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Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom performing live in 2016
Background information
Origin	Espoo, Finland
Genres	Melodic death metal, power metal, thrash metal
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast, Spinefarm, Century Media, Fearless
Associated acts	Sinergy
Website	cobhc.com
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 Finnish extreme metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group consists of Alexi Laiho (vocals, lead guitar), Janne Wirman (keyboards), Henkka Seppälä (bass), Jaska Raatikainen (drums) and Daniel Freyberg (rhythm guitar). 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 subsequent studio albums have acquired the same status. Three consecutive albums debuted at number one on the 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,power metal. and thrash 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. They had known each other since early childhood and had shared an interest in heavy metal, especially death metal groups, such as Dissection, Entombed, Cannibal Corpse, Autopsy, and Obituary and classic metal groups such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Dio, and Ozzy Osbourne. 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.