Children Of Bodom Comments On Recording New Album

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Finnish metallers Children of Bodom have entered Petrax Studios to begin work on their as-yet-untitled seventh studio album. The band has enlisted famed rock producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Monster Magnet) to oversee the new recording and will remain in the studio through late September.

"We’re very excited to let everyone hear what we’re creating with this new record,” said the band in a statement. “Everything you love about Children of Bodom has been magnified tenfold and we’re pushing ourselves harder than ever before. Expect nothing less than the perfect storm!"

Immediately upon the completion of the new album, Children of Bodom will join Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society for a two month North American tour. Dubbed the “Black Label Berzerkus,” and described as “rock n’ roll nights of excess and unique madness,” the massive trek will kick off on September 21st at Roseland in Portland, OR and make stops across the whole of the U.S. and Canada.

The band has contributed the song “If You Want Peace...Prepare for War” to the upcoming music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The upcoming Children of Bodom tour dates are as follows:

9/22 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
9/24 Edmonton, AB Edmonton EXPO Centre Hall D Arena
9/25 Regina, SK Agribition Hall
9/26 Calgary, AB Big 4
9/28 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Convention Centre
9/30 Omaha, NE Anchor Inn
10/1 Clive, IA 7 Flags
10/2 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
10/3 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
10/5 Louisville, KY Expo Five
10/8 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Hall
10/9 Lewiston, ME The Colisee
10/12 Halifax, NS Cunard Centre
10/14 Montreal, QC Metropolis
10/15 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
10/17 Columbia, MD, Merriweather Post Pavillion
10/20 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
10/22 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
10/23 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Music Park
10/24 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte
10/26 Orlando, FL Hard Rock
10/28 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
10/29 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete St. Amphitheater
10/30 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre @ Grand Prairie
10/31 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Pavilion
11/2 Austin, TX Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
11/3 Tulsa, OK Brady Center
11/5 Grand Rapids, MI DeltaPlex
11/7 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
11/9 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
11/10 Columbus, OH The LC Pavilion
11/12 Wichita, KS Cotilion
11/13 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
11/14 Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium
11/16 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
11/18 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
11/19 Hollywood, CA, Hollywood Palladium
11/20 San Francisco, CA Warfield