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Children of Bodom
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Children of Bodom is a Finnish band from the city of Espoo, near Helsinki. The name of the band comes from one of the most famous Finnish murder cases of all time. (The murdering of three teenagers one night at Lake Bodom back in the 60’s.)
Early Children of Bodom albums are inspired by classical music and death metal (Red Light in My Eyes pt. 1 starts with a line from J.S. Bach’s Invention No.13 in A minor and Red Light in My Eyes pt. 2 includes selections from Mozart’s 25th Symphony), and later albums are more inspired by a commercial thrash and hair metal, losing some of its earlier melodic style. A precise definition for their musical genre is discussed by fans and the specialized press alike, often discounting the influences of the band and the composition of songs. The lyrics of their songs are written in the English language and are often of a simplistic nature, dealing with the subjects of death and personal struggles. As the band grows in experience, so does their playing style. They seem to change one way or another with every album that gets released. Even the album cover arts seems to change as the band grows. They are now also hitting the mainstream part of metal, their name and style being more known now. COB continues to inspire many musicians alike and more join the COBHC everyday.
The bandmembers include Alexi Laiho (lead guitar and vocals), Janne Warman (keyboard), Roope Latvala (rhythm guitar), Jaska Raatikainen (drums) and Henkka T. Blacksmith (bass guitar).
Early Children of Bodom albums are inspired by classical music and death metal (Red Light in My Eyes pt. 1 starts with a line from J.S. Bach’s Invention No.13 in A minor and Red Light in My Eyes pt. 2 includes selections from Mozart’s 25th Symphony), and later albums are more inspired by a commercial thrash and hair metal, losing some of its earlier melodic style. A precise definition for their musical genre is discussed by fans and the specialized press alike, often discounting the influences of the band and the composition of songs. The lyrics of their songs are written in the English language and are often of a simplistic nature, dealing with the subjects of death and personal struggles. As the band grows in experience, so does their playing style. They seem to change one way or another with every album that gets released. Even the album cover arts seems to change as the band grows. They are now also hitting the mainstream part of metal, their name and style being more known now. COB continues to inspire many musicians alike and more join the COBHC everyday.
The bandmembers include Alexi Laiho (lead guitar and vocals), Janne Warman (keyboard), Roope Latvala (rhythm guitar), Jaska Raatikainen (drums) and Henkka T. Blacksmith (bass guitar).
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In Your Face
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Children Of Bodom-Ghostriders In The Sky (Stan Jones Cover)
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Children of Bodom - Hellbounds On My Trail
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Children Of Bodom - Lookin' Out My Back Door (CCR Cover)
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Shoutbox
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DragonDance wrote:
metal for scene kids. [2]
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corpusvili wrote:
хах мани... цял ден лежа и слушам Уаитсмейк :D помага 0.о
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Kn0kkelmann wrote:
I wish I was one of dem cool cob kidz
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Opeth_Watershed wrote:
I like to paint my finer nails black, drink uncontrollably, bi-sexual metal [1]
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formalhaut13 wrote:
it's dubious what happened with Alexi Laiho :D I think so that he was very drunk!!
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_SEPSISM_ wrote:
children of gay
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Delano999 wrote:
I agree with this, just look at any random Alexi hater, they're complete nerds, or dumb ''metalheads'' who act to be true, and who very likely suffer from low self-esteem.
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Layinginblack wrote:
I doubt it.
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ashole333 wrote:
I've seen Bodom about 4 times too and Opeth once and I was bored as shit at Opeth, and guys that talk shit about Laiho being bi sexual or what have you are just some faggot jocks that get a boner for him secretly and there only way to feel more like a man is just to talk shit about him
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Leatherface91 wrote:
metal for scene kids.
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hellisaki wrote:
And Alexi kicks all your arses >:)
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Jotun6666 wrote:
Melodic death metal? LOL
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Layinginblack wrote:
@Delano999 - maybe YOU have shit taste in music too. Now stop bringing opeth into everything,closet fan.
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Layinginblack wrote:
"I gave up? For what? I never engaged in any ''fight'' I expressed my opinion" NO you were not, lying won't help you.
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GenesisRisen wrote:
You must be new to last.fm. It shows like 100 tags on each page, and obviously once you get past the top 5-10 they're gonna start getting retarded and more retarded. And I don't get how someone who listens to The Devil Wears Prada can rip on someone for listening to As I Lay Dying. You both listen to metalcore, he just listens to good metalcore. You also rip on someone for listening to RHCP when you listen to eminem, HIM and Paramore. I mean, don't get me wrong, I listen to Paramore too occasionally, so I guess we're both faggots, but don't call someone a poser when you obviously aren't a trve kvlt warrior ov metal.
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neccy60 wrote:
Sexy as a tag? WTF?
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slutfacehoebag wrote:
Fuck these tags are almost as stupid as the my chemical romance tags. Stoner metal? What the fuck!
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neccy60 wrote:
IT FEELS SO COLD
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neccy60 wrote:
There is no such thing as Pop Death Metal. Lies.
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Opeth_Watershed wrote:
Truthfully, everything released before AYDY? was good.
Events
- Oct 9 Children of Bodom Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, United States
- Oct 10 Rock and Shock V The Palladium, Worcester, United States
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Nov
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All Hope Is Gone World Tour
Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland
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Recent Activity
- Lieniite_K, chridhe and LillFrom added Children of Bodom to their libraries. 10 hours ago
- Jotun6666 tagged Children of Bodom with ‘sexy’ and ‘porn’. Wednesday morning
- ScreamOfRage and AngelMonster87 added Children of Bodom to their libraries. Wednesday morning
- DeadCaligari tagged Children of Bodom with ‘melodic death metal’ and ‘power metal’. Wednesday morning
- BUBUMBUMBUMBUM, christheimpaler, north-man and 13 other people added Children of Bodom to their libraries. Wednesday morning
- Pontus_Noren tagged Children of Bodom with ‘melodic death metal’. yesterday evening
- gr3ggy, metalboyz, gorrior and 2 other people added Children of Bodom to their libraries. yesterday evening
- kelli_x tagged Children of Bodom with ‘seen live’. yesterday evening
- hardcorriko, theassclown, awwni and 1 other person added Children of Bodom to their libraries. yesterday evening
- luckylok uploaded M.U.A Laiho to Children of Bodom’s images. yesterday evening
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