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Children of Bodom
Finnish melodic death metal band
Formé en 1997 · Séparé en 2019
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Children of Bodom (COB) est un groupe finlandais de death metal mélodique/power metal.
Les cinq membres du groupe sont originaires d'Espoo, une ville finlandaise voisine d'Helsinki où ils ont fondé le groupe en 1993 sous le nom d'Inearthed. La mascotte du groupe est affectueusement appelée Roy et représente l'image folklorique de la mort, la faucheuse. Elle est présente sur toutes les couvertures d'albums.
Entre 2016 et 2019, Children of Bodom se composait d'Alexi Laiho au chant et à la guitare lead, Daniel Freyberg à la guitare rythmique, Janne Wirman aux claviers, Henkka Seppälä à la basse et Jaska Raatikainen à la batterie. Ces trois derniers quittent le groupe après un dernier concert à Helsinki le 15 décembre suivant, mettant de fait un terme à Children of Bodom. Le frontman Alexi Laiho, chanteur, guitariste virtuose et compositeur, fonde alors un nouveau groupe, Bodom After Midnight, avant de décéder à 41 ans le 29 décembre 2020 des suites de son addiction à l'alcool.
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Children of Bodom are a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo, Uusimaa. 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 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 (2000), was their first to receive a gold certification in Finland. Subsequent studio albums acquired the same status. Their next four albums each debuted at number one on the Finnish album charts, and have charted 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. Laiho and Freyberg carried on as Bodom After Midnight in 2020. Founding member and main songwriter Laiho died in December of that year.
In October 2025, the surviving members of Children of Bodom announced that the band would reunite to perform two tribute shows for Laiho in February 2026, with Samy Elbanna filling in for him on vocals and guitar. The band announced a permanent reunion on 10 March 2026, including plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Something Wild in 2027.
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Discographie
Albums
- 1997 Something Wild
- 1999 Hatebreeder
- 2000 Follow the Reaper
- 2003 Hate Crew Deathroll
- 2005 Are You Dead Yet?
- 2008 Blooddrunk
- 2011 Relentless Reckless Forever
- 2013 Halo of Blood
- 2015 I Worship Chaos
- 2019 Hexed
EP
- 2004 Trashed, Lost & Strungout
- 2006 Are You Dead Yet?
- 2008 Hellhounds on My Trail
- 2015 Tales From Lake Bodom
Singles
- 1997 Children of Bodom
- 1998 Downfall
- 2000 Hate Me!
- 2002 You’re Better Off Dead!
- 2003 Needled 24/7
- 2005 In Your Face
- 2008 Blooddrunk
- 2008 Smile Pretty for the Devil
- 2009 Lookin’ Out My Backdoor
- 2011 Was It Worth It?
- 2011 Roundtrip to Hell and Back
- 2013 Transference
Tout voir (17)
- 2015 Morrigan
- 2015 I Worship Chaos
- 2022 Are You Dead Yet?
- 2023 Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom Shreds
- 2023 Party All the Time