Hexed (album)

Hexed is the tenth and final studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. It was released on 8 March 2019.[6] It is the only album to feature guitarist Daniel Freyberg since he became a member of the band in 2016, and the second album (after Relentless Reckless Forever) not to have a song with "Bodom" in the title. Most of the songs are tuned in Drop B tuning and D-flat tuning, while the songs "This Road" and "Glass Houses" are tuned to D tuning. This is the band's first album since Follow the Reaper to include neo-classical elements. This was also the final full-length album to be recorded and released by vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho before his death in late 2020.

Hexed
Studio album by
Children of Bodom
Released8 March 2019
Recorded2018
StudioDanger Johnny (Helsinki, Finland)[1]
Genre
Length46:55
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerMikko Karmila
Children of Bodom chronology
I Worship Chaos
(2015)		 Hexed
(2019)
Singles from Hexed
  1. "Under Grass and Clover"
    Released: 7 December 2018
  2. "This Road"
    Released: 1 February 2019
  3. "Platitudes and Barren Words"
    Released: 1 March 2019
  4. "Hecate's Nightmare"
    Released: 8 March 2019
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim6/10[5]

It is also the last album to feature longtime members Jaska Raatikainen, Henkka Seppälä, and Janne Wirman, who all quit the band in November 2019. It is the last to use the Children of Bodom name, as the departing members filed for the rights to the name, making it so frontman Alexi Laiho must be granted permission from all three to continue using the name.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alexi Laiho.

No.TitleLength
1."This Road"4:33
2."Under Grass and Clover"3:33
3."Glass Houses"3:27
4."Hecate’s Nightmare"4:09
5."Kick in a Spleen"3:34
6."Platitudes and Barren Words"4:13
7."Hexed"5:03
8."Relapse (The Nature of My Crime)"3:26
9."Say Never Look Back"4:23
10."Soon Departed"4:54
11."Knuckleduster"3:27
Total length:46:55
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."I Worship Chaos" (live)3:35
13."Morrigan" (live)4:58
14."Knuckleduster" (remix)5:30
Total length:58:45

Personnel
Children of Bodom
Production
  • Mikko Karmila – producer, engineering, mixing
  • Denis Forkas – cover art

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 115
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 81
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 87
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 94
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 9
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[14] 33
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 28
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 40
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] 98
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 14

References
  1. "CHILDREN OF BODOM - announce new album "Hexed", cover artwork & tracklist released!". Nuclear Blast. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. Michele Ridolfi (March 28, 2019). "Children of Bodom - Hexed". Metallized (in Italian). Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. Alessandro Mattedi (March 12, 2019). "Children Of Bodom - Hexed". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  4. Thom Jurek. Hexed at AllMusic. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  5. Wojcicki, Lukas (8 March 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  6. "Children of Bodom Announce 10th Studio Album 'Hexed'". Loudwire. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Children of Bodom – Hexed" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Children of Bodom – Hexed" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Children of Bodom – Hexed" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  10. "Children of Bodom Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  11. "Children of Bodom: Hexed" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  12. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 11, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Children of Bodom – Hexed" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  14. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2019. 11. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  15. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-03-18" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  16. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  17. "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 12: del 15.3.2019 al 21.3.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  18. "Swisscharts.com – Children of Bodom – Hexed". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2019.



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