Children off Bodom

Children off Bodom is a group of Power Metal Finnish taking as a starting point the Heavy Metal Traditional, the Neo Classical Metal and the Death Metal. It is more precisely about Extreme Power Metal because of voice death of Alexi Laiho.

The five members of the group are originating in Espoo, a Finnish city close to Helsinki. The group is not called like since 1997, before what it was called Inearthed . The mascot of the group is affectionately called " Roy " and the folk image of death represents, the reaper. It is present on all the covers of albums until now.

Since 2003, Children off Bodom is composed of Alexi Laiho with the song and the guitar lead, Roope Latvala with the rhythmic guitar, Janne Wirman with the keyboards, Henkka Seppälä with low, and Jaska Raatikainen with the battery.

Biography

The group Inearthed was founded in 1993 by Alexi Laiho and Jaska Raatikainen, two good friends of childhood. The group recorded only demonstrations until in 1996, year when Alexi sought a clavierist, which it will find in excellent the Janne Wirman. After that, and with the assistance of the young bass player Henkka " Blacksmith" Seppälä and of the second guitarist Alexander Kuoppala, Inearthed changes name and takes off that of Children Bodom . The name is inspired by a lake in Finland, famous for triple murder made in 1960 on the banks of the lake. This murder remains today the greatest mystery of the Finnish legal history.

After discrete a first album, Something Wild produces by Spinefarm Records , the publisher, interested by the potential of business success by the mixture of Melodic Power Metal and Death Metal, with a small key the Middle Ages . The exit of the album thus made a great national exit in Finland, which will help much the group at its beginnings and to obtain a popularity. Something Wild is a completely new kind and generated many other groups, in particular Kalmah and Norther.

A little later in 1997, Children off Bodom signs at Nuclear Blast.

In 1999 leaves their second album, Hatebreeder , which reveals them with the whole world and lance their pursuits commercial definitively. This album is regarded as being the top of the group of share its varied, melody rates/rhythms of guitar and Pop, the keyboard of Janne Wirman more and more used, of the solos, although little developed, impressive for the public. Many songs of Hatebreeder are known as the songs fetishes of Children off Bodom.Leur styles remains always the same one as the album which precedes it, put aside that the keyboard there is more present, by songs, and that the style medieval takes a place a little more important there, as in the song Bed Of Razors

They confirm at the same time a competition with another group Sonata Arctica, generated by the two guitarists soloists of these groups.

Children off Bodom also carries out this year there a round with the Japan with In Flames and Sinergy (the second group D' Alexi Laiho), where the group records its album live, " Tokyo Warhearts ". According to Alexi, the recording of this album live was the best way for all the members of the groups of exceeding themselves and of improving. The group thus sets out again of Japan inflated with block.

The following year, in 2001, the group leaves Follow the Reaper which also knows a big hit in particular with from now on celebrates song Hate Me! . The style of the album resembles mainly that of Something Wild , although Hatebreeter also leaves a trace there. The technique of the composition remains the same one, although the soloists employ methods which seek to impress the listeners easily. Moreover, following this method, the quantity of fan increases incredibly and during the two following years, Children off Bodom made of great rounds in Europe and to the E. - U..

Beginning 2003, leaves Hate Crew Deathroll , the fourth album, marked by a more modern approach, approaching much more of the Death Metal that other things, just as the keyboard made increasingly rare there. Also, in this 4th album, the low one be made a more important place there, as in Angels don' T Kill or Sixpounder . It is also with this 4th consecutive album that the group takes the nickname of " Haste Crew " (the crew of Hatred) from where frequent initial COBHC , meaning Children off Bodom Hastens Crew . The group embarks then in a new world tour. But during this feverish round, Alexander Kuoppala left the group. The shock was large for the group and especially for Alexi, which was a personal friend of Alexander. This last is replaced by Roope Latvala, the guitarist of Waltari and Sinergy. Pioneer of metal in Finland and idol of Alexi, it played in a sympathetic nerve number of groups, in particular Stone in the Années 1980.

In 2004 leaves the EP Trashed, Lost And Strungout , with Roope with the rhythmic guitar. The musical style continues on the impetus of Hate Crew Deathroll , namely a directed music Thrash Metal/Power Metal.

In 2005, the group leaves in August a demonstration only to Finland containing the song In your face , diffused prematurely through Internet and a resumption in version metal (parodic) of the American pop singer Britney Spears, " Oops I did it again".

Did in September 2005 leave the 5th album the group, Are You Dead Yet? , containing 9 songs. This album pushes even further the change started by Children off Bodom after Follow the Reaper and Hate Crew Deathroll . Those approach even more of Metal, especially in the song Are You Dead Yet . The technical side is less present but the melodies partially yielded the place to heavier fronts. The keyboard makes less melodies but is always affirmed through environment. Launching is followed of a world tour towards the end 2005 and another in 2006 with in particular Slayer, In Flames and Lamb off God.

A DVD Live left at the end the round, carrying out a summary of their career: it contains a concert filmed with Stockholm (in Sweden), as well as documentary on the history of the group, a making off, clips promotional, the cut scenes (very in the spirit Rock & roll of the group besides) and a thin photograph gallery. It should be noted that the concert was remasterisé into 5.1.

With the autumn 2006, according to Alexi and Henkka the group will start again to write new songs for possible the 6th album of the group which should leave by April 2008.

In 2007, the song Tie My Rope had left compilation Viva Bands , gathering the preferred groups of Bam Margera, another index of the importance Pop of the group.

The group entered in studio at the beginning of October 2007 in music for enregister their sixth album, heading Blooddrunk , and planned for April 2008 in music. It will be composed of 9 tracks, therefore a new version of Tie My Rope , and of 4 recoveries. Its recording can be followed from day to day on the official site of the group, in the heading Studio Diary 2007. The style of Tie My Rope generally borrows Bodom Beach Terror , of You' Re Better Off Dead or an even little Chokehold, three songs belonging to the album Hate Crew Deathroll.

Formation

Ex-members

Discography

Albums

Live

DVD

Individual

  • 1996 : Children off Bodom
  • 1998: Downfall
  • 2000 : Haste Me!
  • 2002 : You' Re Better Off Dead!
  • 2004 : Trashed, Lost And Strungout
  • 2005: In Your Face
  • 2005: Are you dead yet
  • 2007: Tie My Rope

Recoveries

  • No Commands (Stone cover)
  • Latomeri (Klamydia cover)
  • Talk Dirty To Me (Poison cover)
  • Silent Scream (Slayer cover)
  • Rebel Yell (Billy Idol cover)
  • She Is Beautiful (Andrew W.K cover)
  • Bed Off Nails (Alice Cooper cover)
  • Aces High (Iron Maiden cover)
  • Don' T Stop At The Signal (Scorpions cover)
  • Helium nucleus (W.A.S.P. cover)
  • Farmhouse Hypnosis (Sepultura cover)
  • We' Re Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister cover, Live In Valencia 2001)
  • Shot In The Dark (Ozzy Osbourne cover, Japanese version of Follow The Reaper)
  • Somebody Could Something In My Drink (The Ramones cover, MINOR ROAD 2 titles You' Re Better Off Dead!)
  • Oops! I Did It Again (Britney Spears cover)
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