''Hexed'' is the tenth and final studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band

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. It was released on 8 March 2019. It is the only album to feature guitarist

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, who became a member of the band in 2016, the last album to feature longtime members

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, and Janne Wirman, who all quit the band in November 2019, and the last Children of Bodom album to be recorded and released by

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before his death in late 2020. It is also the last recording to use the Children of Bodom name, as the departing members (Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman) filed for the rights to the name, making it so Laiho must be granted permission from all three to continue using the name. Laiho and Freyberg would continue with a different lineup under the name Bodom After Midnight, until Laiho's death. ''Hexed'' is the second album (after ''

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'') not to have a song with "Bodom" in the title, and the band's first album since '' Follow the Reaper'' to include neo-classical elements. Most of the songs are tuned in

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, while the songs "This Road" and "Glass Houses" are tuned to

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Track listing

Personnel

;Children of Bodom *

– lead guitar, lead vocals *

– drums, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals * Janne Wirman – keyboards *

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals ;Production *Mikko Karmila – producer, engineering, mixing *Denis Forkas – cover art

Charts

References

2019 albums Children of Bodom albums Nuclear Blast albums {{2010s-death-metal-album-stub