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Children of Bodom
Genre(s)
Melodic Death/Power Metal
Lyrical theme(s)
Death, Hate, Lake Bodom, Personal Struggles
Origin	Formed in	Current label	Status
Finland (Espoo)	1997	Spinefarm	Active
Current line-up
Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho - Vocals, Guitar (Impaled Nazarene, Kylähullut, Sinergy, Thy Serpent, Warmen) Roope Latvala - Guitar (2003-) (Dementia (Fin), Latvala Bros, Nomicon, Sinergy, Stone, Walhalla (Fin), Waltari, Soulgrind (Fin), Warmen) Janne "Warman" Wirman - Keyboards (Kotipelto, Masterplan, Warmen, Ari Koivunen) Henkka T. "Blacksmith" Seppälä - Bass (Aivokasvain) Jaska W. Raatikainen - Drums (Evemaster, Gashouse Garden, Virtuocity)
Former/past member(s)
Alexander Kuoppala - Guitar (1997-2003) (Timo Rautiainen)
Additional notes
The group started out in 1993 and released all of their demos as Inearthed. The band faked a split-up and changed their name to Children of Bodom just before the release of "Something Wild" to escape from a record deal with a smaller label (perceived by the band as a "rip-off") in order to sign for Spinefarm. Children of Bodom acquired their name from a legendary murder that took place in Finland at Lake Bodom. When four teens went camping at Lake [...] [read more]
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Morrigan		July 10th, 2002
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Radagast		November 17th, 2009
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Discography

The Carpenter	Split, 1997
Children of Bodom	Split, 1997
Something Wild	Full-length, 1997	[11 reviews, average 76%]
Downfall	Single, 1998	[1 review, 96%]
Hatebreeder	Full-length, 1999	[13 reviews, average 74%]
Tokyo Warhearts	Live album, 1999	[6 reviews, average 95%]
Hate Me!	Single, 2000	[1 review, 13%]
Follow the Reaper	Full-length, 2000	[15 reviews, average 86%]
You're Better Off Dead!	Single, 2002	[2 reviews, average 50%]
Hate Crew Deathroll	Full-length, 2003	[7 reviews, average 80%]
Needled 24/7	Single, 2003	[1 review, 80%]
Bestbreeder from 1997 to 2000	Best of/Compilation, 2003
Trashed, Lost & Strungout	Single, 2004
Trashed, Lost & Strungout	DVD, 2004
Trashed, Lost & Strungout	EP, 2004	[6 reviews, average 64%]
In Your Face	Single, 2005	[6 reviews, average 48%]
Are You Dead Yet?	Full-length, 2005	[16 reviews, average 60%]
In Your Face	DVD, 2005
Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live	DVD, 2006	[1 review, 93%]
Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live	Live album, 2006
Unholy Alliance	Split DVD / video, 2007	[1 review, 35%]
Blooddrunk	Single, 2008	[1 review, 91%]
Blooddrunk	Full-length, 2008	[16 reviews, average 51%]
Hellhounds on My Trail	EP, 2008
Smile Pretty for the Devil	Single, 2008
Skeleton in the Closet	EP, 2009
Skeletons in the Closet	Best of/Compilation, 2009

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