Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? Paperback – June 1, 2009

great guitar tabs. there was no complaint that i can see yet in this book. it has the synthesiser solos in it as well for the guitar tab if you wanted to continue to shred the solos. if you like fast pace heavy metal, you should concider this buy

There is some tiny mistake in this book.Most of songs in this ablum is Drop C.This book marked low to high strings was CXXXXX which is based on Drop C,but they said it is drop D. Funny or Pitty?All the other is So Nice!I love C.O.B so much!

First, let me start by saying that this isn't a bad book. If you learned all of the songs the way they are tabbed in this book, people would be very impressed, and very few folks would notice the differences between what you're playing and what Alexi actually plays. That being said, I feel like a book that claims "note-for-note" transcriptions of songs should be accurate, or at least, more accurate than this one.For instance, at least parts of "We're Not Gonna Fall" are off. It starts by saying the song is in Drop C tuning (all strings down two frets, sixth string down two additional frets). At least some of the song (the solo) is actually in D tuning (all strings down two frets). I don't think there is any definitive answer as to what the right tuning for the rhythm is (Alexi plays in Drop C on Rockhouse, but D tuning live). This tuning make a huge difference when you're riding the sixth string on the second fret instead of the open sixth string. However, the major difference is on the solo, which starts with a spectacular six-string sixteenth note sweep. Since they get the solo tuning wrong, the entire form of this sweep is completely wrong. Now, it's probably a good thing to go ahead and learn this form also, but it's not what Alexi plays (for reference, look at his Rock House Method DVDs, or his live concert DVD). Furthermore, the alternate picked sixteenth note run that immediately follows isn't quite right. It goes all the way down to the fifth string, whereas the actual run only goes down to the fourth string (reference Alexi's numerous online tutorials, and also his Rock House Method DVD). Again, the run they show in the book is cool, and it's worth learning, but it's not right.There are several inaccuracies in this book similar to the ones describes above, and these inaccuracies make me feel like it wasn't actually "Artist Approved" like the cover claims. If you love Children of Bodom and want to learn these songs, this book will give you a good start. Just don't think that this is a perfect note-for-note transcription. It's cool and I'm enjoying it. It's just not completely accurate.

I'll never be a good as this book.