In a new interview with Greg Prato, Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho discusses the band's new album, I Worship Chaos, and offers his thoughts on some of the songs in the band's catalogue:

"I Worship Chaos" - "Well, I'm a very restless person. I don't do well with silence at all. Dead silence just freaks me out. I guess I have too much crazy shit going on it my head. I sort of need chaos around me to feel comfortable, and I ended up writing about that. But it doesn't necessarily have to be something so dramatic. It can be something as crazy as having to have the TV on when I go to sleep. As long as there's something. I really can't deal with dead silence."

"Are You Dead Yet?" - "It was inspired by one of those mornings where you wake up with a cast on your hand and a black eye - having realized that you've done something a little stupid. One of those things. Mornings like that were part of my life sometimes. But this is back in the day."

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Children Of Bodom are set to release their ninth studio album, I Worship Chaos, worldwide on October 2nd via Nuclear Blast Records. A lyric video for the album’s title track can be seen below:

Pre-orders for I Worship Chaos are underway. The album will be available in following formats:

- CD + DVD digibook (incl. bonus DVD and three bonus tracks!)
- CD
- 2LP (black, clear, silver, yellow, picture)
- digibook + canvas (mail order edition)

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COB frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi Laiho commented on the new album: “We are close to putting the finishing touches on the new COB record I Worship Chaos and as much fun (but most importantly raw, literally bloody knuckled hard work) it has been making it, I’m more than happy and even more anxious to share this chaos with the rest of the world.  So people, put your shades and helmets on, it will get very dark and it might hurt, in a perfect COB fashion of course!”

Returning to Finland’s Danger Johnny Studios (located at a top secret, undisclosed location in Helsinki) to record I Worship Chaos, the album was produced by COB and Mikko Karmila, who worked with the band on their earlier albums Halo Of Blood, Hatebreeder, Follow the Reaper and Hate Crew Deathroll. The album was mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland.

Tracklisting:

“IHurt”
“My Bodom (I Am The Only One)”
“Morrigan”
“Horns”
“Prayer For The Afflicted”
“I Worship Chaos”
“Hold Your Tongue”
“Suicide Bomber”
“All for Nothing”
“Widdershins”

*The deluxe version of I Worship Chaos will include bonus tracks.

“Morrigan”:

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Trailer Part 4: