Children of Bodom - Oops I Did It Again (Metal Cover of Britney Spears)

Finnish melodic expiry metal band

Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom performing live in 2016
Background data
Also known as	Inearthed (1993–1997)
Origin	Espoo, Republic of finland
Genres	Melodic death metal power metal
Years active	1993–2019
Labels	Nuclear Blast Spinefarm Century Media
Associated acts	Bodom Afterwards Midnight
Website	cobhc.com
Past members	Alexi Laiho Daniel Freyberg Jaska Raatikainen Henkka T. Blacksmith Janne Wirman Samuli Miettinen Alexander Kuoppala Jani Pirisjoki Roope Latvala Antti Wirman

Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic decease metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the last line-upwards of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of Alexi Laiho (lead guitar, lead vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Seppälä (bass), Janne Wirman (keyboard), and Daniel Freyberg (rhythm guitar). The band released ten studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, 2 compilation albums and ane DVD.

The band's third studio anthology, Follow the Reaper, was their offset album to receive a gilt certification in Republic of finland, and subsequent studio albums acquired the aforementioned status. Their next 4 albums debuted at number one on the Finnish album charts,^[ane] and have also seen chart positions on the United States Billboard 200. They are 1 of Finland's best selling artists of all time with more than 250,000 records sold there alone.

In 2019, Children of Bodom held their last concert in Helsinki named A Chapter Chosen Children of Bodom, before disbanding the band. Laiho and Freyberg carried on every bit Bodom Subsequently Midnight in 2020.^[2] Laiho, who was one of the founding members of Children of Bodom as well as the only main songwriter, died on 29 December 2020.^{[3] [4] [5]}

History [edit]

Germination and early years (1993–1996) [edit]

Children of Bodom was formed in 1993 by guitarist Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen under the name of Inearthed. They had known each other since early on childhood and had shared an interest in heavy metal, peculiarly death metal groups, such every bit Dissection, Entombed, Cannibal Corpse, Autopsy, and Obituary and classic metal groups such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Blackness Sabbath, Metallica, Dio, and Ozzy Osbourne. Bassist Samuli Miettinen completed the initial line-upwards of the band. Inearthed recorded its first demo, Implosion of Heaven, during August of the aforementioned yr.

Lead guitarist and vocalizer Alexi Laiho in 2007

Samuli was the main composer of the ring'southward lyrics for the two years that he took office in Inearthed, but his family moved to the United States in 1995, making it impossible for him to remain in the band. His last contributions to Inearthed were the lyrics of the songs from their second demo, Ubiquitous Absence of Remission which was the first time they worked with producer Anssi Kippo at Astia-studios (Lappeenranta, Finland). In this demo, keyboards were incorporated into the band'southward songs for the showtime time. In order to achieve this, both Laiho and Raatikainen played the keyboards separately and subsequently mixed the recorded track with the other instruments. Laiho, who had previously merely composed the melodies of the songs, assumed the office of the band'southward lyricist.

At the time, Raatikainen played French horn in a local big band, and during a rehearsal, he met Alexander Kuoppala, a trumpet histrion and also a proficient guitarist. Presently after the recording of their second demo, Kuoppala was invited to bring together Inearthed every bit a rhythm guitarist.

The bassist chosen to supercede Samuli was Henkka "Blacksmith" Seppälä, whom Laiho and Raatikainen had previously known from school. Apart from playing the bass, Seppälä besides often doubles every bit the band's bankroll vocalist. Also, the band recruited a musician to specialize on keyboards, whose name was Jani Pirisjoki. Both joined Inearthed in early 1996.

With this new line-up, Inearthed proceeded to record their tertiary demo, entitled Shining. This demo did not impress tape labels any more the previous ones had, and none took interest in the band.^[vi] Despite their efforts, their music got fiddling exposure and managed merely to play at local events. As a last resort, the band decided to record an contained, self-funded album.

Laiho wanted to make use of the keyboards more finer, simply Pirisjoki was not attention rehearsals. Thus, he was fired and replaced by a friend of Raatikainen's, a jazz pianist named Janne "Warman" Wirman.^[6]

Wirman was the component which was previously missing from Inearthed. His presence allowed the ring to assume the style which would subsequently characterize Children of Bodom. With Wirman, the band successfully recorded their get-go album in 1997. Their debut, Something Wild, was supposed to be released past a small Belgian label, Shiver Records, merely second singer Sami Tenetz (from Thy Serpent) acquired a re-create of their album through the hands of Kuoppala. They both worked for the aforementioned company at the time. Shortly afterwards Inearthed signed this contract, Spinefarm Records' boss became interested in signing them for a country-wide release.^{[ commendation needed ]} The latter bargain was much more attractive to the ring since the Belgian characterization was offering them close to no help, to the signal where they would have to distribute and sell the anthology themselves.

The band was required to create a new name to sign upwardly to Spinefarm Records. The contract with Shiver records had already been signed under the proper noun of Inearthed. The reply to that trouble came as the members looked for good names in their local telephone book. When they stumbled upon Lake Bodom, they realized that it was a proper name with impact and one which had an interesting story behind it. A long list of possible names involving the discussion Bodom was then made, and they settled with Children of Bodom. The ring'due south name is derived from the Lake Bodom murders.^[vii]

Something Wild and Hatebreeder (1997–1999) [edit]

The original logo (top) was used only on the cover of the showtime pressing of the debut album Something Wild in November 1997. After that, the second logo has been in employ for every subsequent release.

Something Wild was produced, recorded and mixed by Anssi Kippo and Children of Bodom at Astia-studios (Lappeenranta, Finland). In an attempt to promote their band, they opened a evidence for Dimmu Borgir in 1997. Their success was such that a representative from the Nuclear Blast label approached them with a contract for a European release, a deal which started on the subsequent year.^{[ citation needed ]} Something Wild was released in late 1997 in Finland and in 1998 worldwide. In early 1998, for promotional purposes, the band recorded a music video of the song "Deadnight Warrior". The video was directed by Mika Lindberg and had a slim budget of €1000. It made use of simple scenery, which consisted substantially of an outdoors location afterwards a snowstorm. The band played for a couple of hours at night, with an boilerplate temperature of minus fifteen degrees Celsius.

Although Laiho is very critical of all of the music he has written, he notes that he dislikes Something Wild the most of all of his albums. When recording this album, Laiho had tried to mimic the way of one of his idols, Yngwie Malmsteen, which is why Something Wild is considered one of the near technical albums Children of Bodom accept produced. Despite this, he all the same considers it to be their "most important" tape, as it "put them on the map."

Children of Bodom's first European tour began in February 1998. They played with bands such as Hypocrisy (at such festivals as Under the Black Dominicus), The Kovenant and Agathodaimon, but suffered from the absence of Wirman, who was concentrating on finishing his studies.^{[ commendation needed ]} He was replaced by pianist Erna Siikavirta for the duration of the tour.

Months afterward, the band recorded 2 new songs again at Astia-studios with producer Anssi Kippo, entitled "Towards Dead End" and "Children of Bodom". The latter was included in a compilation by Spinefarm Records, which subsequently being released remained on the summit of Finnish charts for eight consecutive weeks.^{[ citation needed ]} In tardily August, the band played the song "Forevermore" live for the commencement fourth dimension during a show in Russia. This song was after renamed "Downfall".

Their 2nd European bout occurred in September of that same year, but once more Wirman was non able to perform with them. Laiho'due south then-girlfriend Kimberly Goss (from Sinergy and formerly of Dimmu Borgir, Ancient and Therion) causeless the keyboards this time. Past the stop of the tour, Kimberly invited Laiho to bring together Sinergy, which at the fourth dimension was nonetheless in its early on stages.

The second album, Hatebreeder, was recorded between the end of 1998 and the beginning of 1999 past Anssi Kippo at Astia-studios (Lappeenranta, Republic of finland). Information technology was originally entitled Towards Dead Stop, but while in studio the members of the band opted for the electric current title. To create anticipation in Finland, the '"Downfall" single was released two weeks prior to the anthology's release. It was accompanied by a new music video, in one case more directed by Mika Lindberg. Hatebreeder ultimately topped the charts in many European countries. In July 1999, the success of the "Downfall" single and Hatebreeder allowed Children of Bodom to schedule three concerts in Japan with Sinergy and In Flames. During ii of these concerts, the live album Tokyo Warhearts was recorded. In it the band managed to seamlessly reproduce and at times improve on their songs. At their request, no overdubs were used on the recording of the concert.

Ascent to popularity: Follow the Reaper and Hate Coiffure Deathroll (2000–2003) [edit]

For their next release, Children of Bodom decided to make use of Peter Tägtgren's Abyss studio in Sweden instead of the Finnish Astia-studio from Anssi Kippo where they had recorded all of their previous releases including the demos from Inearthed. The band wrote eight songs for the anthology. While in the studio, they decided to include an extra rail that was hastily equanimous and featured lyrics improvised past Laiho; that track would somewhen receive the proper noun of "Kissing the Shadows". The ring gave the anthology the name of Follow the Reaper and recording sessions took identify between Baronial and September 2000; the album saw a worldwide release in belatedly 2000. A music video for "Everytime I Die" was recorded by the Finnish director Tuukka Temonen shortly after.

In February 2002, Children of Bodom began writing songs for their upcoming album, entitled Hate Crew Deathroll. They returned to Astia-studio (Lappeenranta, Finland) to work with producer Anssi Kippo once again. The session ensued during the months of August and September, and the album was released January 2003 in Republic of finland. It remained on the meridian of the Finnish charts for a total of iii weeks and subsequently became the band's start gold album. Eventually, all of the ring's albums reached this condition and Follow the Reaper reached platinum.

On 3 Jan 2003, the Finnish Metallic Music Awards were held at Tavastia Lodge in Helsinki. Voting was open to all the metal fans and was presented through the various media outlets that were working with the upshot's organizers. Children of Bodom was awarded Finnish Ring of the Yr.^[8]

Children of Bodom's commencement world tour began in 2003 and lasted until late 2004. The tour had many sold-out concerts and marked the consolidation of the band in North America, just was also accompanied past an unexpected announcement: Kuoppala decided to quit Children of Bodom for personal reasons right in the centre of the tour without giving previous alarm. In an interview, when Laiho was asked why Kuoppala left the ring, he stated that "Well, I try to be careful about what I say about him because at that place is no bad blood between us. He told me that he simply got ill of touring and the whole band/rock 'n scroll lifestyle living in hotels and tour buses and stuff. For me information technology was really weird because he was always the one who was Then into information technology! He was a die hard stone 'north roller and of a sudden he made a quick 180 turn in his whole life. This whole situation involves a new girlfriend."^[9] Griffin's guitarist Kai Nergaard was invited by Laiho to supplant Kuoppala, but did not accept the offering. Thus, Alexi's bandmate from Sinergy, Roope Latvala (founding fellow member of Rock, one of the bands which started the heavy metal motion in Republic of finland) assumed the guitars equally a session player, until a more than permanent solution could exist found. This formation was introduced in Moscow on 16 August.

Breakthrough with Are Y'all Dead All the same? (2004–2006) [edit]

After finishing the world tour with Latvala – who then causeless a permanent position in the band'southward line-upward – Children of Bodom proceeded to record and release the EP Trashed, Lost & Strungout and the single "In Your Face up", which contained songs from their upcoming album and a parody comprehend of "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears. In late 2005, the album Are You lot Dead Withal? was released, featuring a style different from what had been presented by the ring on its previous works. Simpler and heavier guitar riffs were incorporated into Children of Bodom's audio, equally well as elements from industrial music. Reactions from fans to the release were varied; withal, the album remains the band'due south most commercially successful. It was awarded gold status in Finland and reached first place on the Finnish charts, 16th in Federal republic of germany, 16 in Sweden and 17 in Nihon. The next release of the ring was a DVD-unmarried for the song "In Your Face", which included the music video, backstage footage from the ring and a live recording of the song "Sixpounder" at Wacken Open Air festival in 2004. In June, Children of Bodom was in front of 120,000 spectators, i of their biggest concerts, on the last concert of the Böhse Onkelz. The DVD of the concert, chosen Vaya Con Tioz, includes Children of Bodom's functioning of "Everytime I Die".

Children of Bodom'due south live DVD Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Alive was released on 5 December 2006. It contains a recording of a live concert performed on 5 February 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden, with over 90 minutes of live footage. "Anarchy Ridden Years" refers to a documentary featuring interviews with ring members about the history of the ring and footage of the band on bout. It also contains every music video Children of Bodom has made, except for "Needled 24/vii". Guitarist Alexi Laiho was voted world's best guitarist of 2006 past Metal Hammer magazine.

In June 2006, the band embarked on one of their biggest tours: The Unholy Alliance tour, playing alongside Slayer, Lamb of God, Mastodon, In Flames and Thine Eyes Drain. The bands toured the The states through June and July, and Europe through October and November.

On 31 January 2007, Laiho slid downwards the lane at a bowling alley after accidentally stepping over the foul line. He slammed difficult into the wall, breaking his left shoulder. This rendered him unable to play guitar for six weeks. Due to this incident, Children of Bodom was forced to cancel their first 2007 tours, and a festival that they were slated to headline.

On 31 March 2007, the band's website released information on Laiho's condition stating that while Laiho's injury will never fully heal, it no longer affects his power to play the guitar. The same notice also stated that the ring had already written some songs for a new album and would beginning recording sometime later in 2007.^[x]

Blooddrunk and Relentless Reckless Forever (2007–2009) [edit]

From Oct to December 2007, Children of Bodom recorded their 6th studio album, entitled Blooddrunk, which was released on xv April 2008.^[11] The anthology contained ten songs including a cover of "Ghost Riders in the Heaven". Children of Bodom was featured on the Gigantour 2008 N American tour with Megadeth, In Flames, Job for a Cowboy and High on Fire.^[12] Children of Bodom was one of the first bands to be confirmed for Wacken Open up Air 2008, where they performed aslope many bands including Iron Maiden, Sonata Arctica and Avantasia.^[13] Children of Bodom played at Donington Download on fifteen June, playing a mixture of former and new songs. On eight March 2008, Children of Bodom did their first United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland signing result at the Zavvi music store in Oxford Street, London. They signed copies of their new single "Blooddrunk" in CD, 7 inch and 12 inch vinyls,^[14] only 666 copies of the 12 inch vinyls have been made.^[xv]

On 26 June 2008, Children of Bodom played their first show in Auckland, New Zealand with back up from local scene acts Dawn of Azazel and Subtract at the Transmission Room.^[sixteen] In 2008, Children of Bodom's offset three studio albums, besides as Tokyo Warhearts, were remastered and re-released with bonus tracks. In September and October 2008, the ring toured the U.Southward. supporting Blooddrunk with support from The Black Dahlia Murder and Between the Buried and Me. Attestation as well made a special guest appearance in the master support slot at the tour'due south New York Urban center date. In Nov and Dec 2008, the band toured in Europe supporting Slipknot and Car Head. From tardily January to early March 2009, the band also co-headlined the European tour with Cannibal Corpse with Diablo opening for them. On ii April 2009, Children of Bodom embarked on the No Fear Energy Tour headlined by Lamb of God with main support from As I Lay Dying and themselves, and rotating opening slots with God Forbid and Municipal Waste, but dropped off the tour a week before it was finished post-obit a serious injury Alexi suffered afterwards falling from the top bunk of his tour bus on 26 April 2009, later the show in Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, Texas. In addition to the injury, on 8 May 2009, at Roseland Ballroom in New York Metropolis, Alexi and Children of Bodom were forced to quit playing after a few of their songs because of Alexi'due south previous injury. Laiho originally planned to continue touring despite his injury but was forced to cancel last six dates when whatever efforts to alleviate the hurting failed. All summertime festival dates went downward equally planned and were unaffected past Alexi'southward injury.^{[17] [eighteen]}

In February 2009, Children of Bodom hinted at plans to release a embrace album entitled Skeletons in the Closet, which was released on 23 September 2009.^[19] They also admitted to being "lazy" when information technology comes to practicing and talked about plans to have more songs on future albums.^[twenty] The band embarked on a tour of South America and United mexican states in September 2009. Support for the expedition came from Amorphis. Besides in September and October 2009, the band returned to North America to headline a massive calendar month-long tour. On nigh dates support on the trek came from The Black Dahlia Murder and Skeletonwitch. Austrian Expiry Car and Holy Grail fabricated a special guest appearance in the master support slot at the bout'south 2nd Pomona, California date.^{[21] [22]} On October 18, 2009, four days later on the band'due south North American tour finale in Honolulu, Hawaii they performed at Japan's Loudpark Festival along with Megadeth, Judas Priest, Slayer, Anthrax, Rob Zombie and Arch Enemy. In the six days following their performance at the Loudpark Festival, they held 3 shows in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China respectively. They finished their two-month September to October bout in Moscow, Russian federation. This concluded their twelvemonth and a half long Blooddrunk World Bout.

Skeletons in the Cupboard is a comprehend album released on 22 September 2009. Information technology features covers released on versions of previous albums but also includes four new tracks. Covered artists include Suicidal Tendencies, Britney Spears, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Andrew WK, Billy Idol and Scorpions

Children of Bodom featured a competition to promote their new album in which anyone could win prizes featuring an ESP/LTD M-53 electrical guitar, the band'southward entire dorsum itemize, and Skeletons in the Cupboard. The contest ran from 25 August to 21 September 2009. The winners were announced 28 September 2009.

Return to form with Halo of Blood (2010–2014) [edit]

Afterward the Blooddrunk tour ended, Children of Bodom started recording their new album. During the recording of the drum tracks there was a pocket-size tornado and the power was cutting out. Consequently, the recording was delayed until after their tour with Black Label Society. Children of Bodom released some information to Metal Hammer magazine about new album tracks. The 3 track names they released were entitled: "Pussyfoot Miss Suicide", "Ugly", and "Was It Worth It?"^{[23] [24]}

In November the band appear "The Ugly World Tour 2011" which would run from March–May 2011 and would feature dates around Europe. Opening Acts were Ensiferum, Machinae Supremacy and Amon Amarth (UK simply). On 24 November, it was appear that the title of the album would exist Relentless Reckless Forever. The album was released on 8 March 2011. A music video for "Was Information technology Worth It?" was produced, featuring skateboarder Chris Cole as well as noted pro skaters Jamie Thomas, Garrett Hill and Tom Asta.^[25] "Was Information technology Worth Information technology?" was released as a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock in Feb 2011.

Halo of Claret is the band's 8th studio album. Information technology was released on half-dozen June in Europe, 10 June in the United Kingdom and on 11 June in North America. The Mayhem Festival tour alongside Rob Zombie, Mastodon and Amon Amarth was too announced on xviii March 2013.

Music journalist Neil Kelly of PopMatters said in praise of the album, "Expiry metal could very well re-enter mainstream consciousness through Halo of Blood, the well-nigh accessible Children of Bodom release yet."^[26]

In May 2014, the band toured eastern Australia, visiting Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne with Centre of the Enemy equally support, along with Orpheus Omega in Melbourne, and Emergency Gate in Brisbane and Sydney.^[27]

I Worship Chaos, Hexed and final show (2015–2019) [edit]

Rhythm guitarist Daniel Freyberg 2016

On 7 Apr 2015, the band announced that they accept begun working on the follow-up of Halo of Blood.^[28] On 29 May 2015, the band appear on their Facebook page that Roope Latvala is no longer part of Children of Bodom with the new album to be recorded as a four-piece for the first time.^[29] However, the ring later updated that Latvala's function in the ring will exist filled in by Antti Wirman, keyboardist Janne Wirman'south younger brother for alive commitments until the end of the yr; he debuted with the ring in a private alive bear witness in Helsinki. In a afterward interview with Wirman, he stated that his brother would non join the band permanently.^[xxx] On viii June 2015, the anthology title was appear as I Worship Chaos and was released through Nuclear Boom on 2 Oct 2015. On 19 January 2016, the ring announced the addition of Daniel Freyberg on guitar.^[31] He would brand his alive debut with them in Tampa, Florida on nine February.

In an interview with Noizr Zine, taken on September 14, 2017, Children of Bodom's keyboardist Janne Wirman answering to the question most the band's plans to start working on a new album with "the same product team" (Mikko Karmila and Mika Jussila) later '20 Years Down & Dirty' tour ends, said the following: "Yes, I think we are. And we're going to record it in our warehouse."^[32] In November 2017, Bassist Henkka Seppälä discussed in an interview that the ring have half an album'due south worth of material written for the side by side anthology. They began to first recording the new album in March 2018. In Baronial 2018, Seppälä stated in an interview with TotalRock Radio that the anthology volition exist released in early 2019.^[33] In November 2018, the band revealed that the anthology would exist called Hexed. It was released on 8 March 2019.

On November one, 2019, information technology was announced that Children of Bodom would play their concluding show with the line-upward at the time on December 15. The gig, dubbed "A Chapter Called Children of Bodom", took place at the Helsinki Ice Hall, Finland. The statement said:

"After almost 25 years with Bodom, thousands of shows & x albums, Henkka [Seppälä], Janne [Wirman] and Jaska [Raatikainen] take decided to step back and change direction within their lives. Alexi [Laiho] and Daniel [Freyberg] will have further announcements almost their plans to keep creating new music in the hereafter."^[34]

Information technology was subsequently reported that the master reason for the departures was that Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman could no longer discover a shared viewpoint with Laiho.^[35] Laiho and Freyberg have already found a new bassist and a new drummer according to Helsingin Sanomat.^[36] According to Finnish music zine Soundi, Laiho could not use the band's name without permission from his onetime bandmates.^[37]

Bodom Afterwards Midnight and death of Alexi Laiho (2020–2021) [edit]

Bodom After Midnight
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Melodic decease metal
Years active	2020–2021
Labels	Napalm, Ward
Past members	Alexi Laiho Daniel Freyberg Mitja Toivonen Waltteri Väyrynen

In 2020, Laiho decided to carry on with Freyberg in their new band Bodom After Midnight. Joining them were bassist Mitja Toivonen (ex-Santa Cruz), drummer Waltteri Väyrynen (Paradise Lost) and touring keyboardist Lauri Salomaa.^[2] The band made a live debut on 23 Oct 2020 in Seinäjoki, Finland with two more shows at Tavastia in Helsinki, Republic of finland, where the band played an hr-long set of Children of Bodom songs.^[38]

On 4 January 2021, it was announced that Alexi Laiho had died in tardily December 2020 from health complications at the historic period of 41.^[39] Bodom After Midnight was in the process of working on its full-length debut album, and before his death, recorded three songs and shot a music video, which were appear to exist released posthumously.^[40] On 10 February, the ring appear the release of an EP titled Paint the Sky with Blood, which was released on 23 April 2021. The 3-song EP features the last recordings by Laiho, consisting of two original songs and a Dissection cover.^[41] Guitarist Daniel Freyberg stated that at that place would be no more than releases: "In that location was no more songs written. That was all the songs, all the riffs Alexi ever presented us. And then there's no leftovers."^[42]

In an April 2021 interview with Loudwire, Freyberg stated that Bodom Afterwards Midnight would not proceed without Laiho: "Unfortunately, Bodom After Midnight as an active band is pretty much going to be cached with Alexi. Nosotros don't really feel comfortable using the name Bodom without Alexi, because it's and so continued to him."^[43]

Their song "Paint the Sky With Blood" was elected by Loudwire as the 8th best metallic song of 2021.^[44]

Musical fashion and influences [edit]

Frontman Alexi Laiho is "widely historic every bit one of the genre's most accomplished players" according to AllMusic.^[45]

Children of Bodom has been described usually every bit melodic death metal^{[46] [47]} and power metal, combining the 2 genres together.^[48] Influences and inspirations to Children of Bodom were cited as a variety of artists such every bit Anthrax, Carnivorous Corpse, Dimmu Borgir, Dire Straits, Entombed, Paul Gilbert, Guns Due north' Roses, Hypocrisy, Billy Idol, In Flames, Fe Maiden, Kreator, Yngwie Malmsteen, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Nine Inch Nails, Obituary, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Toxicant, the Ramones, Sepultura, the Sex Pistols, Skid Row, Slayer, Stone, Suicidal Tendencies, Twisted Sister, Steve Vai and Westward.A.S.P.^[49]

Laiho has been, according to AllMusic, "widely celebrated as one of the genre'due south most accomplished players",^[45] while the ring has an "instantly recognizable sound".^[50]

Band members [edit]

Last lineup

• Alexi Laiho – atomic number 82 guitar, lead vocals (1993–2019), bass (1993–1994, 1995–1996), keyboards (1993–1996, 2019), rhythm guitar (1993–1996, 2003, 2015) (died 2020)
• Jaska Raatikainen – drums (1993–2019), keyboards (1993–1996)
• Henkka Seppälä – bass, backing vocals (1995–2019)
• Janne Wirman – keyboards, backing vocals (1997–2019)
• Daniel Freyberg – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2016–2019)

Bodom After Midnight lineup (2020–2021)

• Alexi Laiho – lead guitar, lead vocals (died 2020)
• Daniel Freyberg – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Mitja Toivonen – bass, backing vocals
• Waltteri Väyrynen – drums
• Lauri Salomaa – keyboards, bankroll vocals (live member)

Former members

• Samuli Miettinen – bass, backing vocals (1994–1995)
• Jani Pirisjoki – keyboards, bankroll vocals (1994–1997), rhythm guitar (1994–1995)
• Alexander Kuoppala – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1995–2003)
• Roope Latvala – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004–2015; live fellow member 2003–2004)

Former live members

• Erna Siikavirta – keyboards (1998)
• Kimberly Goss – keyboards, backing vocals (1998)
• Netta Skog – accordion (guest 2015, 2016)^{[51] [52] [53] [54] [55]}
• Antti Wirman – rhythm guitar, bankroll vocals (2015)

Timeline

Discography [edit]

• Something Wild (1997)
• Hatebreeder (1999)
• Follow the Reaper (2000)
• Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
• Are You lot Dead Yet? (2005)
• Blooddrunk (2008)
• Relentless Reckless Forever (2011)
• Halo of Claret (2013)
• I Worship Chaos (2015)
• Hexed (2019)

See also [edit]

• Listing of acknowledged music artists in Finland

References [edit]

1. ^ "Discography Children of Bodom" (in Finnish). Finnish charts. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b} "One-time CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman ALEXI LAIHO Launches New Ring, BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT". Blabbermouth . Retrieved sixteen March 2020.
3. ^ brownypaul (4 Jan 2021). "Children of Bodom Vocalist/Guitarist Alexi Laiho Passed Away, Anile 41". Wall Of Sound . Retrieved iv Jan 2021.
4. ^ Mankkinen, Jussi; Kiviranta, Varpu (four January 2021). "Children of Bodomin perustanut Alexi Laiho on kuollut: kitaristi arvosti suomalaista itsepäisyyttä ja sisua". Ylei.fi (in Finnish). Helsinki. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. ^ ^{a b} "CoC : Children of Bodom : Interview : 1/xvi/1999". Chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 6 Nov 2011.
7. ^ "Children of Bodom FAQs". COBHC.com. Archived from the original on four July 2013.
8. ^ "Metal News - Finnish Metal Music Awards 2003 Results ( Metal Underground . com )". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
9. ^ "Interview with Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho". Metallic-Rules.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
10. ^ "Children of Bodom Detest Crew Official Website | The Ugly Earth Bout 2011". Cobhc.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
11. ^ "Metallic News - Children of Bodom Reveal American Release Date ( Metallic Undercover . com )". Metalunderground.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
12. ^ "Gigantour 2008 lineup". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
13. ^ "Billing/Bands 2008". Wacken Open up Air. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 3 Dec 2007.
14. ^ "Children of Bodom Hate Coiffure - Official Website". Cobhc.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
15. ^ [1] Archived 8 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
16. ^ [two] Archived 28 March 2008 at the Wayback Motorcar
17. ^ "Blabbermouth.Internet - Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom To Team Upward For N American Tour". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
18. ^ "CHILDREN OF BODOM Performs Abbreviated Set in New York Urban center". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on xiii May 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
19. ^ "Children of Bodom To Release 'Skeletons in the Closet' Collection of Covers". Blabbermouth.net. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 1 Apr 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
20. ^ "Children of Bodom Talk Cover Albums!". Female person First. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
21. ^ "CHILDREN OF BODOM Bassist Checks in From The Road". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on ane February 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
22. ^ "Children of Bodom Hate Crew Official Website". world wide web.cobhc.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
23. ^ "CHILDREN OF BODOM New Song titles Revealed". Jorzine.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved six November 2011.
24. ^ "Children of Bodom Hate Crew Official Website". www.cobhc.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
25. ^ "CHILDREN OF BODOM: 'Was It Worth Information technology?' Video Released - Feb. xv, 2011". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
26. ^ Kelly, Neil (19 June 2013). "Children of Bodom: Halo of Blood". PopMatters.
27. ^ "Halo of Blood Over Australia Tour 2014 at The Hi-Fi Sydney (Moore Park) on nine May 2014 –". Final.fm. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
28. ^ "Children of Bodom Begin Work on New Album | Music News @". Ultimate-guitar.com. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
29. ^ Vallecillo, Alix. "Children of Bodom role ways with guitarist". Metal Insider . Retrieved 30 May 2015.
30. ^ "Interview: Janne Wirman from Children Of Bodom". Moshville . Retrieved 20 August 2015.
31. ^ "Children of Bodom Recruit New Guitarist". Venia Magazine. 21 January 2016. Retrieved thirty May 2016.
32. ^ "Interview: CHILDREN OF BODOM's Janne Wirman on Touring, New Album, and "Stranger Things" — Noizr". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
33. ^ "Children of Bodom interview Wacken 2018 — TotalRock Radio". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
34. ^ "A Chapter Called Children of Bodom". Children of Bodom - Official . Retrieved 4 December 2019.
35. ^ "All Iii Ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM Members Event Statement, "Could Not Find A Shared Viewpoint"". Metalinjection.internet. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
36. ^ "A Chapter Called Children Of Bodom". Cobhc.com . Retrieved 4 January 2021.
37. ^ Hartmann, Graham. "Alexi Laiho Can't Legally Employ Children of Bodom Name". Loudwire.com.
38. ^ Divita, Joe. "Set List + Video: Alexi Laiho's New Bodom Band Makes Live Debut". Loudwire. Retrieved 25 Feb 2021.
39. ^ Mankkinen, Jussi; Kiviranta, Varpu (4 January 2021). "Children of Bodomin perustanut Alexi Laiho on kuollut: kitaristi arvosti suomalaista itsepäisyyttä ja sisua". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved four January 2021.
40. ^ Brownish, Paul (4 January 2021). "Children of Bodom Vocalist/Guitarist Alexi Laiho Passed Away, Anile 41". Wall of Audio. Retrieved iv January 2021.
41. ^ Rosenberg, Axl (10 Feb 2021). "Alexi Laiho'southward Bodom Subsequently Midnight to Release EP in April". Metalsucks. Retrieved ten February 2021.
42. ^ "Alexi Laiho's Bodom After Midnight Has No Leftover Material: 'There Was No More Songs Written'". Blabbermouth. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
43. ^ Hartmann, Graham (2 April 2021). "Alexi Laiho Was 'Very Happy + Excited,' Says Bodom Guitarist". Loudwire. Retrieved two Apr 2021.
44. ^ Al-Sharif, Rabab; DiVita, Joe; Hartmann, Graham; Richardson, Jake; Trapp, Philip; Summan, Yasmine (6 December 2021). "The 35 All-time Metal Songs of 2021". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
45. ^ ^{a b} Alexi Laiho Biography. AllMusic.
46. ^ MacKinnon, James (13 February 2019). "Every Children Of Bodom Album Ranked From Worst To Best By Alexi Laiho". Kerrang! . Retrieved 30 April 2020.
47. ^ Hadusek, Jon (1 November 2019). "Children of Bodom are parting means with three longtime band members". Outcome of Sound . Retrieved 30 Apr 2020.
48. ^ Ewing, Jerry (22 November 2006). "Children Of Bodom: Metal Detector". Metallic Hammer . Retrieved 30 April 2020.
49. ^ "Children of Bodom Family unit Tree — The Metal". givememetal.com . Retrieved five May 2021.
50. ^ Gregory Heaney. Children of Bodom Biography. AllMusic.
51. ^ "Children of Bodom (feat. Netta Skog) - Lake Bodom (Live @ Oulu 12.12.xv)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
52. ^ "Children Of Bodom feat. Netta Skog - Lake Bodom live at Tuska 3.7.2016". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
53. ^ "Children Of Bodom - Lake Bodom Live @ Tuska Open up Air three/7/2016". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
54. ^ "Children Of Bodom - Ghost Riders In The Heaven (Stan Jones comprehend) Alive @ Tuska Open Air 3/7/2016". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
55. ^ "Tuska 2016, raportti lauantain ja sunnuntain tapahtumista". V2.fi.

External links [edit]

• Official website

whitforddights1963.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Bodom

Share this post