
Hailing from Espoo, Finland, with Janne Wirman on keyboard, Henkka "Blacksmith" Seppälä on bass, Jaska Raatikainen on drums, Roope Latvala on rythym, and Alexi "WildChild" Laiho on lead, Children Of Bodom is one of the best melodic black metal bands ever. Since their debut single "Deadnight Warrior", they have released 6 consecutive studio albums, consisting of "Something Wild (1997)", "Hatebreeder (1999)", "Follow the Reaper (2000)", Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)", "Are you Dead Yet? (2005)", and their latest album, "Blooddrunk (2008)". They have released 13 singles consisting of "Deadnight Warrior", "Downfall", "Everytime I Die", "Hate me!", "Sixpovnder", "Needled 24/7", "In Your Face", "Are you Dead Yet?", "Thrashed, Lost, and Strungout", "Living Dead Beat", "Blooddrunk", "Hellhounds On my Trail", and "Smile Pretty For the Devil". They have also released 2 live albums titled, "Tokyo Warhearts (1999)" and "Chaos Ridden Years (2005)" and one best of album titled "Bestbreeder". Children Of Bodom are talented musicians in everyway. But personally I enjoy their older shit better (Something Wild - Follow the Reaper). I just think that it is more melodic. So if you enjoy Bach and Eddie Van Halen, you will definitely enjoy Children Of Bodom. : )