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Alexi Laiho - vocals, guitar
Roope Latvala - guitar
Henkka T. Blacksmith - bass
Janne Warman - keyboards
Jaska Raatikainen - drums
Skeletons in the ClosetCD
Tracklist:
01 Lookin' Out My Back Door
(Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 Hell Is For Children
(Pat Benatar)
03 Somebody Put Something In My Drink
(Ramones)
04 Mass Hypnosis
(Sepultura)
05 Don´t Stop At The Top
(Scorpions)
06 Silent Scream
(Slayer)
07 She Is Beautiful
(Andrew W.K.)
08 Just Dropped In (To See What
Condition My Condition Was In)
(Kenny Rogers)
09 Bed Of Nails
(Alice Cooper)
10 Hellion
(W.A.S.P.)
11 Aces High
(Iron Maiden)
12 Rebel Yell
(Billy Idol)
13 No Commands
(Stone)
14 Antisocial
(Trust/Anthrax)
15 Talk Dirty To Me
(Poison)
16 War Inside My Head
(Suicidal Tendencies)
17 Ooops!… I Did It Again
(Britney Spears)
Total running time:
Release date: 2009-09-23
Catalog number Universal: 2711495
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI356CD
Barcode: 0602527114958
BlooddrunkCD
Tracklist:
01. Hellhounds On My Trail 02. Blooddrunk 03. LoBodomy 04. One Day You Will Cry 05. Smile Pretty For The Devil 06. Tie My Rope 07. Done With Everything, Die For Nothing 08. Banned From Heaven 09. Roadkill Morning
Total running time:
Release date: 2008-04-07
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI317CD
Barcode: 0602517338852
BlooddrunkCDS
Tracklist:
01. Blooddrunk 02. Looking Out My Back Door (CCR cover)
Total running time:
Release date: 2008-02-27
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI319
Barcode: 0602517338869
Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout LiveDVD
Tracklist:
Concert: 01. Living Dead Beat 02. Sixpounder 03. Silent Night, Bodom Night 04. Hate Me! 05. We're Not Gonna Fall 06. Angels Don't Kill 07. Deadbeats I (drum solo) 08. Bodom After Midnight / 09. Bodom Beach Terror - medley 10. Follow the Reaper 11. Needled 24/7 12. Clash of the Booze Brothers (solo battle) 13. In Your Face 14. Hate Crew Deathroll 15. Are You Dead Yet? 16. Solo: Roope - Guitar 17. Lake Bodom 18. Everytime I Die 19. Downfall Promo videos: 01. Downfall 02. Deadnight Warrior 03. Everytime I Die 04. Trashed, Lost & Strungout 05. Sixpounder 06. In Your Face 07. Are You Dead Yet? * Chaos Ridden Years - the COB documentary * Deleted Scenes * Making of Stockholm Knockout Live * Photo gallery
Total running time:
Release date: 2006-10-11
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI299DVD
Barcode: 00602517035638
Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout LiveCD
Tracklist:
Total running time:
Release date: 2006-10-11
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI299CD
Barcode: 00602517081420
Are You Dead Yet?CD
Tracklist:
01. Living Dead Beat 02. Are You Dead Yet? 03. If You Want Peace... Prepare for War 04. Punch Me I Bleed 05. In Your Face 06. Next in Line 07. Bastards of Bodom 08. Trashed, Lost & Strungout 09. We're Not Gonna Fall
Total running time:
Release date: 2005-09-14
Catalog number Universal: 986970-7
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI230CD
Barcode: 0602498697078
In Your FaceCDS
Tracklist:
01. In Your Face 02. Oops I Did It Again (Britney Spears cover) 03. In Your Face (censored radio edit)
Total running time:
Release date: 2005-08-17
Catalog number Universal: 987212-7
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI244CD
Barcode: 0602498721278
In Your FaceDVDS
Tracklist:
01. In Your Face video 2.0 02. In Your Face video 5.1 03. All Night Long (Sh*t-faced Bastards of Bodom) 04. Sixpounder (Live at Wacken Open Air)
Total running time:
Release date: 2005-11-30
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI244DVD
Barcode: 00602498755884
Trashed, Lost & Strungout CDSCDS
Tracklist:
01. Trashed, Lost & Strungout 02. She Is Beautiful
Total running time:
Release date: 2004-08-31
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI207CD
Barcode: 0602498214527
Trashed, Lost & Strungout DVD EPDVD-EP
Tracklist:
01. Trashed, Lost & Strungout 02. Knuckleduster 03. Bed of Nails 04. She Is Beautiful 05. Andrew W.K. Greets CoB 06. Angels Don’t Kill - remix 07. Trashed & Lost in Helsinki 08. Sixpounder 09. Downfall - live at Tuska 10. Everytime I Die - live at Tuska
Total running time:
Release date: 2004-10-06
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI207DVD
Barcode: 0602498214428
Trashed, Lost & Strungout EPEP
Tracklist:
01. Trashed, Lost & Strungout 02. Knuckleduster 03. Bed of Nails 04. She Is Beautiful 05. Trashed, Lost & Strungout - video 06. Trashed & Lost in Helsinki - video footage
Total running time:
Release date: 2004-10-06
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI207EP
Barcode: 0602498214534
Hate Crew DeathrollCD
Tracklist:
01. Needled 24/7 02. Sixpounder 03. Chokehold (Cocked'n'Loaded) 04. Bodom Beach Terror 05. Angels Don't Kill 06. Triple Corpse Hammerblow 07. You're Better Off Dead 08. Lil' Bloodred Ridin' Hood 09. Hate Crew Deathroll
Total running time:
Release date: 2003-01-07
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI165CD
Barcode: 0044006687728
Needled 24/77"
Tracklist:
A: Needled 24/7 B: Silent Scream (Slayer)
Total running time:
Release date: 2003-02-03
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI163PD
Barcode: 0044001968976
You're Better Off Dead!CDS
Tracklist:
01. You're Better Off Dead! 02. Somebody Put Something In My Drink
Total running time:
Release date: 2002
Catalog number Universal: DELETED
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI159CD
Barcode: OUT OF PRINT
Follow The ReaperCD
Tracklist:
01. Follow the Reaper 02. Bodom After Midnight 03. Children of Decadence 04. Every Time I Die 05. Mask of Sanity 06. Taste my Scythe 07. Hate Me! 08. Northern Comfort 09. Kissing the Shadows
Total running time:
Release date: 200
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI99CD
Barcode: 6417871019927
Hate Me!CDS
Tracklist:
01. Hate Me 02. Hellion (W.A.S.P. cover)
Total running time:
Release date: 2000
Catalog number Universal: DELETED
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI98CD
Barcode: OUT OF PRINT
Tokyo WarheartsCD
Tracklist:
01. Intro 02. Silent Night... 03. Lake Bodom 04. Warheart 05. Bed of Razors 06. War of Razors 07. Deadnight Warrior 08. Hatebreeder 09. Touch Like Angel of Death 10. Downfall 11. Towards Dead End
Total running time:
Release date: 1999
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI164CD
Barcode: 0044006629728
HatebreederCD
Tracklist:
01. Warheart 02. Silent Night, Bodom Night 03. Hatebreeder 04. Bed of Razors 05. Towards Dead End 06. Black Widow 07. Wrath Within 08. Children of Bodom 09. Downfall
Total running time:
Release date: 1998
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI69CD
Barcode: 6417871016926
DownfallCDS
Tracklist:
01. Downfall 02. No Commands (Stone cover)
Total running time:
Release date: 1998
Catalog number Universal: DELETED
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI73CD
Barcode: OUT OF PRINT
Children of BodomCDS
Tracklist:
01. Children of Bodom: Children of Bodom 02. Cryhavoc: Repent 03. Wizzard: Iron, Steel, Metal
Total running time:
Release date: 1997
Catalog number Universal: DELETED
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI59CD
Barcode: OUT OF PRINT
Something WildCD
Tracklist:
01. Deadnight Warrior 02. In the Shadows 03. Red Light in My Eyes pt.1 04. Red Light in My Eyes pt.2 05. Lake Bodom 06. The Nail 07. Touch Like Angel of Death
Total running time:
Release date: 1997
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI49CD
Barcode:
What is there to say about Children of Bodom that hasn’t been said yet?
That they have the songs AND the skill?
That very few come even close to what CoB is doing?
That they ARE state of the art?
In the last eight or so years, the band that darted to international fame with their debut, 1997’s “Something Wild”, has gone from being “this amazing band from Finland” to a household name in the metalscene. And that, of course, is obvious given the intensity, sheer quality of their material and the flawless execution.
Make no mistake, Children of Bodom do not play around. They’re here to kill.
Formed in 1993 and hailing from the city of Espoo, Finland, this young Finnish group took their name from one of the biggest murder mysteries in the history of their home town and Finnish crime: the murders at the Lake Bodom. After starting out as a trash-metal combo, the founding members Alexi Laiho (guitars and vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Seppälä (bass) and Alexander Kuoppala (guitars) soon found elements of classic heavy metal creeping into their music. After taking in keyboardist Janne Wirman to complete their line-up, they honed their combination of old schoold black metal, classic heavy, and death metal vocals into the sharpest instrument of its kind and headed out to a studio record a demo tape.
After Spinefarm Records received Children of Bodom’s “Deadnight Warrior” demo, it didn’t take long for the company to figure out what they had in their hands back in late 1996. Three spins of ‘Deadnight Warrior’ later, the band was signed and ready to knock a few heads off.
Their debut single was the self-titled hit single "Children of Bodom" which went straight to number 1 on the Finnish charts and sold platinum. The debut full-length album “Something Wild” was released in Finland in 1997, and the whole Finnish metal scene was on its knees. The Bodoms supported Dimmu Borgir at the band's Helsinki show in November and were hailed as the new kings of Finnish underground metal by the press. Licensing deal with Nuclear Blast for central Europe was inked quickly and soon after Middle Europe the album was also released in Japan and Thailand.
Soon CoB. was flying all over Europe and writing new material that would become the “Hatebreeder” album, which was released in February 1999. On “Hatebreeder” their music had found its true shape: the album was faster, heavier and more versatile than “Something Wild”. Pre-“Hatebreeder” single “Downfall” (which also included the cover song "No Commands" from the finnish thrash metal pioneers, Stone) went gold and ruled the Finnish charts.
During the summer -99 Children Of Bodom toured Finland and Europe. In June they did three sold out gigs in Japan with Dark Tranquillity and Sinergy and recorded the ultimate live CD: "Tokyo Warhearts-Live in Japan". For those of you who think it was way too early to release a live cd after just two studio albums, “Tokyo Warhearts” proves you wrong! "Tokyo Warhearts" came out as a limited digibook-edition in Europe in October and all the 20.000 copies of it were almost immediately sold out. The buzz around the band was reaching new heights.
Before heading to the studio again, CoB’s guitarist / vocalist Alexi Laiho found time to write songs and play on the Sinergy album "To Hell and Back", while keyboardist Janne Wirman recorded an extraordinary solo project "Unknown Soldier", under the guise of Warmen, proving that Children of Bodom are no one man show, with every member contributing to their unique sound.
In 2000 the single "Hate Me!" went #1 at the Finnish charts and sold gold in Finland in just a couple of weeks. Platinum sales (more than 10000 copies) soon followed. While the single was topping the charts, Children Of Bodom finished their studio sessions at Peter Tägtgren's Abyss Studio, and the third album "Follow the Reaper" saw the light of day on the 30th of October 2000.
"Follow the Reaper" was a glorious mixture of their debut album's heavy riffing raw sound, combined with "Hatebreeder" monstrous technical metal acrobatics. The most noticable thing however was how much the band had improved as a unit and in bringing the personal levels of musicianship to a new high.
After recording “Follow The Reaper” at Peter Tägtgren’s infamous Abyss Studio, the band decided to return to the loving arms of a CoB trustee, Anssi Kippo, and the bowels of Astia Studio. The result was nothing short of breathtaking.
On “Hate Crew Deathroll”, which was released in January 2003, not only did the band take their songwriting into new levels of aggressivity and heaviness but the way the songs were carried out pummeled everything they -or anyone, for that matter- had done into dust.
On “Hate Crew Deathroll” Alexi Laiho spits out his lyrics with vitriolic hate, the guitars (courtesy of Alexi and Alexander Kuoppala) shred everything in their wake with razorsharp precision while the rhythmsection (the demolition duo of Henkka T. Blacksmith & Jaska W. Raatikainen) pounds away like the world is about to end. As a final coup de gracé come the keyboards of Janne Warman, making sure the path of destruction is complete with the fervour and precision of a seasoned executioner on a killing spree.
In the Summer of 2003, Alexander Kuoppala left the band and was replaced by Roope Latvala, whose stellar playing had already graced countless of Finnish metal records. Being perhaps the most widely acclaimed metal guitarist in Finland ever, Roope’s flexible playing style and strange sense of harmony was a strong influence on CoB by the way of his early nineties speed metal band Stone.
In 2004 the band tested their new line-up on a four-track EP and a separate DVD-EP “Trashed, Lost & Strungout” that gave a little taster of the future alongside with two great cover songs. The EP was an introduction to a new-found drive, a rougher edge, still sounding definitely and unmistakeably very CoB.
After the relase of the successful mini-album, Children of Bodom barricaded themselves into studio Hästholmen, Helsinki, to record their next full-length album together with producer / mixer / engineer guru Mikko Karmila. The result was “Are You Dead Yet?”, title of which is merely rhetorical: the fourth studio album from the trailblazing Finnish metal hate crew is killer stuff throughout.
Children of Bodom have come a long way since their humble beginnings, and today stand tall in the all time extreme metal hall of fame, commanding the respect and awe of both fans and colleagues alike. Children of Bodom have been hugely influential, but still, eight years down the road east and west alike, remain the leaders of the genre. “Are You Dead Yet?” is all the proof you need.
In short: Children of Bodom just kill.
It is not mere precision, but the metal-mad passion that makes COB unique in their craft.
Single “In Your Face” will be released in August, with album ”Are You Dead Yet?” to follow on the 19th of September 2005 worldwide.
