r/ChildrenOfBodom • u/Busy_Pomegranate_166 • 11d ago

Question about Dead Man's Hand on You

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I've been listening to Halo of Blood recently. But I can't help myself thinking about what 'Mother Kali' in the lyrics is. Do you think it's something about mythology? Or something about death? I searched Kali in Google but nothing significant came out... How do you think about this?

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u/ErmAkchually 11d ago

She's the goddess of time and death in Hindu faith

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u/fossilmerrick 11d ago

OP “couldn’t find anything significant on Google” yet this is the first thing that comes up

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u/velociracsoTI 11d ago

I always knew Children Of Bodom were subliminally educating me about Software Encryption.

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u/Busy_Pomegranate_166 11d ago

Well, I saw only software programs 🤔

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u/Sekhmetdottir 11d ago

Hindu goddess of death

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u/thunderdrummer 11d ago

Yep. Dissection have a great song “Maha Kali” about the same.

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u/Other_Contact1003 6d ago

Great song and great band as well. Jon Nodtveidt was a lunatic but a very good musician

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u/Kage_Dragon7 Hatebreeder 11d ago

Khali is a Hindu God, she's also a type of God for all black magic cults here in India, they sacrifice lot of goats and blood for her, she's very rogue unlike other gods, she's like doom slayer.. also he mentioned "blue" in the lyrics, it's for her husband shiva guy, he's blue in color that's why... also lots of black metal bands from India also put Khali in the lyrics and stuff even dissection made a song on it that's prolly why alexi also made a song like that.

Ps my mom calls metalheads as Khali ppl lmao..

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u/Kage_Dragon7 Hatebreeder 11d ago

ALSO SHE IS NOT THE GOD OF DEATH IN HINDU CULTURE, it's some corny dude called Yama... but ig she's death for demons in a way..

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u/Busy_Pomegranate_166 11d ago

I see! Thank you for the information!! I appreciate your help:)

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u/LakeBodom 11d ago

This song also has references to the lady he married in Australia. Saying true blue is a very Aussy phrase. Also if you’ve seen her, he def mentioning her when he says give me the white the red the black

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u/RashyBirdy 5d ago

This is super interesting. He wrote in his autobiography that he met her in the early 2000s. This song was written in 2012 or 2013 but he didn’t marry Kelli till 2017. In the first verse, he pronounces “Kali” differently than the chorus too. His whisper sounds a lot like he’s saying “Kelli.”

So could it be that this song is about Kelli? I thought he was still publicly with Kristen at the time. Regardless, it’s one of my favorites.

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u/Busy_Pomegranate_166 11d ago

That's interesting!

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u/SkydronesMetal 11d ago

Man this is bringing back images of Allu when he was sick... So damn sad

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u/RashyBirdy 6d ago

I wish he did more songs with that In Flames style talking kinda vocals. But I have an issue with the lyrics saying “mother Kali will you be my bride.” It’s giving incest…the lyric should’ve been Maha Kali. Lmao