Children of Bodom in Milan, Italy in 2006.
Background information
Origin	Espoo, Finland
Genre(s)	Power metal Melodic Death Metal
Years active	1993 – present
Label(s)	Nuclear Blast Spinefarm Records Century Media
Associated acts	Sinergy Kylähullut Warmen
Website	Children of Bodom's official homepage
Members
Alexi Laiho Roope Latvala Janne Wirman Henkka Seppälä Jaska Raatikainen
Former members
Alexander Kuoppala Jani Pirisjoki Samuli Miettinen

Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. There is some contention regarding the band's genre classification, but in general the band's musical style can be described as a cross between power metal and melodic death metal. Their name was derived from the Lake Bodom murders.^[1] The Lake Bodom murders were an infamous multiple homicide that took place in Finland in 1960. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Founded 1972 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 528 km² 312 km² ranked 279th Population - Density - Change - Rank 229,443 (2005) 729 inh. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that True metal be merged into this article or section. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, Scandinavian metal, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland. ... Kylähullut is a Finnish punk rock band consisting of Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), Tonmi Lillman (ex-To/Die/For), and Vesku Jokinen (Klamydia). ... Warmen is a Finnish progressive metal/neo-classical metal band assembled by keyboard player Janne Viljami Wirman - also known as Warman. ... Alexi Wildchild Laiho is the guitarist of the bands Children of Bodom, Sinergy and Kylähullut. ... Roope Latvala (born June 25, 1970) is a Finnish guitarist who currently plays with the bands Children of Bodom and Sinergy. ... Janne Viljami Warman Wirman (born April 26, 1979) is a Finnish musician, who is the keyboardist for the bands Children of Bodom and Warmen. ... Henri Seppälä (Born July 2, 1980), better known as Henkka T. Blacksmith, is the bassist of the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alexander Kuoppala Alexander Kuoppala (born April 11, 1974) was the rhythm guitarist from the band Children of Bodom from the year of 1995 to the year of 2003. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Founded 1972 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Greater Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 528 km² 312 km² ranked 279th Population - Population density - Rank 229,443 699 inh. ... It has been suggested that True metal be merged into this article or section. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, Scandinavian metal, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... The Lake Bodom murders were an infamous multiple homicide that took place in Finland in 1960. ...

The band's earlier releases leaned towards a power metal style, but the band has since focused on a style more closely related to melodic death metal. The lyrics of Children of Bodom's songs are written in English and are most often concerned with the subjects of death/the grim reaper, personal struggles, war and the Lake Bodom murders. Recent albums have seen a shift to more antagonistic lyrics (songs such as "You're Better Off Dead" and "In Your Face") and a more straight-forward heavy metal style. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Death, personified is an anthropomorphic figure or a fictional character who has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... The Lake Bodom murders were an infamous multiple homicide that took place in Finland in 1960. ...

Band History

(1993-1997)

The band was founded in 1993 by guitarist Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen under the name of IneartheD. Both musicians had known each other since their childhood and had shared an interest in heavy metal, especially death metal bands, such as Stone, Entombed and Obituary. Bassist Samuli Miettinen completed the initial line-up of the band. IneartheD recorded its first demo, titled Implosion of Heaven, during August of the same year. Death metal is a very extreme evolution of thrash metal [1]. // Death metal may include chromatic chord progressions and a varied song structure without a standard verse-chorus arrangement. ... Stone were a heavy metal band who formed in Helsinki, Finland in the mid-80s. ... Entombed is a Swedish metal band which formed in 1987 (see 1987 in music) under the name of Nihilist. ... Cover of Cause of Death (1990) Obituary is a death metal band from Tampa, Florida. ... A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. ...

Samuli was the main composer of the band's lyrics for the two years that he took part in IneartheD, but his family moved to the United States in 1995, making it impossible for him to remain in the band. His last contribution to IneartheD were the lyrics of the songs from their second demo, Ubiquitous Absence of Remission. In this demo, keyboards were incorporated into the band's songs for the first time. In order to achieve this, both Alexi and Jaska played the keyboards separately, and subsequently mixed the recorded track with the other instruments. Alexi, who had previously only composed the melodies of the songs, assumed the role of the band's lyricist.

At the time, Jaska played French horn in a local big band, and during a rehearsal he met Alexander Kuoppala, a trumpet player and also a proficient guitarist. Hence, shortly after the recording of their second demo, Alexander was invited to join IneartheD as a rhythm guitarist.^{[citation needed]} The horn (popularly known also as the French horn) is a brass instrument decended from the natural horn that consists of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... Alexander Kuoppala Alexander Kuoppala (born April 11, 1974) was the rhythm guitarist from the band Children of Bodom from the year of 1995 to the year of 2003. ... For Trumpet Winsock, see Winsock. ...

The bassist chosen to replace Samuli was Henkka "Blacksmith" Seppälä, whom Alexi and Jaska had previously known from school. Apart from playing the bass, Henkka also often doubles as the band's backing 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 third demo, entitled Shining. This demo did not impress record labels any more than the previous ones had, and none took interest in the band.^{[citation needed]} Despite their efforts, their music got little exposure and managed only to play at local events. As a last resort, the band decided to record an independent, self-funded album. Considering that none of the musicians had much money to begin with, it was an audacious move.

Alexi wanted to make use of the keyboards more effectively and Pirisjoki was not fit for the task anymore; thus, he was fired from the band.^{[citation needed]}. A friend of Jaska's, a talented pianist called Janne "Warman" Wirman, assumed the role of keyboard player.

Janne was the component which was previously missing from IneartheD. His presence allowed the band to assume the style which would later characterise Children of Bodom. With him, the band successfully recorded their first album in 1997. Their debut, Something Wild, was supposed to be released by a small Belgian label, but second vocalist Sami Tenetz (from Thy Serpent) acquired a copy of their album through the hands of Alexander, both worked for the same company at the time. Shortly after IneartheD signed this contract, Spinefarm Records' boss immediately became interested in signing them for a country-wide release.^{[citation needed]} The latter deal was much more attractive to the band, since the Belgian label was offering them close to no help, to the point where they would have to distribute and sell the album themselves. Thy Serpent in 2000 Thy Serpent is a black metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ...

The band was required to create a new name to sign up to Spinefarm Records. The contract with the Belgian label had already been signed under the name of IneartheD. The answer to that problem came as, members looked for good names in their local phone book. When they stumbled upon Lake Bodom, they realized that it was a name with impact and one which had an interesting story behind it. A long list of possible names involving the word Bodom was then made, and they settled with Children of Bodom. Lake Bodom in 2004 Lake Bodom (Bodominjärvi in Finnish) is a lake in Finland located on the surroundings of the city of Espoo, not far from Helsinki. ...

(1997-1998)

With the intention of promoting the upcoming release of Something Wild, the band opened one of the shows from the symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir in late 1997. Their success was such that a representative from the Nuclear Blast label shortly approached them with a contract for a European release, a deal which started on the subsequent year.^{[citation needed]} Symphonic black metal has the same components as melodic black metal but a lot more orchestral pieces, mostly during the entire length of the song, mixed with the black metal element. ... Dimmu Borgir (pronounced Di-moo bore-gear) is an extreme symphonic metal band from Norway. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. ...

Something Wild was officially released in November of 1997, and 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 essentially of an outdoors location after a snowstorm. The band played for a couple of hours at night, with an average temperature of minus fifteen degrees Celsius . Something Wild is a musical album released in 1997 by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). ...

Although Alexi 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, Alexi had tried to mimick the style of one of his idols, Yngwie Malmsteen, which is why Something wild is considered one of the most technical albums Bodom have ever produced. Yngwie J. Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, June 30, 1963) is a guitarist from Sweden who achieved widespread acclaim in the 1980s due to his technical proficiency and fusion of classical music elements with heavy rock guitar. ...

Children of Bodom's first European tour began in February of 1998. They played together with bands such as Hypocrisy, The Kovenant and Agathodaimon, but suffered from the absence of Janne, who was concentrating on finishing his studies.^{[citation needed]} He was replaced by pianist Erna Siikavirta for the duration of the tour. Hypocrisy is a blackened death metal band from Sweden. ... The Kovenant is a Norwegian band which has evolved from symphonic black metal to industrial metal and avant garde metal on more recent albums. ... Agathodaimon Agathodaimon is dark metal band from Germany. ... Enary (born in Espoo) is a Finnish keyboard player. ...

Months later, the band recorded two new songs, entitled "Towards Dead End" and "Children of Bodom". The latter was included in a compilation by Spinefarm Records, which after being released remained on the top of Finnish charts for eight consecutive weeks.^{[citation needed]} In late August, the band played the song "Forevermore" live for the first time during a show in Russia. This song was later renamed "Downfall".^{[citation needed]}

Their second European tour occurred in September of that same year, but once more Janne was not able to perform with them. Alexi's then-girlfriend Kimberly Goss (from Sinergy and formerly of Dimmu Borgir, Ancient and Therion) assumed the keyboards this time. By the end of the tour, Kimberly invited Alexi to join Sinergy, which at the time was still in its early stages. Kimberly Goss Kimberly Goss (born February 15, 1978, Los Angeles, California) is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish-based heavy metal band Sinergy. ... Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland. ... Dimmu Borgir (pronounced Di-moo bore-gear) is an extreme symphonic metal band from Norway. ... Ancient is a Norwegian band that, while not really troll metal, had troll metal themes on their 1994 EP Trolltaar. The band started as a solo project of guitarist Aphazel in 1992, subsequently adding drummer Grimm. ... Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band. ...

(1998-2002)

The second album, Hatebreeder, was recorded between the end of 1998 and the beginning of 1999. It was originally entitled Towards Dead End, but while in studio the members of the band opted for the current title. To create anticipation in Finland, the '"Downfall" single was released two weeks prior to the album's release. It was accompanied by a new music video, once more directed by Mika Lindberg. Hatebreeder ultimately topped the charts in many European countries.

In July of 1999, the success of the "Downfall" single and Hatebreeder allowed Children of Bodom to schedule three concerts in Japan with Sinergy and veteran band In Flames. During two of these concerts the live album Tokyo Warhearts was recorded, and in it the band managed to seamlessly reproduce and at times improve on their songs, a notable achievement for a band with only two albums recorded previously. Under their request, no overdubs were used on the recording of the concert. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Les Paul, a pioneer of multi-track recording. ...

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, in which they had recorded all of their previous releases, including the demos from IneartheD. The band wrote eight new songs for this album, and while in the studio decided to include an extra track, which was hastily composed and featured lyrics improvised by Alexi; that track would eventually receive the name of "Kissing the Shadows". The band gave the album the name of Follow the Reaper and recording sessions took place between August and September of 2000; the album saw a worldwide release in early 2001. A music video for "Everytime I Die" was recorded by Finnish director Tuukka Temonen shortly after. Peter Tägtgren (born June 3, 1970) is a Swedish musician. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

(2002-Present)

In February of 2002, Children of Bodom began writing songs for their upcoming album, entitled Hate Crew Deathroll. Recording ensued during the month of August, and the album was released January 2003 in Finland. It remained on the top of the Finnish charts for a total of three weeks and subsequently became the band's first gold album, even though all of their albums eventually reached this status, with Follow the Reaper reaching platinum status. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Children of Bodom's first 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, but was also accompanied by an unexpected announcement: Alexander decided to quit Children of Bodom for personal reasons right in the middle of the tour without giving previous warning. Griffin's guitarist Kai Nergaard was invited by Alexi to replace Alexander, but did not accept the offer. Thus, Alexi's bandmate from Sinergy, Roope Latvala (founding member of Stone, one of the bands which started the heavy metal movement in Finland) assumed the guitars as a session player, until a more permanent solution could be found. This formation was introduced in Moscow on the 16th of August. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Griffin is a metal band from Norway. ... Kai Nergaard is a Norwegian guitarist. ... Roope Latvala (born June 25, 1970) is a Finnish guitarist who currently plays with the bands Children of Bodom and Sinergy. ... Stone were a heavy metal band who formed in Helsinki, Finland in the mid-80s. ... Position of Moscow in Europe Coordinates: Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Government  - Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Area  - City 1,081 km²  (417. ...

After successfully finishing the world tour with Latvala — who then assumed a permanent position in the band's line-up — Children of Bodom proceeded to record and release the EP Trashed, Lost & Strungout and the single "In Your Face", which contained songs from their upcoming album and a cover of the Britney Spears song "Oops!... I Did It Again" as a joke. In late 2005, the album Are You Dead Yet? was released, featuring a style different from what had been presented by the band on its previous works. Simpler and heavier guitar riffs were incorporated into Children of Bodom's sound, as well as elements from industrial music. Reactions from fans to the release were varied; however, the album remains the band's most commercially successful. It was awarded gold status in Finland and reached first place on the Finnish charts, 16th in Germany, 16th in Sweden and 17th in Japan. The next release of the band was a DVD-single for the song "In Your Face", which included the music video, backstage footage from the band and a live recording of the song "Sixpounder" at Wacken Open Air festival in 2004. Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Trashed, Lost & Strungout is an EP released by the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom and Spinefarm Records. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... It has been suggested that Chicago Industrial be merged into this article or section. ... Stage has several meanings: In rocketry, a stage is one of several independent rockets used to reduce the need for fuel. ...

Children of Bodom's new DVD "Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live" was released on December 5, 2006 (US). It mainly focuses on the February 3 , 2006 live concert in Stockholm, Sweden, with over 90 minutes of live footage. It also contains every official video Children of Bodom has ever made, excluding the Needled 24/7 promo. Source Nickname: Location of Stockholm in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden Municipality Stockholm Municipality County Stockholm Province Södermanland and Uppland Charter 13th Century Population (April 2007)  - City 782,885  - Density 4,160/km² (10,774. ...

In June of 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 Bleed. The bands toured US through June and July and Europe through October and November. The Unholy Alliance is an annual heavy metal tour of Europe and North America, with the tag-line Preaching to the Perverted. The tour is headlined by the thrash metal band Slayer, and featured Children of Bodom, Thine Eyes Bleed, Lamb of God, Mastodon and In Flames in its last... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. ... Lamb of God is a Grammy-nominated five-piece groove metal/metalcore band from Richmond, Virginia, formerly known as Burn the Priest. ... Mastodon is a Grammy-nominated[1] heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Thine Eyes Bleed is a melodic death metal band from Ontario, Canada. ...

On January 31st, 2007, Alexi Laiho slid down the lane at a bowling alley after accidentally stepping over the foul line. He slammed hard into the wall, breaking his left shoulder. This rendered him unable to play guitar for 6 straight weeks, doctor's orders. Due to this unfortunate mishap, Children of Bodom had to cancel their 1st 2007 tours and a festival that they were slated to headline.

On March 31st, 2007, the Children of Bodom website was updated with information on Alexi's condition. Though his shoulder will never be the same, it has healed tremendously. His guitar playing should not suffer because of the incident. As a bonus, it was stated that the band has already written some songs for a new album, and hope to hit the recording studios sometime later in 2007.^[2]

Genre controversy

Children of Bodom's genre classification is debated amongst fans and critics. The band could be part of several musical genres, though can be best summed up as a combination of power metal, thrash metal, neo-classical metal, speed metal, and melodic death metal. Alexi, however, says that he prefers to just be called a metal group and nothing other. It has been suggested that True metal be merged into this article or section. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the mid-late 1970s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black Sabbath, Led... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, Scandinavian metal, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ...

It is claimed that the band is 'extreme power metal', due to the band's overarching use of power metal elements throughout their discography, and their use of extreme metal elements combined with these.^{[citation needed]} Others claim the band as speed metal due to the use of high tempos akin to power metal and thrash metal and due to the predominant neo-classical guitar technique in the first albums. Due to the fact that their lyrics and vocals do not fit the power metal genre, many fans believe that this is a false label, since so much importance is put into the lyrics and vocals in power metal. They carry a melodic death metal influence seen mainly in the band's vocals, though occasionally in guitar and drum work. It has been suggested that True metal be merged into this article or section. ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term for the heavy metal subgenres of a more aggressive style than traditional heavy metal. ... Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the mid-late 1970s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black Sabbath, Led... The first two measures of Mozarts Sonata XI, which indicates the tempo as Andante grazioso and the metronome marking as = 120. (Metronome markings were not used in Mozarts day. ... It has been suggested that True metal be merged into this article or section. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that True metal be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that True metal be merged into this article or section. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, Scandinavian metal, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ...

Trivia

• In the Hatebreeder album booklet, the song title Bed of Razors is misspelled as "Bed of Razorz"
• Follow the Reaper is the only album to date by Children of Bodom to have their logo at the bottom of the artwork. All other releases including singles and DVDs have the logo at the top.
• Children of Bodom's symbol is the Grim Reaper — jokingly nicknamed Roy by the band^{[citation needed]}. Roy is a person in a picture in the film Hot Shots.
• They often refer to themselves and their fans as the "Hate Crew".
• Most of the lyrics are not printed in the album booklets.
• The single Children of Bodom included, in addition to the title track, the songs "Repent (Whore)" by Cryhavoc and "Iron, Steel, Metal" by Wizzard which are both mistaken to be covers performed by Children of Bodom.
• After the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, several European tabloids, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and Expressen, published an old promotional photo of Children of Bodom, claiming them to be Lordi "unmasked". The confusion stemmed from Erna Siikavirta being included in the photo; she went on to be one of the original members of Lordi. [2]
• Contrary to popular belief, Children of Bodom has never covered the songs "The Trooper" by Iron Maiden or "The Final Countdown" by Europe. "The Trooper" was actually covered by the band Sentenced, and 'The Final Countdown' has been done by the bands Norther and Dispatched.
• The song entitled "Needled 24/7" has a quotation from the 1986 Oliver Stone film, Platoon.
• In the original version of the album Something Wild, there is a hidden 8th track called "Bruno the Pig". It is only 11 seconds of silence.
• The oldest version of the album "Something Wild" has a very different Children Of Bodom logo on it, being blue and written in wavy & bold lowercase letters. Contrary to popular belief in new fanbase it's not a pirated version.
• It is thought that the world record for number of crowdsurfers carried over a barrier was broken at their Wacken 2006 performance with a total of over 2000 members of the audience successfully making it over the barrier during COB's set.
• A cover of the Miami Vice theme song was included in the early version of the album Something Wild. Entitled "Coda", this secret track can be heard after the song "Touch Like An Angel Of Death".
• Children Of Bodom's Tour Manager Ewo Rytkonen stepped in when the actor for the "Every Time I Die" video fell sick, Ewo ended up putting on the costume and playing the part of the reaper.
• At 1:33 of the song "Black Widow", you can hear Alexi Laiho's wife (since divorced) Kimberly Goss shortly scream in the background of the song.
• At 6:07 of the song "Touch Like Angel Of Death" you can (presumably) hear keyboardist Janne Warman playing the soon to be intro to the song "Black Widow". Janne can also be heard playing this during the Stockholm Knockout Live DVD.
• At 2:22 In "Mass Hypnosis" (Sepultura Cover), the guitar riff is changed to something similar to the "Lake Bodom" intro.

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Cover songs

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• "No Commands" by Stone (Downfall single and Japanese edition of Hatebreeder)
• "Mass Hypnosis" by Sepultura (Sepultural Feast - a Tribute to Sepultura [3] and Japanese edition of Something Wild)
• "Don't Stop At The Top" by the Scorpions (Deluxe edition of Something Wild and Finnish deluxe edition of Follow the Reaper)
• "Shot In The Dark" by Ozzy Osbourne (Japanese edition of Follow the Reaper)
• "Hellion" by W.A.S.P. (Hate Me single and European/US deluxe edition of Follow the Reaper)
• "Aces High" by Iron Maiden (A Tribute to the Beast [4])
• "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" by The Ramones (You're Better off Dead single, Japanese edition of Hate Crew Deathroll and U.S. edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "Silent Scream" by Slayer (Deluxe edition of Something Wild, Needled 24/7 single and deluxe edition of Hate Crew Deathroll)
• "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol (Bestbreeder and the UK edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "Latomeri" by Klamydia (Seokset EP)
• "Bed Of Nails" by Alice Cooper (Trashed, Lost and Strungout EP)
• "She Is Beautiful" by Andrew W.K. (Trashed, Lost and Strungout EP)
• "Oops, I Did It Again..." by Britney Spears (In Your Face single and Japanese edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "Talk Dirty To Me" by Poison (Japanese edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister ('Live in Valencia' 2001)

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Quotations

• The quotation "From now on we're enemies - you and I" from "Warheart" (Hatebreeder) is taken from the movie Amadeus (Alexi's favourite movie), from the character of Antonio Salieri, played by F. Murray Abraham. Janne Wirman also used another quotation from this movie in several albums by his side-project Warmen.
• The quotation "Death? What do you all know about death?" as a preface to "Sixpounder" (Hate Crew Deathroll) is taken from the movie Platoon, from the character of Sgt. Bob Barnes, played by Tom Berenger.
• The quotation "My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone, in fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape." as an ending to "Bodom Beach Terror" and preface to "Angels Don't Kill" (Hate Crew Deathroll) is taken from the movie American Psycho, from the character of Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale.
• The quotation from "Follow the Reaper": "Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so." is from the work Holy Sonnet X, of the 17th century poet John Donne.
• The quotation from "The Nail" (Something Wild) "Your eyes are full of hate, 41. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive, it gives him strength.", is from the 1959 biblical epic film, Ben-Hur, and the sound playing in the back is from the opening scene of the horror film A Nightmare On Elm Street.
• The quotation from the song "Follow the Reaper", "I was only 21 when I died." is from the movie The Exorcist III, from a friend of the detective played by George C. Scott.
• The quotation from the song "Taste Of My Scythe" on Follow the Reaper,"..and rip and cut and mutilate the innocent. His friends, again and again and on and on..." is from the movie The Exorcist III and is Fr. Karas/the Devil's character/the Gemini killer played by Brad Dourif.
• The intro of Deadnight Warrior is from the TV Movie Stephen King's It
• The song name "Punch Me I Bleed" is a line from the film Spider-Man 2.

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Current members

• Alexi Laiho - vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
• Roope Latvala - lead and rhythm guitar
• Janne Warman - keyboard
• Henkka Seppälä - bass guitar
• Jaska Raatikainen - drums

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Former members

• Alexander Kuoppala - Rhythm guitar (1993-2003)
• Jani Pirisjoki - Keyboards (1995-1997)
• Samuli Miettinen - Bass (1993-1995)

Alexander Kuoppala Alexander Kuoppala (born April 11, 1974) was the rhythm guitarist from the band Children of Bodom from the year of 1995 to the year of 2003. ...

Session members

• Erna Siikavirta - Keyboards (1998)
• Kimberly Goss - Keyboards (September 1998)

Enary (born in Espoo) is a Finnish keyboard player. ... Kimberly Goss Kimberly Goss (born February 15, 1978, Los Angeles, California) is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish-based heavy metal band Sinergy. ...

Discography

Main article: Children of Bodom discography

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For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

References

1. ^ Children of Bodom FAQs. COBHC.com.
2. ^ www.cobhc.com
3. ^ http://www.cobhc.com/index.php?id=faq

External links

• Children of Bodom's official website
• Children of Bodom at MySpace
• Scythes Of Bodom informative fanpage
• Extra information about COB