History Music / ChildrenOfBodom

As of late 2019, Janne Wirman, Henri Seppala, and Jaska Raatikainen have all announced their departure after 25 years of uninterrupted membership. Their final show with the band will take place on December 15, 2019. However, because Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman have filled an application with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland in June 2019, frontman Alexi Laiho is not legally allowed to perform under the Children of Bodom name without them. In 2020, he and Daniel Freyberg formed a new band called Bodom After Midnight along with Waltteri Väyrynen (drums, also in Music/ParadiseLost) and Mitja Toivonen (bass, ex-Santa Cruz). Unfortunately the new band ended up recording only three songs before Laiho's untimely death due to health-complications in late 2020.

As of late 2019, Janne Wirman, Henri Seppala, and Jaska Raatikainen have all announced their departure after 25 years of uninterrupted membership. Their final show with the band will take place on December 15, 2019. However, because Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman have filled an application with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland in June 2019, frontman Alexi Laiho is not legally allowed to perform under the Children of Bodom name without them. In 2020, he and Daniel Freyberg formed a new band called Bodom After Midnight along with Waltteri Väyrynen (drums, also in Music/ParadiseLost) and Mitja Toivonen (bass, ex-Santa Cruz). Unfortunately the new band ended up recording only three songs before Laiho's untimely death due to health-complications in early 2021.

As of late 2019, Janne Wirman, Henri Seppala, and Jaska Raatikainen have all announced their departure after 25 years of uninterrupted membership. Their final show with the band will take place on December 15, 2019. However, because Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman have filled an application with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland in June 2019, frontman Alexi Laiho is not legally allowed to perform under the Children of Bodom name without them. In 2020, he and Daniel Freyberg formed a new band called Bodom After Midnight along with Waltteri Väyrynen (drums, also in Music/ParadiseLost) and Mitja Toivonen (bass, ex-Santa Cruz).

* ClusterFBomb: It would be a tall order to count how many times Alexi sings the word "Fuck" or any of its derivatives throughout their discography.

As of late 2019, Janne Wirman, Henri Seppala, and Jaska Raatikainen have all announced their departure after 25 years of uninterrupted membership. Their final show with the band will take place on December 15, 2019. However, because Raatikainen, Seppälä and Wirman have filled an application with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland in June 2019, frontman Alexi Laiho is not legally allowed to perform under the Children of Bodom name without them. In 2020, he and Daniel Freyberg formed a new band called Bodom After Midnight along with Waltteri Väyrynen (drums, also in music/ParadiseLost) and Mitja Toivonen (bass, ex-Santa Cruz).

Children of Bodom is a Finnish [[HeavyMetal metal]] band from Espoo, formed in 1993 under the name of [=IneartheD=]. Their name was inspired by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bodom_murders Lake Bodom murders]].

As of late 2019, Janne Wirman, Henri Seppala, and Jaska Raatikainen have all announced their departure after 25 years of uninterrupted membership. Their final show with the band will take place on December 15, 2019, while Alexi Laiho and Daniel Freyberg plan to make an announcement about the future of the band.

Current lineup:

* Alexi Laiho - lead vocals, lead guitar

* LeadBassist: Henkka Seppälä is primarily Type C, as the FaceOfTheBand alongside Alexi Laiho.

* Jaska Raatikainen - drums
* Henkka Seppälä - bass, backing vocals
* Janne Wirman - keyboards, backing vocals

* IndecipherableLyrics: The band does not publish the lyrics to half their songs, and Alexi is famous for singing whatever he feels like live. The result: a fandom constantly trying [[TheUnintelligible to figure out]] [[{{Mondegreen}} what the hell]] [[LyricalShoehorn they might be]] [[WordSaladLyrics singing in each song]].

* ''Halo Of Blood'', 2013.

* GenreBusting + GenreRoulette. Happens frequently throughout their discography.

** The title track and "Taste of My Scythe" from ''Follow the Reaper" have snippets of dialogue from ''Film/TheExorcistIII''.

Examples of tropes:

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Alexi
** TheLancer: Henkka
** TheSmartGuy: Janne
** TheBigGuy: Jaska
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Daniel

** [[WordOfGod Alexi Laiho]] has stated that he views the band as simply "Extreme Metal", finding the other sub-genres too restrictive.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Alexi is 36, but could pass for his mid-early 20's.

* LongRunnerLineup: The Laiho-Latvala-Seppälä-Wirman-Raatikainen lineup lasted between 2003 and 2015.

* Alexi Laiho - vocals, guitar
* Daniel Freyberg, guitar
* Janne Wirman, keyboards
* Henkka Seppälä, bass
* Jaska Raatikainen, drums

** TheLancer: Jaska

** TheBigGuy: Henkka

* GratuitousEnglish: Alexi's English isn't all that good.

* IndecipherableLyrics: The band doesn't publish the lyrics to half their songs, and Alexi is famous for singing whatever he feels like live. The result: a fandom constantly trying [[TheUnintelligible to figure out]] [[{{Mondegreen}} what the hell]] [[LyricalShoehorn they might be]] [[WordSaladLyrics singing in each song]].

** [[SixthRanger FifthRanger]]: Daniel

** [[SixRanger FifthRanger]]: Daniel

* Roope Latvala, guitar

* CoverVersion: A whole cover album, ''Skeletons in the Closet''. They also covered "[[BritneySpears Oops I Did It Again]]" at an earlier date; the song was also included on the album. ''Halo of Blood'' features a Music/{{Roxette}} cover, of all things.

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[[caption-width:345:Is Bodom proud of them?]]

* TropeCodifier: Of modern melodic death metal.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Alexi is 35, but could pass for his mid-early 20's.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Their style can be summed up as "Neo-Classical [[ProgressiveMetal Progressive]] [[BlackMetal Blackened]] [[MelodicDeathMetal Melodic Death]][=/=][[ThrashMetal Thrash]] PowerMetal"... or something. Generally it's easiest to refer to them as "extreme power metal" (Note: Not to confuse them with Music/DragonForce, who call themselves this, but have more SpeedMetal than Extreme Metal in their sound), which is what people do. [[InternetBackdraft It's not a good idea to mention the black metal influence among devout metalheads, of course]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: During the chorus of Needled 24/7, one line can be misinterpreted as, "MY ASS JUST CATCHES FIRE AND MY HEART STARTS TO BURN!".

* XMeetsY: Music/DragonForce meets early Music/InFlames.

* CoverVersion: A whole cover album, ''Skeletons in the Closet''. They also covered "[[BritneySpears Oops I Did It Again]]" at an earlier date; the song was also included on the album.