Children of Bodom

Also known as CoB, COBHC

Finnish melodic death metal band

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Children of Bodom is a Finnish band that plays melodic death metal, a style of heavy music that combines aggressive guitar riffs with memorable melodies. The band is notable for helping to popularize this particular metal subgenre and has been influential in the heavy music scene since their formation in the 1990s.

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Official website: www.cobhc.com
Image: Masters of Rock 2007 - Children of Bodom - 08.jpg

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Commons category: Children of Bodom
Commons gallery: Children of Bodom
inception: 1993-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2019-00-00
social media followers: 191000
start of work period: 1993-00-00
native label: Children of Bodom
end of work period: 2019-00-00

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Children of Bodom is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo, Uusimaa. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of frontman Alexi Laiho, drummer Jaska Raatikainen, bassist Henkka Seppälä, keyboardist Janne Wirman and guitarist Daniel Freyberg. The band released ten studio albums, three live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD.

The band's third studio album, Follow the Reaper (2000), was their first album to receive a gold certification in Finland, and subsequent studio albums acquired the same status. Their next four albums each debuted at number one on the Finnish album charts, and have also seen chart positions on the United States Billboard 200. They are one of Finland's best selling artists of all time with more than 250,000 records sold there alone.