At a time when the rock scene appears to be returning to more traditional values, Children Of Bodom a young band with a wealth of experience and a ready supply of great songs are perfectly placed to be one of the acts-with-an-attitude over the next 12 months, and indeed beyond. The Children are the future, its official.
IN the same way that the Olympics shifts from country to country, so does the Rock n Roll Capital Of The World forever change its town. In the 80s it was Los Angeles, the Wild West Coast, in the 90s it was Seattle, City Of Grunge, and now in the Year Of Our Lord 2005, its Helsinki.
In fact, its Finland in general. A country of just five million inhabitants, a vast percentage of whom appear to be in guitar-heavy bands bands with the instinctive ability to combine the drama of rock musics colourful past with the more cutting edge manoeuvres of a fresh millennium. Whats more, these are rock bands who actually look the part as in long hair, sombre attire, and guitars that are as likely to be Flying Ved as not.
Enter Children Of Bodom: a five-piece outfit from Espoo in Finland who, since the latter part of the 90s, has been building a reputation as a genuine market leader. Originally called Inearthed (a fledgling set-up with a series of demos to their name), COB can be as downright brutal as any of the extreme metallers when the situation demands. But what places these guys right at the sharp end of the pack is the way they can suddenly dish up huge swathes of melody & instantly memorable choruses plus of course a degree of musicianship that has seen vocalist/guitarist Alexi Wildchild Laiho gracing the covers on guitar magazines around the world.
Over the past eight years, Alexi & Co. have recorded & released four full studio albums (Something Wild, 1997; Hatebreeder, 1999; Follow The Reaper, 2000; Hate Crew Deathroll, 2003), plus the live album Tokyo Warhearts(1999). At a time when the creation of quality catalogue appears to be happening less & less, COB are not only well ahead of the game, but now poised to unveil Studio Album No. 5 ARE YOU DEAD YET a flawless ten-track outing scheduled for October 25th U.S release, featuring the only in Finland released cover of the Ramones classic "Somebody Put Something In My Drink"; that is sure to push the Finnish Five to a whole new level of international success, both critically & commercially.
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