Paint the Sky with Blood

Paint the Sky with Blood
EP by
Bodom After Midnight
Released23 April 2021 (2021-04-23)
RecordedNovember 2020
StudioFinnvox, iStudio (Helsinki, Finland)
GenreMelodic death metal
Length14:53
LabelNapalm, Ward
ProducerJoonas Parkkonen
Bodom After Midnight chronology
Hexed (as Children of Bodom)
(2019) 		Paint the Sky with Blood
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net7.5/10[1]
Kerrang!4/5[2]
Metal Hammer[3]

Paint the Sky with Blood is the only EP by Finnish melodic death metal band Bodom After Midnight, the short-lived follow-up project to Children of Bodom, released on 23 April 2021 through Napalm Records.[4]

The EP consists of three songs recorded in November 2020 before frontman Alexi Laiho's death the following month, when the band was about to enter the process of writing and recording material for the follow-up, the debut full-length album originally set for late 2021 release.[5] In February 2021, it was announced the EP would be released as planned.[5] As no more songs were written and the remaining members decided to not continue without Laiho, this is the sole release by the band.[6][7] The music video for the title song "Paint the Sky with Blood", which was filmed 10 days before Laiho's death,[8] was released on 30 March 2021.[9]

The EP was released as CD, 10" vinyl and digital download. A total of eight different vinyl versions were available, most of which are limited editions.[10] The Japanese CD edition, released through Ward Records, includes a bonus DVD featuring the music video of "Paint the Sky with Blood".[11]

  1. ^ Roche, Jason. "Review: Bodom After Midnight – Paint the Sky with Blood". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ Law, Sam (22 April 2021). "EP review: Bodom After Midnight – Paint the Sky with Blood". Kerrang!. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ Lawson, Dom (19 April 2021). "Bodom After Midnight's Paint the Sky with Blood EP Is the Farewell Alexi Laiho Deserves". Metal Hammer. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Paint the Sky with Blood - An Homage and Final Salute to Three Decades of Explosive Metal" (pdf). Napalm Records. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Rosenberg, Axl (10 February 2021). "Alexi Laiho's Bodom After Midnight to Release EP in April". MetalSucks. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  6. ^ Hartmann, Graham (2 April 2021). "Alexi Laiho Was 'Very Happy + Excited' Says Bodom Guitarist". Loudwire. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Alexi Laiho's Bodom After Midnight Has No Leftover Material: 'There Was No More Songs Written'". Blabbermouth.net. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  8. ^ Kujanpää, Lauri (25 April 2021). "Bodom After Midnightin jäsenet muistelevat Alexi Laihoa: 'Lojaali ystävä ja vaativa bändiliideri'". Voice.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Bodom After Midnight - Paint the Sky with Blood (Official Video)". 30 March 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ "Bodom After Midnight". Napalm Records. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  11. ^ "ボドムアフター ミッドナイト/ペイント ザ スカイ ウィズ ブラッド (EP+日本盤限定DVD)" (in Japanese). Ward Records. Retrieved 26 April 2021.