New Album Halo Of Blood hits June 11^th

Headlining the Musicians Institute Stage on 2013’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour

The official music video for the track “Transference” by world renowned Finnish heavy metal band CHILDREN OF BODOM is now available for viewing on VEVO.com: http://smarturl.it/TransferencePremiere.

Fans can purchase the single audio track for “Transference” now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/COBiT.

CHILDREN OF BODOM’s eighth studio album, Halo Of Blood, will be released in North America on June 11^th and is available for pre-order via the COB Halo Of Blood landing page.  Versions include:

• Jewel-case CD only
• CD/DVD digi-pak only
• Vinyl only
• Exclusive album art t-shirt + CD/digi-pak/vinyl

Visit the COB landing page to view other exclusive pre-orders: http://bit.ly/CoB-HoB

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World Renowned Metal Band Reveals Striking Artwork and Song List for Forthcoming Record; Announces Summer North American Tour Dates as Part of Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival

CHILDREN OF BODOM “Halo of Blood”

Finnish heavy metal superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM (aka COB) have set Halo of Blood as the title of their eagerly anticipated eighth studio album, set for a June 11 North American release via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, CHILDREN OF BODOM unveils Halo of Blood‘s cover art, created by artist Sam Saramäki, known for his work on the classic COB records Follow the Reaper, Are You Dead Yet? and Hate Crew Deathroll.

CHILDREN OF BODOM recorded Halo of Blood in Finland’s Danger Johnny Studios (located at a top secret, undisclosed location in Helsinki) with recording engineer Mikko Karmila, who worked with the band on their earlier albums Hatebreeder, Follow the Reaper and Hate Crew Deathroll and producer Peter Tägtgren (Marduk, Amon Amarth) who oversaw production of both vocals and keyboards on the record. The album will be mixed at Finnvox Studios.

CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman and international guitar hero Alexi “Wildchild” Laiho comments, “Halo Of Blood is the eighth studio album from Children of Bodom. Musically, we’ve kept it fresh and new while still maintaining the elements that make COB’s sound so recognizable. This new album has both the fastest and the slowest songs we’ve ever made and lyrically, there are themes we’ve never touched on before. Prepare yourselves for ten tracks of pure Nordic metal!”

Halo Of Blood track listing:

1.) Waste of Skin
2.) Halo of Blood
3.) Scream for Silence
4.) Transference
5.) Bodom Blue Moon (The Second Coming)
6.) The Days are Numbered
7.) Dead Man’s Hand on You
8.) Damage Beyond Repair
9.) All Twisted
10.) One Bottle and a Knee Deep

In support of Halo of Blood, CHILDREN OF BODOM will tour North America alongside Rob Zombie, Mastodon, Amon Amarth and more as one of the featured acts at the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Set to launch June 29 in San Bernardino, California, the five week trek will run through August 4 in Dallas, TX. The just-announced itinerary for the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival is as follows:

2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival:

June 29 San Bernardino, CA San Manuel Amphitheater
June 30 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
July 2 Nampa, ID Idaho Center Amphitheater
July 3 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheater
July 5 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion
July 6 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater
July 7 Englewood, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater
July 10 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheater
July 12 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion
July 13 Camden, NJ Susquehana Bank Center
July 14 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
July 16 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center
July 17 Bangor, ME Bangor Waterfront
July 19 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
July 20 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 21 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
July 23 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
July 24 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
July 26 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center
July 27 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheater
July 28 Clarkson, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 30 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
July 31 Tampa, FL 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheater
August 2 Austin, TX Tower Amphitheater
August 3 Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 4 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion

STONE

The Circus, Helsinki

8′TH of March 2013

Review and photos by Marko Syrjala

The legendary Finnish thrash/speed band Stone was originally formed in mid 80’s. The band released four studio albums and one live album, before disbanding in 1992 to pursue different musical directions. In year 2000 band reunited briefly and in 2008 they did five shows including appearances at the Ruisrock and Tuska festivals. Last autumn, the band announced, somewhat surprisingly, that it intends to make a small-scale tour in the spring of 2013. It seems that at present there is a huge demand for the band. Five sold out shows and over 5000 tickets sold is an impressive achievement for any band in Finland. Official reason given for this comeback was the release of new Stone box set, but yes, perhaps the band just decided to respond the audience’s call and gave them what they wanted. Please welcome one more time: Janne Joutsenniemi, Roope Latvala, Markku “Nirri” Niiranen and Pekka Kasari, GET STONED!!

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Guitarist / vocalist Alexi Laiho & keyboard player Janne Warman of the world renowned Finnish heavy metal band CHILDREN OF BODOM (aka COB) have issued a second studio update from the bowels of Danger Johnny Studios in Helsinki, where the band began work on their as-yet-untitled eighth studio release last month.

Recording engineer Mikko Karmila (who worked on the Hatebreeder, Follow the Reaper, and Hate Crew Deathroll albums) is lending his talents to the new studio effort in addition to producer Peter Tägtgren (Immortal, Marduk, Amon Amarth), who oversaw production for vocals & keyboards earlier this month.  The album will be mixed at Finnvox Studios and a summer street date via Nuclear Blast Records is expected.

Working song titles include: “All Twisted,” “Slowdance On Nails,” “Moto GP,” “FC Pettymys,” “Kananmuisti-ilmiö”[Chicken Memory Effect], and “Trondheim.”
For the uninitiated: Over the last twenty years, Finland’s CHILDREN OF BODOM have incorporated many different musical styles into their celebrated sound, leading critics and fans to label them as melodic death metal, power metal, thrash metal, symphonic black metal, and neoclassical metal. Their enthralling mix of melodic hooks and instrumental acrobatics have solidified the band as one of the leading voices of music’s new generation.  Formed as Inearthed in 1993, the group is led by superstar frontman / guitarist Alexi ‘Wildchild’ Laiho, who was voted “Best Metal Guitarist” by readers of Guitar World magazine.  COB albums are no strangers to debut positions on the U.S. Billboard Top 200 chart and with three consecutive albums debuting at number one on Finnish album charts, they are one of their home country’s bestselling artists of all time with more than 250,000 records sold there alone.  Their latest studio album, Relentless Reckless Forever, was released in 2011.

CHILDREN OF BODOM are: Alexi Laiho (guitar, vocals); Roope Latvala (guitar); Jaska Raatikainen (drums); Henkka Seppälä (bass); and Janne Warman (keyboards).

Visit CHILDREN OF BODOM online at:

www.COBHC.com
www.facebook.com/CHILDRENOFBODOM
Twitter.com/COBHC
www.YouTube.com/COBOFFICIAL
www.YouTube.com/CHILDRENOFBODOMVEVO

The Ones That Survived The Lake Of Bodom!

They found the survivors, the ones that survived the Lake of Bodom! CHILDREN OF BODOM!

28 out of 40 and counting as Finland welcomes back 70000TONS OF METAL, The World’s Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival!

Make no mistake, 70000TONS OF METAL is not your grandma’s cruise. It’s also not one of the cruises that share the ship with normal cruise guests. This is an all heavy metal cruise! Can you imagine that? A whole luxury cruise ship full of metalheads? And since there is no backstage area you will have the opportunity to mingle side-by-side with the artists in this incredibly fan-friendly scenario that has no comparison. It’s like everyone has a backstage pass!

So far 28 out of a total of 40 bands on board are known:

ALESTORM

AMORPHIS

ATHEIST

CANNIBAL CORPSE

CHILDREN OF BODOM

CORONER

DARK FUNERAL

ELUVEITIE

GOD DETHRONED

GRAVE DIGGER

HAMMERFALL

IN EXTREMO

KAMELOT

MOONSORROW

MY DYING BRIDE

NIGHTWISH

OVERKILL

PENTAGRAM

PESTILENCE

RIOT

SAMAEL

STRATOVARIUS

SUFFOCATION

TANKARD

THERION

TRISTANIA

VIRGIN STEELE

WHIPLASH

70000TONS OF METAL will sail Monday, January 23, 2012 aboard the Royal Caribbean “Majesty of the Seas” from Miami FL to George Town, Cayman Islands and will not return you to the real world for four days until Friday, January 27, 2012.

Ticket prices start at US$666 plus US$289 taxes and fees per person and include all on-board entertainment, non-alcoholic and non-carbonated beverages, all meals at the dining rooms, most on-board restaurants and even 24 room service!

What are you waiting for? You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done! Check out www.70000tons.com for more information and book your cabin NOW!

Heavy T.O.

July 23-24, 2011

Review and pics by Monika Deviat

 

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Children of Bodom drummer Jaska Raatikainen

Interviewed on June 30th, 2011 by JP

The Ugly World Tour 2011 / Academy, Manchester UK / April 2nd 2011 / Photo: Amelie Lund

In late June I had the chance and very great pleasure to sit down with Jaska Raatikainen drummer for Children Of Bodom.  We met backstage just before the COB hit the stage in Calgary, Alberta on the 6th date of their North American tour.  It is very rare for the soft-spoken drummer to grant interviews so we are very pleased to present you this discussion.

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Children of Bodom - "Relentless Reckless Forever"

Children of Bodom has recently released their seventh studio album “Relentless Reckless Forever” (Spinefarm Records,2011) and are touring in support of the album. They are currently on the North American leg of “The Ugly World Tour 2011”. Metal-Rules caught up with keyboardist Janne Wirman for an interview after Children of Bodom’s set in Calgary, Alta. at MacEwan Hall on June 30th, 2011.

When talking about touring in North-America Wirman said that “We really love Canada. And talking about statistics, Canada has become our second biggest market after Finland. It used to be Japan, but now it’s Canada.”

During the interview Janne Wirman also talked about fans, touring and what he likes to do in his free time.

You seem to keep a very good rapport with your fans and you get out to meet the fans. Do you have an interesting or crazy story about an encounter with a fan you could share?

There would be so many. Whenever I get put on the spot I can’t think of one. There’s a lot of weird stuff that goes on. I really don’t like the situation where a fan asks you sign their arm or something and then tell you they are going to tattoo it. One time I was drunk out of my mind in Germany and was like, “Fuck no, you’re not going to tattoo that” and just put an ‘x’ through the signature and he tattooed it anyway. So that’s not good.

The band has a reputation as being big on partying. Do you guys limit yourselves on how much you party before a show?

Totally. We do not drink before the show. Maybe a maximum of two beers before the show. I mean I drink a lot during as you may have noticed, but we do not drink before the show.

To read the rest of the interview click the following link – http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/content/view/2267/1/

Children Of Bodom released their 7th album “Relentless Reckless Forever” on March 2, 2011 through Spinefarm Records. “Relentless Reckless Forever” landed at position No. 42 on the Billboard 200 Chart. For more information on Children Of Bodom visit their official website – http://www.cobhc.com.

UGLY TOUR 2011

Children of Bodom, Devin Townsend Project,

Obscura and Septic Flesh

June 30, 2011

Calgary, Canada / MacEwan Hall

Review and photos by Monika Deviat

Finland’s Children of Bodom have returned to Canada on “The Ugly World Tour 2011” in support of their new record, Relentless Reckless Forever [Spinefarm, 2011]. Joining Children of Bodom were Canada’s own Devin Townsend Project, Germany’s Obscura and Septic Flesh from Greece. On June 30^th, 2011 the tour stopped in Calgary, Alta. at MacEwan Hall.

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Children of Bodom

Interview with keyboardist Janne Wirman

Interviewed on June 30th, 2011 by Monika Deviat

Janne Wirman from Finland began playing piano at the age of five. After graduating from the Helsinki Pop & Jazz conservatory he was invited to join Children of Bodom on keyboard. Children of Bodom has recently released their seventh studio album Relentless Reckless Forever [Spinefarm Records,2011] and are touring in support of the album. They are currently on the North American leg of “The Ugly World Tour 2011”. Metal-Rules caught up with Wirman for an interview after Children of Bodom’s set in Calgary, Alta. at MacEwan Hall on June 30^th, 2011. 

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, Amon Amarth, Ensiferum @ HMV Forum, London

Review: Danny Draper

Tonights gig is a big’un! Two top draw bands at the top of their game; in my humble opinion, and a band that I’ve heard of, but never had the pleasure. What a pleasure tonight was though!

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Children of Bodom



Interviewed: London,  December 9th,  2010

Interviewer: Danny Draper

Photos: Altercarnated Photography

On a lovely winter’s day, Jo and I ventured to the Head offices in London to meet up with Janne and Alexi for a quick chat about the new album and plans before the playback.

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Children of Bodom - "Relentless Reckless Forever"

HD TRAILER FOR BAND’s NEW MUSIC VIDEO “WAS IT WORTH IT?” NOW AVAILABLE

CHILDREN OF BODOM (also COB), the hard partying Finnish Heavy Metal band that features frontman and modern day guitar hero Alexi Laiho will release its new album Relentless Reckless Forever on March 8, 2011 via Universal Music. Today, COB reveals the album’s cover art, which can be viewed now at this location.

Recorded in Finland’s Petrax Studios with famed rock producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Monster Magnet), Relentless Reckless Forever is the seventh studio album of CHILDREN OF BODOM’s illustrious career and the first new record from the band since 2008′s Blooddrunk, which debuted at #22 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart and scored the quintet its third consecutive #1 debut in Finland. On Relentless Reckless Forever, COB’s high-energy hooks and electric energy forge stadium-sized heavy metal anthems that seethe with both marvelous musicianship and a phenomenal pop prowess. The quintet’s unique union of haunting melodies, rhythmic sensibility, guitar-and-keyboard interplay and king-size solos is supercharged to the maximum, and the resulting record is poised to push the band – already on the brink of breakout success in the U.S. – to an altogether new pinnacle.

“We worked super hard on this album, at least for me it was pretty much no sleep or rest for six weeks,” stated Laiho. “But we were determined to make the best COB album ever, so we were willing to do whatever it took. Of course, having our producer Matt Hyde kicking our asses 24/7 definitely made the results even better, so obviously we’re more than anxious to get this album out there”

The first single and video from Relentless Reckless Forever is “Was it Worth It?”. COB shot a high energy music video for the track, joining forces with two-time X Games gold medalist and two-time Thrasher Magazine “Skater of the Year” Chris Cole as well as noted pro skaters Jamie Thomas, Garrett Hill and Tom Asta (the current #1 Amateur skateboarder in the world). Filmed on location at central Pennsylvania’s residential Action Sports compound Camp Woodward and directed by Dale Resteghini for Raging Nation Films (Pink Floyd, Santana, Mötley Crüe), the video was shot guerrilla style, sans treatment; honing in directly on CHILDREN OF BODOM’s high-spirited fire and the skaters’ eye-opening execution. A high resolution trailer for the clip can be viewed now at www.relentlessrecklessforever.com.

The track listing for CHILDREN OF BODOM’s Relentless Reckless Forever is as follows:

1.) Not My Funeral

2.) Shovel Knockout

3.) Roundtrip to Hell and Back

4.) Pussyfoot Miss Suicide

5.) Relentless Reckless Forever

6.) Ugly

7.) Cry of the Nihilist

8.) Was It Worth It?

9.) Northpole Throwdown

10.) Party All the Time (* Eddie Murphy)

“The single ‘Was It Worth It?’ is a total party song, said Laiho. “It’s not your typical Bodom sound, but it’s one of my favorites and heavy as hell.”

In addition to Laiho, CHILDREN OF BODOM features Roope Latvala (guitar), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Seppälä (bass) and Janne Warman (keyboards).

About CHILDREN OF BODOM:

CHILDREN OF BODOM’s enthralling mix of modern heavy metal, melodic hooks and the guitar acrobatics of Laiho have solidified the critically acclaimed Finnish band as one of the most revered hard rock acts in the world and one of the leading voices of metal’s new generation. The group’s 2008 studio album Blooddrunk skyrocketed to #22 on Billboard’s Top 200, scored the quintet its third consecutive #1 debut in its native Finland and saw Laiho named “Best Metal Guitarist” by the readers of Guitar World, besting well known players such as Kirk Hammett of Metallica to win the coveted award. CHILDREN OF BODOM has been called “technically dazzling” by the New York Times and “One of the most talented metal bands of our time” by contemporary media conglomerate VICE. COB’s popular song “If You Want Peace…Prepare for War” is currently featured in the smash hit music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The band’s name is derived from the infamous Lake Bodom murders, which took place in Finland in 1960.

Updated CHILDREN OF BODOM news and tour information will be made available via COB online: www.cobhc.com / www.myspace.com/childrenofbodom / www.facebook.com/childrenofbodom / www.twitter.com/cobhc

Metaltown Festival

Frihamnen

Gothenburg

Sweden

26-27/6 – 2009

Review and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall

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No Fear Tour feat. Lamb of God / Children of Bodom / As I Lay Dying / God Forbid / Municipal Waste

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

UBC Thunderbird Arena

Vancouver, BC  Canada

***Live Review & All Photos By Lord of The Wasteland

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