CHILDREN OF BODOM begin work on new album

Finnish legends CHILDREN OF BODOM are set to enter the studio this summer to record the follow-up to 2008's “Blooddrunk” in the hope of having something new to release next year. Bassist Henkka Seppala gave the following update on the band's website:

“It's been really exciting, once again, to gather at the rehearsal space and start jamming the new ideas Alexi [Laiho] has in mind for. I'm really excited now, and looking forward everyday to get there again to see what's new this time…

We will enter the studio in the middle of next summer. And then we will take our time to track the stuff, then mix it and master it. Then the labels need their time to prepare the release… so unfortunately the release won't be this year, that's for sure. We will let you know as soon as we know the date.”

The rest of CHILDREN OF BODOM's summer will be spent on the European festival circuit, including a headlining spot at the UK's Bloodstock festival in August.