Chiodos Metal Ballet?

Chiodos is hard at work recording their new effort titled Bone Palace Ballet, according to the band's website. The new effort will be an evolution for the group, delving more into the metal part of their musical sensibilities.

We caught up with drummer Derrick Frost who talked about the direction of the new album.

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Watch video: Derrick Frost Of Chiodos On New Direction

"I think the approach that is different about it is the fact that we're taking the time to record demos. Then we'll listen to them a while and we're like, 'OK, I don't like this, I like this...' The way we structure things is the same way, but other than that just taking more time on it, and especially since we haven't written anything in two years it's nice to refresh why you play music. It's good to write new stuff. There's so many ideas flowing that you don't know what to use and what not to use. So I think for a more epic feel, and a more spacey in-your face feel as well too. That's where we're at right now with this album I think. It constantly keeps changing."

Frost also talked about playing metal as a drummer.

Watch video: Derrick Frost Of Chiodos Describes Heavier Musicality

"Very spacey, but yet like Heavy Metalish. Not heavy metal, but heavy metal parts. Oh my god that sounds bad, but however way you put it together, but that's more of who we are as people. So that's basically more epic, more spacey, harder, softer. We've basically been working on a rock opera song, and it's like...Have you ever heard Children Of Bodom? You know how they have the dueling keyboard and guitarist? That's what we're kind of getting on this one song we're working on right now. The rhythm, the bass and the drums are doing downbeat notes with fills in between, but the keyboards and guitars are just doing the craziest things."

Chiodos will be returning to the road this summer as part of the Warped Tour starting June 29 at the Pomona Fairgrounds in Pomona, California.

Comments

[duncang]

[quote=idiot from Chiodos]So that's basically more epic, more spacey, harder, softer.[/quote]

Harder, softer?

[duncang]

...yeah quote tags ****ed up.

[frodoisdead]

lawl.

i like chiodos (sometimes) i look forward to hearing the new material.

[XxXgUiTaRxXx]

wow, i couldnt stand them at all at the toc, but same with the other bands besides the used, but them i couldnt the most. but maybe this will be less emo and more real balls out rock? if they did a children of bodom duel, thatd be interesting to see what they do though, but i didnt know their guitarist could solo.

[Nor'Easterbass]

tell me he just compared their new sound to CoB. lmao.

[RockMusicFan]

I can't stand their singer's voice, but that's about it.

[Seth Shadows]

Sounds good.

Checked.

[Cied Shredder]

With their singer's voice Chiodos will never be heavy. I don't think they know what they're talking about. *roll eyes*

[el57]

god dman. My bands name is Bone Palace Ballet. Now everyone is goin to think we're named after this album instead of the Bukowski book...

[fetus989]

el57 wrote:

god dman. My bands name is Bone Palace Ballet. Now everyone is goin to think we're named after this album instead of the Bukowski book...

That sucksss asssss

idk, i like chiodos, i don't care what anyone says.
and yes i have heard music before
:/

[punkbass481]

their singer sounds like a little girl

[punk_mike_88]

I really like Chiodos, I'd love to hear this new stuff.

[PinkIsCool]

creepingdeth428 wrote:

who gives a shit chiodos sucks ass, and if you like them you are retarded and have never heard music before. And if you think they sound like Children of Bodom it's most likley because they copied the riffs, in an attempt to impress people that have good taste in music.

Shut up dude. You know that's just going to be removed.

Anyway, I like Chiodos. They're good at what they do. The vocals are pretty annoying sometimes, but I don't mind it too much.

[fender3592]

You have to have an acquired taste for their vocals, but i like it alright. It is a little out of my style too, but i think it sounds good, I'm a pretty open-minded person.

[MissingAChance]

Chiodos is the shiit!!!...

All you haters out there.... wow.... you need to expand ur ""good musical taste""...

[The Spoon]

i like them. at first i was like "No..noooo...i cant like them! their singer sounds like a girl..." but then i just admitted that i liked them.

[KissingShadows]

Did they just compare themselves to Children of Bodom?

LOL

[xXSolitaryManXx]

They didn't compare themselves to Children of Bodom.

If you read the article he only said that they're trying out a concept that Children of Bodom uses, not that they're doing CoB stuff.

[TrivGtr187]

wonder what alexi would think. decent band either way

[tralala13]

I love Chiodos. If you've ever heard Craig sing acapella, you wouldn't care that he sounded like a girl; he's a really good singer, through and through.

I really don't like Children of Bodom that much... it's not really my thing.

[screamsoftly]

el57 wrote:

god dman. My bands name is Bone Palace Ballet. Now everyone is goin to think we're named after this album instead of the Bukowski book...

That sucks. They wouldnt have known where you got the name from anyway though.

And is anyone else having trouble getting the movie to play?

[tbarrettl]

wow it is emo music k

[_-Skeletor-_]

chiodos are pretty good...me being a fairly "metal" guy this album will hopefully appeal to me a lot more... where he says that the guitars are doing the craziest stuff, thats good coz it will be more harder riffs and delging away from the punkish riffs....i have a shirt

[echofreak]

i like their keyboard

Checked.

[Lunartick]

creepingdeth428: OMG I know right; I mean, somebody appreciates a type of music that isn't metal; they must be retarded or something, right?

Grow up.

It'll be interesting to see how this turns out; I've never been a huge Chiodos fan but I do like them (once I got past my intense hatred of Craig's vocals).

[voodoochilli499]

el57 wrote:

god dman. My bands name is Bone Palace Ballet. Now everyone is goin to think we're named after this album instead of the Bukowski book...

That happened with us two, My band is August Underground after the movie (that i doubt you've heard of, but props if you have) but now everyone thinks we ripped it off of the gay.f.i album

[voodoochilli499]

and by two i mean also, not the #

[pfricky98]

creepingdeth428 wrote:

who gives a shit chiodos sucks ass, and if you like them you are retarded and have never heard music before. And if you think they sound like Children of Bodom it's most likley because they copied the riffs, in an attempt to impress people that have good taste in music.

i don't know what is up this guys ass but he has some problems or something. chiodos are actually a very talented group of musicians. they don't just sit there and strum power chords to 4/4 beat like most bands in their genre. plus they are creative and make there music sound different. i would like to see this guy up there do any better.

[BlackMagic17]

dude i'm just respecting the fact that he knows who the hell children of bodom are.
rock on.

[o d y s s e y]

They sound alot like protest the hero..... i kinda doubt they would be able to pull off a melodic deathmetal sound, maybe metalcore....

[Last Ablaze]

there okay, but i think they have alot of potential

[I_Forgot_My_Pen]

Children of Bodom? Who's that?

[bledess]

chiodos...metal?

[awaitingyourmom]

children of bodom...good?

[shmankey]

o d y s s e y wrote:

They sound alot like protest the hero..... i kinda doubt they would be able to pull off a melodic deathmetal sound, maybe metalcore....[/quote]

How do they sound like PTH? Chiodos is more screamo.. it's kinda lighter.. PTH is more like metal.. plus PTH's lead singer doesn't sing an octave higher than everybody else.. :P (i'm not saying it's bad, i'm saying they don't sound that much the same...)

[DRENCHEDinGRACE]

Dude i dont know what these quote,unquote metal guys problems are but,shut up!None of us care what your definition of metal is,so what if you don't like Craig's vocals go bitch to your little metals friends and maybe why your there you can have a gay little circle jerk
while listening to your so called bullshit excuse for metal.Chiodos is amazing plain and simply don't like it
go sodomize yourself with an iron rod hahaha

[Matt.Chavie]

In their new song up on myspace, there are a lot of 16th notes, and I don't think it is crazy technical but if you listen to it, you can understand what Frost is saying. And in the other interviews with the guitarist he says that he really likes CoB and Dragonforce etc. So I think he is just influenced by metal bands but like every other original musician they just use influences to show their personality while doing other things. I'm not here to argue about the band, just listen to the song.

[screamingguitar]

if u people dont like chiodos, stop posting comments, simple as that

i think craigs vocals are a breath of freshair, he doesnt sound like anybody, and thats good

i also like thefact that chiodos doesnt stick to specific type of song stucture
i dont really think u can even compare chiodos to anybody

[Frozenfire3D]

lol. . . i dont know why people think he's comparing them to metal. I guess alotta people cant comprehend simple text. He's just talking about the concept and style that children of bodom uses. And Jason Hale can play decently well. I've seen some videos of him sweeping on his SG and also doing some sweep tapping thing. . .