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Children Of Bodom - To Release Cover Album

Here are the tracklists for the different editions of the upcoming Children Of Bodom cover album "Skeletons In The Closet", scheduled to be released worldwide this autumn.

Europe

01 "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 "Hell Is For Children" (Pat Benatar)*
03 "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" (Ramones)
04 "Mass Hypnosis" (Sepultura)
05 "Don´t Stop At The Top" (Scorpions)
06 "Silent Scream" (Slayer)
07 "She Is Beautiful" (Andrew W.K.)
08 "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Kenny Rogers)
09 "Bed Of Nails" (Alice Cooper)
10 "Hellion" (W.A.S.P.)
11 "Aces High" (Iron Maiden)
12 "Rebel Yell" (Billy Idol)
13 "No Commands" (Stone)
14 "Antisocial" (Trust/Anthrax)*
15 "Talk Dirty To Me" (Poison)
16 "War Inside My Head" (Suicidal Tendencies)**
17 "Ooops!? I Did It Again" (Britney Spears)

USA

01 "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 "Hell Is For Children" (Pat Benatar)*
03 "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" (Ramones)
04 "Mass Hypnosis" (Sepultura)
05 "Don´t Stop At The Top" (Scorpions)
06 "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Kenny Rogers)
07 "Hellion" (W.A.S.P.)
08 "Aces High" (Iron Maiden)
09 "Rebel Yell" (Billy Idol)
10 "No Commands" (Stone)
11 "Antisocial" (Trust/Anthrax)
12 "Talk Dirty To Me" (Poison)
13 "Ghost Riders In The Sky" (Stan Jones)
14 "War Inside My Head" (Suicidal Tendencies)**
15 "Ooops!? I Did It Again" (Britney Spears)

Japan

01 "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
02 "Hell Is For Children" (Pat Benatar)*
03 "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" (Ramones)
04 "Don´t Stop At The Top" (Scorpions)
05 "Silent Scream" (Slayer)
06 "She Is Beautiful" (Andrew W.K.)
07 "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (Kenny Rogers)
08 "Bed Of Nails" (Alice Cooper)
09 "Aces High" (Iron Maiden)
10 "Antisocial" (Trust/Anthrax)*
11 "Talk Dirty To Me" (Poison)
12 "Ghost Riders In The Sky" (Stan Jones)
13 "War Inside My Head" (Suicidal Tendencies)**

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Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 03.07.2009 by ArtiA | Comments (44)


Children Of Bodom - Drop Off Lamb Of God Tour

Official press release

Award-winning Finnish heavy metal band Children Of Bodom was forced to cancel its remaining live dates as part of the "No Fear Energy Tour" with Lamb Of God due to injuries sustained by guitarist and front man Alexi Laiho. Laiho, 30, broke his shoulder two weeks ago when he was ejected from his tour bus bunk after the vehicle took a sharp turn. Laiho and Children Of Bodom are touring North America in support of the band's critically acclaimed album "Blooddrunk". The axe slinger was recently named as the world's "Best Metal Guitarist" in the 15th annual Guitar World reader's poll.

Against recommendation, Laiho had decided to "bite the bullet" and remain on tour, wearing the arm in a sling to restrict movement at all times when he was not on stage. But after performing ten live dates with both the broken shoulder and internal bleeding, the toll became too much for the guitar hero to endure and Children Of Bodom made the decision to cut its current tour short, placing Laiho's long-term health as its first priority.

"After the New York show (on May 9) I knew it was going to be over," commented Laiho in an official statement. "During the 3rd song I started feeling like someone was stabbing me in my lungs, my heart and my ribs. That was the kind of pain that neither stubbornness, painkillers, nor alcohol could alleviate. I wanted to try to keep going but after seeing a second doctor in Philadelphia, I was basically told that I could fuck myself up for life if I don't stop playing. Against all recommendation, I have played and sang for the last 10 days in violent pain which has only made my condition worsen. So, I decided to listen to everyone around me, who were telling me the best thing to do would be to go home and get some proper rest and give my shoulder some time to heal."

"This was a hard decision for me and I feel bad about it," he continued. "But it is the right thing to do if I want to keep making music. I apologize to our great fans for not being there for the remaining shows and I want to thank all the guys from the other bands; Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, God Forbid and Municipal Waste for backing me up on this. Most of all I want to thank our fans for still being there, showing support, and continuing to rock out with me! I promise I will be back and I hope you all will too! Horns up!"

After a few weeks rest, Children Of Bodom will start their European summer festival run on May 30th from Rock Hard Festival 2009 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. All summer festival dates will go down as planned and remain unaffected by Alexi's injury!

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Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Event: No Fear Energy Music Tour
Posted: 12.05.2009 by Bad English | Comments (44)


Children Of Bodom - New Video Posted Online

Finish metal band Children Of Bodom have posted their newest video "Smile Pretty For The Devil" online. The video can be watched on their official MySpace site.
The video was directed by Sandra Marschner for Katapult Filmproduktion. "Smile Pretty For The Devil" is taken from Children Of Bodom's new album, "Blooddrunk", which was released in April this year.

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 12.09.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (14)


Children Of Bodom - Announce A US Tour

Children Of Bodom have announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of their critically acclaimed new album, Blooddrunk. The scheduled four week, 25 city tour will kick off on September 11 in Baltimore, MD and criss-cross the U.S., closing with a bang on October 10 in Worcester, MA.

The Children Of Bodom U.S. headlining tour will feature support from Between The Buried And Me as well as a "very special guest to be announced". The major market trek will represent the influential metal band's first U.S. headlining jaunt in support of Blooddrunk and follows the quintet's red hot summer North American "Gigantour" live dates as hand-picked support for heavy music legends Megadeth.

Advance ticket pre-sales for the Children Of Bodom tour will begin on July 16 via Nokia Ticket Rush with general public on-sales slated to start on July 18 and 19 via http://www.livenation.com. The tour will be produced by Live Nation and presented by sponsors ESP Guitars and Hot Topic and tour supporters Guitar World, Metal Kult, Rock House Method and Spinefarm Records.

September 11 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!
September 12 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
September 13 Atlanta, GA Masquerade
September 14 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
September 16 Dallas, TX House of Blues
September 18 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
September 19 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern
September 20 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
September 21 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
September 22 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
September 23 Seattle, WA Showbox Market
September 25 Salt Lake City, UT The Great Salt Air
September 26 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
September 27 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
September 28 St. Louis, MO Pop's
September 30 Minneapolis, MN Myth
October 1 Chicago, IL House of Blues
October 2 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
October 3 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
October 4 Detroit, MI Clutch's Cargo
October 6 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
October 7 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
October 8 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
October 9 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
October 10 Worcester, MA Palladium

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Source: myspace.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 20.07.2008 by Abattoir | Comments (10)


Children Of Bodom - World Tour Dates

On the Children Of Bodom website it can be read that some Japanese tour dates have been confirmed.

For all the COB fans in the US, Newbury Comics are giving you a FREE limited edition Blooddrunk Pint Glass when you pre-order the record at Newburycomics.com. It is limited to only 1000, so be sure to head over to the site before they run out. Also for all the US fans, starting March 25th, you can head over to iTunes and download the "Blooddrunk" single to rock with before Gigantour starts on April 12th!

GIGANTOUR 2008

(with Megadeth, In Flames, Job For A Cowboy and High On Fire)

Tickets to most of the shows are available at Ticketmaster

Apr. 12 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium (USA)
Apr. 13 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion (USA)
Apr. 15 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie (USA)
Apr. 16 - Corpus Christi, TX - The Pavilion @ Concrete Street (USA)
Apr. 17 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre (USA)
Apr. 19 - Louisville, KY - Louisville Gardens (USA)
Apr. 20 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle (USA)
Apr. 22 - New York City, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom (USA)
Apr. 23 - New York City, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom (USA)

Apr. 24 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory (USA)
with In Flames & A Life Once Lost

Apr. 25 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium Downstairs (USA)
Apr. 26 - Baltimore, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (USA)
Apr. 28 - Quebec, QC - Pavilion De La Jeunesse (CAN)
Apr. 29 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre (CAN)
Apr. 30 - Toronto, ON - Arrow Hall (CAN)
May 01 - London, ON - John Labatt Centre (USA)
May 03 - Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre (USA)
May 04 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater (USA)

May 05 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls (USA)
COB headlining + local supports TBA

May 06 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom (USA)
May 07 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom (USA)
May 09 - Minneapolis, MN - Myth (USA)
May 10 - Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Convention Centre (CAN)
May 11 - Saskatoon, SK - Saskatoon Prairieland Exhibition (CAN)
May 12 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre (CAN)
May 14 - Calgary, AB - Calgary Corral (CAN)
May 16 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum (CAN)
May 17 - Salem, OR - Salem Armory Auditorium (USA)
May 19 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Events Center (USA)
May 20 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena (USA)
May 21 - Los Angeles, CA - Long Beach Arena (USA)
May 22 - Phoenix, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre (USA)

SUMMER 2008

06.06. - Sauna Open Air, Tampere (FIN)

11.06 - Vicar Street, Dublin (IRE)
12.06 - Carling Academy, Glasgow (UK)

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Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 26.03.2008 by kain686 | Comments (10)


Children Of Bodom - New Video Online

The video for the single "Blooddrunk" off Children Of Bodom's upcoming album has been posted online. The video can be viewed at this location.

The clip, which was produced by Katapult Filmproduktion, was shot in the former Nazi barracks in Krampnitz in the vicinity of Berlin, Germany, where the Russian army was stationed before the German reunion.

Another Children Of Bodom song entitled "Banned From Heaven" was already made available for streaming on the band's MySpace page.

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Source: myspacetv.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 18.02.2008 by Unknown user | Comments (38)


Children Of Bodom - New Album Tracklisting

Children Of Bodom has posted the tracklisting for their upcoming album Blooddrunk:

01. Hellhounds On My Trail
02. Blooddrunk
03. LoBodomy
04. One Day You Will Cry
05. Smile Pretty For The Devil
06. Tie My Rope
07. Done With Everything, Die For Nothing
08. Banned From Heaven
09. Roadkill Morning

Blooddrunk was recorded and produced by Mikko Karmila, in Petrax and Finnvox Studios, Finland, during October, November and December 2007, except vocals recorded by Peter Tägtren and keyboards recorded by Janne Wirman in Petrax Studios, Finland, during October, November and December 2007. Mixed at Finnvox by Mikko Karmila in November 2007, Mastered at Finnvox by Mika Jussila in December 2007. The album will be released in April 2008.

Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 12.01.2008 by RhaegarTargaryen | Comments (26)


Children Of Bodom - Album Title Revealed

Children Of Bodom bassist Henkka Blacksmith has posted the following update straight from the Petrax Studio in Hollola, Finland:

"Last week in studio, Alexi has been doing vocals with Peter Tägtgren this week. Janne will finish his stuff now also, and by the end of the week everything should be fine. We will start mixing and mastering right away.

We did 9 tracks, including a new version of "Tie My Rope", plus 4 coversongs. We will post the different formats as soon as these are confirmed with the different release dates. The actual album itself will contain 9 COB tracks.

The album will be called Blooddrunk."

Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 14.11.2007 by Dark_Meteor | Comments (55)


Children Of Bodom - Enter The Studio

Finnish metallers Children of Bodom have just entered Petrax Studio in Hollola, Finland to begin recording their as-yet-untitled sixth album. The follow-up to 2005's "Are You Dead Yet?" is being produced by Mikko Karmila and will feature a guest appearance by Peter Tägtgren of Hypocrisy and Pain fame. An April 2008 release is expected.

The band posted the following message on their website: "Children Of Bodom entered the studio and started to record their sixth studio album which is scheduled to be released on April 2nd in 2008. Henkka wrote the first part of a studio diary that will regularly inform you about the recording process.

You can find the first part of it at this location. Stay tuned for the next parts!"

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Source: metalfromfinland.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 10.10.2007 by BurbotsRevenge | Comments (22)


Children Of Bodom - Album Update

Bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith issued a small album update to the official Children Of Bodom fansite Scythes Of Bodom. The update goes as follows:

"Up to now, the band has seven finished songs and they will enter a studio in the second week in October to record the album. The plan is to record nine songs for the album and maybe even a tenth if the guys are satisfied with another song that is currently in the works. Most likely "Tie My Rope" will be re-recorded and the band is planning to record three or four cover songs which are already confirmed. This doesn't mean that all of them will be featured on one album, but these songs will be used as bonus tracks for different areas and markets such as Japan for example.

Henkka also revealed a few working titles of the songs. The band uses simple working titles like 1. "Eka", 2. "Bläkkis", 3. "Trioli", 4. "Trabant", 5. "Uusin" (in English: 1. "First", 2. "Blacky", 3. "Triplet", 4. "Trabant", 5. "Newest") during the songwriting process. Of course they shouldn't be taken seriously. It wasn't easy for Henkka to say how the songs sound like but he kept saying that he is very excited about the new material.

In addition he said that nobody should expect the second part of COB TV anytime soon because footage of the recording sessions in October will also be featured in it (of course only the lesser serious part of it). In reply to my question if the four recorded demo tracks, that the band recorded in May at Sonic Pump Studios, could be used as bonus tracks, Henkka answered that there are no plans for that. However, after thinking about it, he said that it wouldn't be a bad idea to use them for that if they sound much different than the final album versions."

To read more, click here.

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Source: endlesswar.net
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 07.09.2007 by Thryce | Comments (22)


Children Of Bodom - COBTV News

Posted on the Official Children of Bodom site:

"We present you the first episode of COBTV News - a special report from the studio session for the band's brand new song Tie My Rope which will appear on the upcoming Viva La Bands Volume Two CD, in stores Sept 4th throughout North America."

The video is available on Children Of Bodom's website for download or streaming.

Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 03.08.2007 by Unknown user | Comments (20)


Children Of Bodom - Band Of The Year At Finnish Metal Awards

Children Of Bodom was honored with the "Band Of The Year" award at the Finnish Metal Awards, which were held Friday night (February 16) during the Finnish Metal Expo at the Cable Factory in Helsinki, Finland. Members of the Finnish metal media pre-selected the candidates and the people cast their votes to select the winners, which were as follows:

Album Of The Year: Mokoma - Kuoleman Laulukunnaat
Band Of The Year: Children Of Bodom
Rookie Of The Year: Profane Omen
Cover Art Of The Year: Mokoma - Kuoleman Laulukunnaat here]
Musician Of The Year: Kai Hahto of Wintersun
Vocalist Of The Year: Marco Hietala of Tarot / Nightwish

Saturday (Feb. 17) tickets for the two-day Finnish Metal Expo MS Event Page] were sold out in advance and the 2,500-capacity venue was filled to the brim. An almost equal number of people visited the world's premiere Metal Expo on Friday. Live performances were held by the likes of DragonForce, Amon Amarth, Moonsorrow, etc.
In addition to the live shows, more than 50 exhibitors ? including record labels, instrument brands, merchandisers, media etc. ? displayed their latest offerings in the expo area.
The International Metal Meeting ? an industry event within the FME ? gathered more than 80 international and local Finnish delegates from the metal music industry. This year's IMM featured presentations from Roadrunner Records' Mike Gitter and Natalie Dybaylo from Russia's Rosenfield Records.

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Source: blabbermouth.net
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 18.02.2007 by Thryce | Comments (21)


Children Of Bodom - Alexi Laiho Wounded (Again)

As posted on the bands official website:

"One week ago Alexi had the worst luck. He tripped at a bowling alley and his shoulder was hurt. Something is broken but it's not serious like the accident two years ago. He has to be careful because the shoulder will be sensitive for a while. 6 weeks of no guitar playing - doctor's orders. This means all the activities planned to happen within the next 5 weeks have to be cancelled. We can have a break from rehearsals but what breaks our hearts is that we are not able to perform in Desert Rock (Dubai, U.A.E.) in March 2007. That festival was something we were looking forward to but it just can't happen.

There's nothing we can do about this!"

6.2.2007 Helsinki
Children Of Bodom

Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Event: Desert Rock Festival
Posted: 07.02.2007 by Warman | Comments (48)


Children Of Bodom - Fake MySpace Profiles

There are many fake profiles at MySpace.com of people pretending to be members of Children Of Bodom. There are many fake accounts of Alexi at myspace. Janne, Roope and Jaska don't have official accounts at myspace either. Please don't get fooled by this. So far there is only one official Children Of Bodom profile at myspace:
http://myspace.com/childrenofbodom

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Source: cobhc.com
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Posted: 22.11.2006 by Warman | Comments (6)


Children Of Bodom, Rotten Sound And Crematory - Confirmed For Germany's With Full Force Festival

Children Of Bodom, Rotten Sound and Crematory are among the newly confirmed bands for the the With Full Force festival, set to take place June 29 - July 1 at Flugplatz Roitzschjora in Löbnitz, Germany.
The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

By Night
Cannibal Corpse
Children Of Bodom
Crematory
Dagoba
Ektomorf
Kampfar
Lousy
Manos
Neara
Peter Pan Speedrock
Rotten Sound
Venerea
Volbeat

All info on http://www.withfullforce.de.

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Source: withfullforce.de
Band profile: Children Of Bodom
Event: With Full Force XIV
Posted: 03.11.2006 by Damnated | Comments (4)