And the song is about mental struggle, like hitting rock bottom and describing it - hence the name "Downfall".
Review the band Death. Anything off Symbolic album would be great. Chuck, the main songwriter/ lyricist/ vocalist was considered the father of Death Metal. Great video though keep up good work
Based on the comments, y'all should do Kissing the Shadows by them. The guitar/keyboard solo battle at the end is 2 of the best minutes you'll hear in metal.
I don't know where CoB got the name Hatebreeder, but Hatebreed took their name from Misfits classic track Hatebreeder, according to Jamey Jasta, please do Hatebreed-Looking Down the Barrel of Today, and get back to some Pantera, Superjoint, Damage Plan, Down and Rebel Meets Rebel, Hell Yeah
alexis thing always was his anxiety and this feeling of not beeing good enough. he never realy overcome that and hes covered that with alcohol. not drinking is one thing but realizing you can not fall assleep without booze is another. may drugs help for a time but thats not a way your body takes for to long. i for myself listend to fenriz to (i dont go to hikes but i ride my bysicle alot). it dosent solve any problem in your life but you have time to think about your life and you dont drink in while riding and it powers you down and have a good sleep.
![Metal Guitarist REACTS To Children of Bodom: Downfall [World Tour Day 10: Finland]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/k3VUDjG5O0Y/mqdefault.jpg)
Dude... Bodom from 1997-2003... Very little compares. They were absolutely untouchable. You guys gotta hear more from them from those specific albums.
couldnt agree more.. them in their prime - uncompareable
I agree so so much
Hell yeah! But their new album is probably my favorite
@@AustinGonder their new album is a perfect mix of old and new Bodom. It's spectacular.
First three albums man!
Yes, finally some Bodom on this channel. I have been patiently waiting for them to hear COB.
same they've been my favorite band since this album came out lol, i've been waiting for this song specifically haha!
Just hearing those keyboards kick in immediately puts a smile on my face.
Long live Bodom!
It makes me feel like I am in high school again.
@Janusz Regula no it didnt
@Janusz Regula it did.. Legends never die! 🤟
First three albums from CoB are classics.
Hatebreeder still remains one of my favorite albums.
Aye. Only criticism I can think is that Alexi was still a bit one-note in his screaming/singing (he improved a lot after this) but the songs are still badass, probably the best of their careers.
@@MaaZeus Vocals were never his strong suit. Kinda like Megadeth. They take a backseat to the music.
Still are amazing
Def Name is argue the first 5
@@MaaZeus Alexi was never meant to be the vocalist. They couldnt find anyone so he assumed vocal duties. Personally, i love his old vocals like this much better than his newer vocals.
Children of Bodom - Kissing The Shadows
Europeans and their metal? Finns are the cutting edge of metal. Most bands per capita, by far.
that and sweden. the city of gothenburg alone has more bands than my entire country (france)
@@yannsa1994 All the bands there suck tho
@@marcusrehn5844 Try Aephanemer. they are good
Children of Bodom - Every time I die, and in your face
Gabriel Arjona Agreed! And Trashed, lost and Strungout
Children of Bodom has been around for years, and some one said they was a local band in need of review? Hahaha, that's funny right there.
yeah created 1993 i guess it makes them local :D
@@Necroticnarcosis for american everithing is local
Finally some CoB! I knew you would like these guys. Good stuff.
I gave up dropping requests for them in the comments here a long time ago but I knew eventually someone on patreon would pull through. :D
More COB songs to react to
Sixpounder
Are you dead yet
Silent night bodom night
In your face
Mask of sanity
Hatebreeder
And many more
Sixpounder is one of their worst songs. I like In Your Face, but it's not a very good song either. Anything from Follow the Reaper is fantastic, though.
@@JabbyMayo Well i know that that's not from the "good" era, but it sure as hell will get them to like them imo.
The vocals are easier to the ear (for new listeners) and it has a groovy chorus riff.
@@JabbyMayo personally hatebreeder and FTR are my favourites
To think a 20 year old kid would create such a masterful piece of music, learning classical really does do its trick for creating music and understanding it.
A great start to COB! You have to react to Angel's Don't Kill by them now. :)
Nice...bodom! COB's early era albums were masterpieces. Nice to see you appreciate the musicianship of this...fo' sho'! Kissing the Shadows off of their album Follow the Reaper has the sickest solo of all time.....I encourage you to check it out
Such a fucking melo death staple! It is a great one.
Sixpounder has the best solos.
@@miguelrochefort I recently listened through Hatecrew Deathroll a few times and realised every damn song on that album has a pretty much perfect solo section or rather everything that comes between the first chorus and the 2nd. Sixpounder is the most obvious but I was most amazed with the solo segments from Chokehold (Cocked'n'loaded) and You're Better Off Dead (especially the keyboard solo) by how perfectly they transitioned in and fit in the atmosphere of it's respective song.
When it comes to solo's that just fit perfectly HCDR is a highly underrated album, but it has to be said that these solos are not as difficult as many of the sick Follow The Reaper songs. Follow the Reaper, Bodom After Midnight and Kissing The Shadows require more skill to play than any HCDR song (not only because of the solos) but that doesn't mean the solos are better. A guitar player becomes better when he's able to play more difficult solos, but solos aren't better the harder they are to play.
Great choice! My fave Bodom song, absolutely amazing. I love how everything sounds so clear and the guitarwork and keyboards are off the charts!
Gotta love these unknown local bands :D
Needled 24/7🤘🤘🤘
Thanks! More COB please. A great band
More children of bodom pleeeease do angels dont kill or needled 24/7
Children of Bodom great son \m/ Alexi lahio what an amazing guitar player
Alexi is one of the best guitarist 🤘
Was :(
Please, please, PLEASE react to the music video for "BELZEBUBS -- Cathedrals of Mourning"
It's a Finnish animated metal band, featuring The characters of a Finnish webcomic of the same name, vocals done by the vocalist of Insomnium. It's really good.
Bonus points if you also check out their very first music video, Blackened Call, as well.
One of the best metal bands of all time! Please check out more of their stuff!
Children of bodom saved my life and I finally got to meet and tell them that this year. This was a great reaction! I hope you do more Bodom!
I don't think this belongs with Blackfire honestly. They are just melodic death metal.
for me are more like " dirty " power metal
This was the age old argument back in the day. Most people settled on melodic speed metal/power metal with harsh vocals.
@@mysticsaxophone4181 Oh man, I remember those arguments years ago which I admit I also took part in. 😂 But I think it was warranted, CoB was such a unique sounding band back.
@@MaaZeus I had a channel on one of these early social media platforms about 15 years ago where I roasted the CoB fans mercilessly. I was the kid who bullied everyone else because of their taste and the "this is power metal" line worked really well. TBH, in a nostalgic stupor, I do sometimes spin the first two albums.
@@mysticsaxophone4181 Yeah CoB was much like Cradle Of Filth, a lot of people loved them in the world but in smaller groups there were always some elitists giving you shit if you admitted to liking either band. 😁
Great review guys. I loved this song. This was right up my alley. Very relatable lyrics as I'm working on trying to be kinder to myself at the minute. Good discussion. Also, I absolutely loved the little candid behind the scenes moment. You guys are hilarious!! We need more bloopers and outtakes lol. Much love guys
children of bodom - mask of sanity. has a great guitar and keyboard solo.
children of bodom is insanely talented. this album is easily there best album. I have it on my phone at all times.
Great song, their first three albums are classics among the melodic death metal genre, Kissing The Shadows is their best song in my opinion, you need to check out ! The guitar work is unbelievable, they had an amazing neo classical influence back in the day
You guys need to check out Entombed - Left Hand Path
When I was first introduced to COB back in my High School days we called it children of boredom. We fell in love with the instrumentals eventually. This band brings back so many memories..
you know that children of boredom band exist haha
heres the link ruclips.net/video/yk9Zxawjbxs/видео.html
You have a lot of great CoB songs to check out! Needled 24/7, In Your Face, Are You Dead Yet?, Bed of Razors and more. They don't really belong in Black Fire though. Helloween ☆ Keeper of the seven keys 🎃
Rip to this fantastic legend he will be missed 🤘🤘❤️❤️
children of bodom melodic death metal with thrash metal influence on the guitars they had Roope Latvala for a while in the band and Roope is from legendary finnish thrash metal band stone that played late 80´s and early 90´s...which gives me a idea you should react to STONE and their song GET STONED its made 1988 and metallica was touring Finland back then they did tv show together and what happens 1990 metallica release black album listen enter sandman then get stoned similarities wink wink Kirk Hammet nice work stealing stone´s riff.
Now you'll have to react to Sinergy for Zonia!
Sinergy is basically = Children Of Bodom + female singer
_Venomous Vixen_ or _Beware the Heaven_ would be my picks.
Congrats on Orion! Happy for you guys and happy it was a safe delivery ☺️
I’m so glad I came across your channel, you guys breaking down the lyrics that’s unique and LONG LIVE CHILDREN OF BODOM 👑 more of COB guys and keep it up👌🏼
Amazing band! If you want more of them ( *uses jedi mind trick* And you do! ) you should definitely check out Kissing the Shadows which has one of the greatest solos ever (and it's not just a guitar solo ).
You 2 are so cool! I like how deeply you think about the lyrics
Opeth - Demon of the Fall!!
oh lord
R.I.P Alexi Laiho (the vocalist) he passed away few weeks ago. Miss him
6:06 Finland, frak yeah! We have quality. Still, a bit grudgingly I have to admit that though I am a Finn, I have _more_ Swedish favourite bands _than_ Finnish ones - and surely you know there is a centuries old "enmity" from the Finns towards the Swedes ;)
And im from Sweden and probably have more Finnish bands i like than Swedish bands 🤘🏻
I really hope to see more CoB reactions
Down - bury me in smoke
Hatebreeder is one of my favorite metal albums eVAR
Fun fact: These guys were like 19-20 years old when they wrote this album, and they're still going strong!
thanks for respect the song and dont stop it. The song, the reaction and them the coments. This is the correct way 🥰
I first heard this song when I was 13 years old while in the 7th grade. A year later I found more songs from all of COB’s catalog. I’m 18 now and Children of Bodom has been my #1 favorite band for the past five years. And it’s all thanks to “Downfall.” This song started it all!!!!
12:36 _Downfall_ *is* the final "song proper" of the original 1999 CD - depending on which Limited Edition you have, there can be also _No Commands_ (a *Stone* cover) and, in the case of the 2005 "Deluxe Edition", _Aces High_ (an *Iron Maiden* cover).
Children Of Bodom - Hate Me
You's are just awesome!! Love your reactions🤘should have waaay more subs (1,2m)IMHO, but the journey ain't over yet. I'm sure yous will get there wether you're aiming for that or not lol
Epica-Kingdom of HEaven (Live)
You guys react to the best bands
Ahhh, old COB! This is some of my favorite music!
YES MY FAV BAND OF ALL TIME. This band got me into guitar playing when i was 9
Never tired of this song
RIP Alexi Laiho
Man..... This song got played so much when I was in high school, more so when a certain skateboarder in the pro scene used it for his video part.
Nine inch nails - March of the pigs
System of a down - Mind!!!!!
I will never stop asking
TrustNoOne 622 march of the pigs! Good call! I think they’ve only done like two NIN songs.
@@tmex9588 I love about everything I heard from them so far. I heard all of phm, broken, TDs, fragile, and I'm starting to hear stuff from with teeth. I can see why they considered one of the best of all time. The downward spiral instantly became one of my all time favorites
I honestly didn’t like them at first but then again, I was only 14 when Downward Spiral came out and at the time I guess my brain couldn’t digest it yet. It wasn’t until my early 20’s, I gave them another chance and a deeper listen and finally got it. Trents one of the greatest songwriters period.
This channel needs more Bodom!
You guys are awesome, two of the coolest Christian people I've ever heard. I'm glad that you guys are giving bands like Children of Bodom a chance, and giving a little bit of Christian feedback. I feel like they have a lot to say through their music, and it matches the struggle of sin found within the Bible. It's easy to feel like your life is in ruins, and parallels in reference to the city of Jerusalem in the prophets being in ruins, too.
What makes the song standout is when you’re listening to the whole album everything is fast paced. So this song really stands out. They usually end with this song during every show
100% props to you guys
Damn u guys... I've played this song a thousand times and never really listened to the lyrics. Of course I know the lyrics but never stopped to think about them so thank you.
just to note Alexi was 19 years old when he did this song.... Rip legend
and another note.... this was full analog record, if you fuck up start from beginning. Rinse and repeat, all vocals all instruments.
Before I became a Christian children of bodom and Alexi Laiho helped me through a tough part in my life. It breaks my heart that he recently passed. R.i.p. Alexi Laiho.
You must heard Children Of Bodom - Kissing The Shadows
Love your reactions and your discussions about these songs.
Please do Rise Against- Hero of war, it's not what it seems and I'd love to hear your thoughts on on the subject. Hope you two are enjoying your new addition!
You should totally check out "in your face" one of CoB's you can clearly hear the lyrics
That solo is FIRE!
Bout fucking time!!! Haha. Also do their song Lake Bodom PLEASE!!!
production back then was muuuuch better than now
The biggest mistake you can make is to analyse Children of Bodom lyrics. They are, and have always been crap. Alexi (the songwriter, vocalist, lead guitarist) says so himself. Musically though, this is some of the absolute best.
If you want to hear more of their trademark keyboard/guitar solos, I'd recommend Kissing the Shadows or Children of Bodom (songtitle). But honestly, any song from the albums Hatebreeder, Follow the Reaper and Hate Crew Deathroll are a 10/10 for me. I wouldn't recommend anything from Blooddrunk or later, as while still good songs (and I would say some of them even better than the early era) , it's generally speaking not nearly as jawdropping as the first 4 albums. The first album, Something Wild, is also outstanding but suffers from it clearly being the debut album from when they were al around the age of 17/18.
Exactly. Alexi quit putting lyrics in the CD booklets because people kept shitting on them haha. I don't care honestly. The music speaks for itself. The vocals may as well be emotionally based percussion most of time. It still kicks 100% of ass.
Alexis screams started to be on point after Hate Crew Deathroll imo!
1999-2000 was the years of this kind of stuff, i mean, melodeath and specially power metal, children of bodom combines so good that mix of styles.
I wasn't a big COB fan but i love their first 3 albums. Alexi Laiho was great in Sinergy too. Sinergy - To Hell and Back is my favorite album. I remember when Kalmah came out and their were COB fans that would say they were a rip off band of COB. Both good bands but i always leaned more towards Kalmah. Another good band is Immortal Souls.
I was too afraid to come to say anything for Vin and Sori. Damn, I'll say nothing . Bodom says everything you have to know..
Suicidal Tendencies - "Trip at the Brain" do you know what I'm saying??
Alexi Laiho is the truth, man. He doesn't get enough recognition because of the genre. Definitely one of the greatest shredders ever.
Alexi "Wild child" Laiho. You should react to Kissing the shadows by Children of Bodom. Dude shreds and sings at the same time ❤🤘🤟
Its fckn absolute amazing how Alexi can compose. Its always better to burn ur anger to music than other ppl. Learn from that
you guys are awesome!!! :))) terveisin ateisti suomesta :P
Love this album.
More please!! Kissing the shadows - cob
Probably my favourite COB song this one. Such a great riff.
A young Alexi Laiho was fucking unbelievable, Something Wild and Hatebreeder is two of my favorite albums ever.
Opeth - In Mist She Was Standing
It's because Europe is the cradle of metal. It's here that it all begun. Specifically in 1970 Birmingham and with the band called Black Sabbath (Americans should be quite familiar with Ozzy Osborne who was the lead vocalist). And the song is about mental struggle, like hitting rock bottom and describing it - hence the name "Downfall".
Self destructing behaviour definetily resembles almost whole band. Espicially Alexi the lead singer/guitarist xD
He was predicting his own damn future with this song and he probably didn’t even know it
Guns 'N' Roses - You could be mine
one of the most beautiful solo's ever
Review the band Death. Anything off Symbolic album would be great. Chuck, the main songwriter/ lyricist/ vocalist was considered the father of Death Metal. Great video though keep up good work
This song brings autumn in my mind?
Good video, my favorite and first band.🤘🏻😍 Can you please react to Children of Bodom: Kissing the Shadow?😊
16:31 Finally Vin admitted his narcissim xD
YES!!!! LOVE BODOM!
Thank you for some Finnish mayhem!
Some wise words in this video, in general.
oh yeahhh! classic!!! 🤘🏼
Love this one
Ok, i'm subbing. Damn finally some CoB!
Based on the comments, y'all should do Kissing the Shadows by them. The guitar/keyboard solo battle at the end is 2 of the best minutes you'll hear in metal.
I don't know where CoB got the name Hatebreeder, but Hatebreed took their name from Misfits classic track Hatebreeder, according to Jamey Jasta, please do Hatebreed-Looking Down the Barrel of Today, and get back to some Pantera, Superjoint, Damage Plan, Down and Rebel Meets Rebel, Hell Yeah
@Mike Wright Its probably something to do with the Reaper, as in the Reaper is a hatebreeder
alexis thing always was his anxiety and this feeling of not beeing good enough. he never realy overcome that and hes covered that with alcohol. not drinking is one thing but realizing you can not fall assleep without booze is another. may drugs help for a time but thats not a way your body takes for to long. i for myself listend to fenriz to (i dont go to hikes but i ride my bysicle alot). it dosent solve any problem in your life but you have time to think about your life and you dont drink in while riding and it powers you down and have a good sleep.
I totally agree with Vin about the line in Downfall. Hatebreeder is a masterpiece