I don't know, guys, I definitely understand where some of you are coming from,...when I first heard "you're better off dead", I was like "what?!?!?" But After I heard the song in its proper context, along with the full album, I appreciated the song a lot more, though it still isn't anywhere near my list of favorites.
What I'm saying is; just look at how these 2 songs are being released. It's on a EP that was recorded in the middle of their tiring fuckin tour, and it was recorded with a session guitarist (which I fuckin hope stays), so you can't expect the band to be able to put 100% of the same sound as before, I mean,...Alexander is gone, dudes, he was very much a part of the creative process!
Plus, this is more or less just a fun, experimental EP. I mean, it's got a andrew w.k. song on it, of course it's not a typical fuckin bodom record! So when you buy the EP (If you still do), and you listen to those songs in the right context, maybe you guys still wont like em for some reason, but at least you can hopefully understand why they went the direction that they did.
Now, maybe for their next full length album, theyll say, "okay, let's get a cool, atmospheric mood going on for this one, like something wild", or depending on whether or not they get a different rhythm guitarist, they may go somewhat in the direction that he's used to playing.
I mean, in plenty of interviews, Alexi says he considers COB to be "punk rock from hell", now I seriously think, after hearing the 2 new songs, that he's right! It DOES sound like punk rock from hell now!
Anyways, if anyone read all this shit, thanks, and I still fucking love these songs with a passion, man!
