Children of Bodom

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

Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of frontman Alexi Laiho, drummer Jaska Raatikainen, bassist Henkka Seppälä, keyboardist Janne Wirman and rhythm guitarist Daniel Freyberg. The band released ten studio albums, three live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD.

The band's third studio album, Follow the Reaper, was their first album to receive a gold certification in Finland, and subsequent studio albums acquired the same status. Their next four albums each debuted at number one on the Finnish album charts,^[1] and have also seen chart positions on the United States Billboard 200. They are one 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 Called Children of Bodom, before disbanding the band. Laiho and Freyberg carried on as Bodom After 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]

^ "Discography Children of Bodom" (in Finnish). Finnish charts. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
^ "Former CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman ALEXI LAIHO Launches New Band, BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT". Blabbermouth. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ brownypaul (4 January 2021). "Children of Bodom Vocalist/Guitarist Alexi Laiho Passed Away, Aged 41". Wall Of Sound. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ Mankkinen, Jussi; Kiviranta, Varpu (4 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.
^ "Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho Opens up About Dangerous Past Relationship with Alcohol | BeatRoute". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

[FIN-1] "Discography Children of Bodom" (in Finnish). Finnish charts. Retrieved 24 May 2009.

[bam-2] "Former CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman ALEXI LAIHO Launches New Band, BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT". Blabbermouth. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[death-3] rownypaul (4 January 2021). "Children of Bodom Vocalist/Guitarist Alexi Laiho Passed Away, Aged 41". Wall Of Sound. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[yle_20210104-4] Mankkinen, Jussi; Kiviranta, Varpu (4 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] "Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho Opens up About Dangerous Past Relationship with Alcohol | BeatRoute". Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

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