Children Of Bodom
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“Man, it was amazing, the reactions we got for a Britney Spears cover. A lot of kids were super-mad at us”: The rocket-fuelled rise of Finnish hellraisers Children Of Bodom
By Joel McIver published
Children Of Bodom did as much as HIM and Nightwish to put Finnish metal on the map

“A lot of guys can play awesome guitar but there’s very few super-shredders like that”: members of Slayer, Nightwish, Mastodon and more salute the genius of Alexi Laiho
By Metal Hammer published
Late, great Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho was born on April 9, 1979

"I guess I didn’t expect them to look like that." We've found the reactions Gojira, Opeth, Obituary, Children Of Bodom and more had to hearing Bring Me The Horizon for the first time - and they might surprise you
By Merlin Alderslade published
In 2010, we secretly played Bring Me The Horizon to some of metal's most respected names. Here's what they thought

"Our tour manager had to have every city’s morgue number, just in case we found Alexi dead in his bunk": The meteoric rise and tragic end of Children Of Bodom
By Rich Hobson published
Children Of Bodom helped put Finnish metal on the map in the mid-90s, but substance abuse would ultimately lead to the band's dissolution - and death of iconic guitarist/frontman Alexi Laiho

The 10 funniest death metal cover songs
By Matt Mills published
From Bodom tackling Britney to Brujeria doing the Macarena, these death metal covers are ridiculously entertaining

10 amazing covers by massive metal bands that you’ve (probably) never heard
By Matt Mills published
From Iron Maiden going full prog to Black Sabbath smashing Smoke On The Water, only completists will have heard these extraordinary covers

A Chapter Called Children Of Bodom: the Finnish metal icons' final show is captured beautifully in this full-throttle, triumphant album
By Matt Mills published
There will truly never be another Alexi Laiho, but we can rest assured that Children Of Bodom at least went out with a bang

The 11 greatest final shows in heavy metal history
By Joe Daly published
From Black Sabbath to Metallica’s Cliff Burton, these excellent gigs also proved to be bittersweet goodbyes
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