CHILDREN OF BODOM Premieres 'Shovel Knockout' Video

On May 22nd, world famous Finnish metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM will release Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth), a very special CD+DVD career retrospective in celebration of the band's 15th Anniversary.

In advance of Holiday At Lake Bodom's release, the band today premieres the never before seen music video for 'Shovel Knockout', which adeptly chronicles "what happens from the time a live show ends through to the next gig in a new city" (i.e. lots of drinking and flipping the bird). Directed by Jussi Hyttinen for FLC415 (MTV3, The Finnish National Lottery), 'Shovel Knockout' can be viewed below:



Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth) will spotlight specially selected tracks from every one of the band's albums (1997's Something Wild, 1999's Hatebreeder, 2000's Follow The Reaper, 2003's Hate Crew Deathroll, 2005's Are You Dead Yet?, 2008's Blooddrunk and 2011's Relentless Reckless Forever), plus two newly-recorded, and undeniably fun, cover songs (‘I’m Shipping Up To Boston’ by DROPKICK MURPHYS and ‘Jessie’s Girl’ by RICK SPRINGFIELD), plus detailed liner notes penned by the members of COB themselves.
 

The CD track listing for Holiday at Lake Bodom (15 Years of Wasted Youth) is as follows:

'Hate Crew Deathroll'
'Shovel Knockout'
'Hate Me'
'Everytime I Die'
'Needled 24/7'
'I'm Shipping Up To Boston' (*previously unreleased)
'Sixpounder'
'Warheart'
'Roundtrip To Hell And Back'
'Trashed, Lost & Strungout'
'Living Dead Beat'
'Deadnight Warrior'
'Blooddrunk'
'Follow The Reaper'
'Are You Dead Yet?'
'Silent Night, Bodom Night'
'Jessie’s Girl' (*previously unreleased)
'In Your Face'
'Angels Don’t Kill'
'Downfall'

The DVD portion of the package will include "candid touring and backstage footage from around the world”, plus the never-before-seen music video for Relentless Reckless Forever's 'Shovel Knockout'.

"15 Years of Wasted Youth is the sound of Children Of Bodom working hard, partying hard, being relentless and stubborn," says the band's superstar guitarist / vocalist Alexi Laiho. “We went through many brick walls to get to where we are, and after seven studio albums, two live albums, non-stop touring, bleeding and breaking a lot of bones, I think we are justified in putting this album out. Let the music speak for itself. You have been warned."
 

Children Of Bodom have updated their summer 2012 tour schedule. Their upcoming show at RockinSun Festival in Pafos, Cyprus has been moved to the Pavillion Hall in Nicosia. In addition, a third show with CANNIBAL CORPSE (**) has been confirmed for Krakow, Poland on June 26th at Klub Studio.
 

The band's schedule is now as follows:

May
25/26 - Sonisphere - Madrid, Spain

June
2 - Pavillion Hall - Nicosia, Cyprus
15 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, Netherlands
17 - Hellfest - Clisson, France
19 - Razzmatazz 2 - Barcelona, Spain **
20 - Le Fil - St Etienne, France **
21 - Gods of Metal - Milan, Italy
23 - Earshakerdays - Basel, Switzerland
24 - Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium
26 - Klub Studio - Krakow, Poland **
27 - Volt Festival - Sopron, Hungary
29- Basinfirefest - Spalene Porici, Czech Republic
30 - Rock am Härtsfeldsee - Dischingen, Germany

July
1 - With Full Force - Roitzschjora, Germany
3 - Rockefeller - Oslo, Norway
4 - KB Kulturbolaget - Malmö, Sweden
6-8 - Ruisrock - Turku, Finland

** with CANNIBAL CORPSE