Hate Me!

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"Hate Me!"
Children of Bodom - Hate Me!.jpg
Single by Children of Bodom
from the album Follow the Reaper
ReleasedMay 2000
RecordedLate 1999
Genre Melodic death metal, power metal
Length7:47
Label Spinefarm
Songwriter(s) Alexi Laiho

"Hate Me!" is a song by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, the song is released as the demo version of a song from their third album from Follow the Reaper . [1] The single managed to sell platinum. [2] There was also a Yellow 7" single released by Nuclear Blast with the same track listing. An acoustic version was played during the end of the Chaos Ridden Years documentary by Alexi Laiho with Finnish lyrics. The demo version is slightly different from the album version from Follow the Reaper.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hate Me!"4:47
2."Hellion" (W.A.S.P. Cover)3:00

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References

  1. Billboard - 24 Jun 2000 - Page 53 " Children Of Bodom Hate Me CDS Unique style combining death and black metal - mixed up with enviable laying skills: that's Bodom for you! From the 3rd studio album to be released November 2000.
  2. "Kulta ja platinalevyt" (in Finnish). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2009-01-14.