Children Of Bodom
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Children of Bodom live 2016
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Espoo, Finland |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast, Spinefarm, Century Media, Fearless |
| Associated acts | Norther, Sinergy, Kylähullut, Warmen, Stone, Timo Rautiainen, Impaled Nazarene |
| Website | www |
| Members |
Alexi Laiho Jaska Raatikainen Henkka Seppälä Janne Wirman Daniel Freyberg |
| Past members | Samuli Miettinen Alexander Kuoppala Jani Pirisjoki Roope Latvala |
Children of Bodom is a melodic death metal band from Espoo, Finland. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho (vocals, lead guitar), Janne Wirman (keyboards), Henkka Seppälä (bass), Jaska Raatikainen (drums) and Daniel Freyberg (rhythm guitar). In total they have released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD.
The band's third studio album, Follow the Reaper, was their first album to receive a Gold certification in Finland, and since then, all seven of the band's studio albums have acquired the same status. In Finland, Children of Bodom has released three consecutive albums that debuted at number one on Finnish album charts, and has also seen chart positions on the United States Billboard 200.
The band has incorporated many different musical styles, leading critics and fans to label their work as melodic death metal, "extreme power metal",thrash metal,symphonic black metal, and neoclassical metal. They are one of Finland's best selling artists of all time with more than 250,000 records sold there alone.
Children of Bodom was formed in 1993 by guitarist Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen under the name of Inearthed. Both musicians had known each other since early childhood and had shared an interest in heavy metal, especially death metal groups, such as Dissection, Entombed, and Obituary. Bassist Samuli Miettinen completed the initial line-up of the band. Inearthed recorded its first demo, Implosion of Heaven, during August of the same year.
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