I Worship Chaos
2015 studio album by Children of Bodom
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I Worship Chaos is the ninth studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. It was released on 2 October 2015.[6] It is the first album since 2005's Are You Dead Yet not to feature guitarist Roope Latvala due to his firing from the band in May 2015, making this the band's first album as a four-piece group with Alexi Laiho handling all guitar duties.
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| Released | 2 October 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
| Studio | Danger Johnny Studios, Helsinki, Finland | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal[1] | |||
| Length | 44:26 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About |    [2] |
| AllMusic | [3] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 6/10[4] |
| MetalSucks | [5] |
For the first time, the band did not use a commercial recording studio. Instead they opted to use a converted warehouse to enhance the ambiance of the sound.[7]
In this album, the band used drop B tuning on most of the album and D-flat tuning on the songs "Hold Your Tongue" and "Suicide Bomber" instead of drop C tuning and D standard used on previous albums. This also makes this the first album since Something Wild to use D-flat tuning.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Alexi Laiho.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Hurt" | 4:29 |
| 2. | "My Bodom (I Am the Only One)" | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Morrigan" | 5:07 |
| 4. | "Horns" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Prayer for the Afflicted" | 4:55 |
| 6. | "I Worship Chaos" | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Hold Your Tongue" | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Suicide Bomber" | 3:34 |
| 9. | "All for Nothing" | 5:43 |
| 10. | "Widdershins" | 5:12 |
| Total length: | 44:26 | |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Cruel Summer" (Bananarama cover) | 3:05 | |
| Total length: | 47:31 | ||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 11. | "Mistress of Taboo" (Plasmatics cover) |
| 3:38 |
| 12. | "Danger Zone" (Kenny Loggins cover) | 2:58 | |
| 13. | "Black Winter Day" (Amorphis cover) |
| 3:42 |
| Total length: | 54:44 | ||
Personnel
- Children of Bodom
- Alexi Laiho – guitars, lead vocals
- Jaska Raatikainen – drums
- Henkka Seppälä – bass
- Janne Wirman – keyboards, backing vocals
- Production
- Mikko Karmila – producer, engineering, mixing
- Tuomas Korpi – cover art
- Guest performers
- Wednesday 13 – vocals on 'Mistress of Taboo' [8]
- Kim Dylla – vocals on 'Mistress of Taboo'
Charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 69 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 36 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 101 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] | 49 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13] | 21 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] | 1 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[15] | 74 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] | 20 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] | 31 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 26 |
| US Billboard 200[19] | 92 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard)[20] | 11 |
| US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[21] | 48 |
| US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[22] | 11 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] | 21 |
