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Q: When will the new Children Of Bodom album be released?

A: It's hard to give precise details at that time, the band is planning to go in the studio in October 2007 to record the new songs Alexi wrote in spring 2007. A release is scheduled for March 2008.

Q: When will the band go on tour again?

A: The next tour will follow after the release of the new album.

Q: What is 'Bodom'?

A: Contrary to popular belief, Bodom isn't actually a lake, but a region. The 'real' name for Lake Bodom ('Bodominjärvi' in Finnish) would actually be Lake of Bodom. The name of the band refers to victims of a brutal murder that took place at the lake in the sixties. You can read more about the murders here.

Q: What is the Hate Crew?

A: The Hate Crew is basically the 5 Children Of Bodom members + some of the members of their crew, like the producer Anssi Kippo, tour manager Fleisch, their friends.. The Children Of Bodom Hate Crew has always been the "gang" side of the whole band. The public get to know about the "Hate Crew" only when the Hate Crew Deathroll album came out, but the truth is that the term has been around for a longer while. You can read "COBHC" already in the Hatebreeder booklet and the text "Children Of Bodom Hate Crew" appeared in the Hate Crew T-Shirt which came out in 2001.

Q: Which cover songs Children Of Bodom have recorded / played live so far?

A: Mass Hypnosis (Sepultura cover / Beneath The Remains album) 1998
-Released on the Sepultural Feast - A Tribute to Sepultura album and also on the Japanese version of Something Wild.

Hellion (W.A.S.P. cover / W.A.S.P album) 1999 *
-The band played this one live already in 1998. It was originally recorded during the Hatebreeder session, but was re-recorded in 2000 during the Hate Me! session since the band wasn't happy with the first recording. Released on the Hate Me! single and some editions of Follow The Reaper.

No Commands (Stone cover / Stone album) 1999
-Released on the Downfall single, the Japanese version of Hatebreeder and the Tokyo Warhearts 12" LP's. Stone was a popular Finnish metal band and it's Roope Latvala's ex-band.

Don't Stop At The Top (Scorpions cover / Savage Amusement album) 2000
-Released on the Scorpions tribute album, the Deluxe Edition of Something Wild and the Finnish version of Follow The Reaper. Actually the song was going to appear on the Hate Me! single together with the King Diamond cover, but this idea was soon abandoned.

Shot In The Dark (Ozzy Osbourne cover / The Ultimate Sin album) 2000 *
-Released on the Japanese edition of Follow The Reaper and it was the only cover song which was recorded in the Abyss studio. Was played live in Europe 1999 and in Japan 2001.

Silent Scream (Slayer cover / South Of Heaven album) 2001
-Recorded already in 2001 with the Iron Maiden cover. It was planned for a Slayer tribute that never came out. Was released for the first time on the Deluxe Edition of Something Wild. Also appears on some editions of Hate Crew Deathroll.

Aces High (Iron Maiden cover / Powerslave album) 2001
-Recorded for the Iron Maiden tribute, wasn't featured on any COB releases but only on some compilations.

Somebody Put Something In My Drink (Ramones cover / Animal Boy album) 2002 *
-Played live only on the Dynamo festival in 2002 and in Finland in 2003. Released with the You're Better Off Dead! single.

Latomeri (Klamydia cover / Los Celibatos album) 2003
-Klamydia is a Finnish punk band. Vesku Jokinen (their singer) invited Alexander to play guitar on the Klamydia EP Seokset but Alexander insisted to get an opportunity to record a song with the whole band. Was recorded in a very short time, almost with one take only.

Rebel Yell (Billy Idol cover / Rebel Yell album) 2003
-Recorded in Janne's own Beyond Abilities studio, released only on "BESTBREEDER from 1997 to 2000" Japanese Best Of album. Clean vocals.

Bed Of Nails (Alice Cooper cover / Trash album) 2004
-After the first Alice Cooper cover song (The Man Behind The Mask) which the band recorded in 2002 during the Hate Crew Deathroll studio sessions wasn't good enough for the band, they decided to cover another song by the shock rocker. The version of Bed Of Nails pleased the whole band and was released on the Trashed, Lost & Strungout EP.

She Is Beautiful (Andrew W.K. cover / I Get Wet album) 2004
-Recorded in spring 2004 for the Trashed, Lost & Strungout EP with the Alice Cooper song. Alexi first had to convince some of the other members to cover this song. Alexi already played that song live with Andrew W. K. on the USA tour in spring 2004. Andrew is a huge fan of COB's music by the way.

Oops I Did It Again (Britney Spears cover / Oops I Did It Again album) 2005
-This cover song shocked many COB fans and this was exactly what the band wanted. Janne got the idea for it when Britney Spears was played in the tourbus and he suggested the others to record a song of her just for fun. Femals vocals performed by Jonna Kosonen. Released on the In Your Face single and on the Japanese edition of Are You Dead Yet?.

Talk Dirty To Me (Poison Cover / Look What the Cat Dragged In album) 2005
-Unspectacular cover song which pays tribute to the Poser/Glam Rock bands of the 80s which made Alexi a Metal fan. The solo in this song was played by Roope. Released on the Japanese edition of Are You Dead Yet?.

Waiting (King Diamond cover / Graveyard album) **
-The band recorded the song but it was never released, since they weren't happy with the results.

He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask) (Alice Cooper cover / Constrictor album) 2002 **
-The band recorded the song but it was never released, since they weren't happy with the results.

Sukset (Popeda cover / Harasoo album) 200? **
-The band recorded this cover of a Finnish Punk band somewhere between 2002 and 2003 but wasn't sure if it was good enough to be released.

Vitutuksen Multihuipennus (Impaled Nazarene cover / Suomi Finland Perkele album) 1995 or 1996 ***
-As crazy as it sounds, the band played this weird song live in their old days.

Stratosphere (Stratovarius cover / Episode album) 1996 ***
-During their first gigs, the band also used to cover the instrumental Stratosphere.

My Sky Is Darker Than Thine (Sentenced cover / North From Here album) 1997 ***
-In the early days they played a cover from Sentenced on their gigs.

We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister cover) 2001 ***
-Was played live in Finland, Spain and South-America 2001.

* Also performed live.
** Recorded, but never released.
*** Performed ONLY live, never recorded.

Please note that the band NEVER recorded Iron Maiden's The Trooper or Europe's Final Countdown.
The versions you might have seen on p2p programs are by Sentenced, Norther or Dispatched.

Q: How to pronounce Bodom?

A: The lake was originally named by the Swedish ("Bodom-träsk") when they ruled over Finland years ago. The Swedish pronounce Bodom like "Boo-dom" (American pronunciation) and the Finnish way to pronounce it is "bottom" (American pronunciation again). BUT the thing is that since it was named by the Swedish, the somewhat official way to pronounce it here is indeed Boo-dom but some Finns tend to use "bottom" anyway. To hear a robotic pronunciation, go to http://www.mikropuhe.com/demo.asp, write "buudom" (=Boo-dom) or "Bodom" (=bottom) in the empty field and hit "Kuuntele puhe".

Q: How come there are lyrics for only a few songs in the booklets?

A: Alexi never wanted to concentrate much on writing lyrics and he thinks that some of the lyrics aren't good enough to be published. However, Alexi wants to print lyrics for a couple of songs to give the fans an idea what the lyrics on each album are about.

Q: Who are all the people the band greets in their booklets?

A: The Ultimate Corpse of Espoo is always mentioned by the band in the booklets of their releases. They never gave a straight answer to this one in interviews but it seems to be somewhat of an inside joke and a way to greet their hometown Espoo. Ultimate Corpse can also refer to the unlively atmosphere in Espoo where nothing special happens.

Anssi Kippo is their producer. More info here.

Mr Sova is Demonos Sova from the Finnish Black Metal band Barathrum. He did the old Children Of Bodom logo which can be seen on the cover of the first edition of Something Wild.

Pera is their former keyboard player Jani Pirisjoki.

Klaus Flaming is the father of a Finnish radio show called "Metalliliitto". Klasu has interviewed the band numerous times.

Martin Castillo is a character of the 80s TV serie "Miami Vice", which both Alexi and Alexander fancy. He was played by Edward J. Olmos.

Jan Hammer composed music for "Miami Vice". The band said a dream come true would be an intro for gigs composed by him.

Sami Tenetz is the frontman of Alexi's former band Thy Serpent.

Ewo Rytkönen is an all-around guy. More info here.

Esa Holopainen plays in Amorphis and works for Spinefarm.

Mika Luttinen is the frontman of Alexi's former band Impaled Nazarene.

Ed Grain, Mika Lindberg and Ykä Järvinen aka Ykä Yksinäinen aka Ykä Murha-Järvinen are responsible for Deadnight Warrior, Downfall and Sixpounder videos.

Jens Johansson plays keyboards for Stratovarius.

Tuukka Temonen & the crew are responsible for the Everytime I Die video.

Gerald "coach" Wilkes is the manager of the band.

Kaide, Iffe and the whole Musamaailma crew work for the Finnish music store Musamaailma located in Helsinki.

Timo "ice-cream" Isoaho is a Finnish journalist who were with COB during some of their Japanese tours and writes stories about them to Finnish magazines.

Richard "Hootch" Hiles mixes most Children Of Bodom live gigs.

Fleisch is the tourmanager of the band.

Lasse is responsible for lighting.

Neubi is the band's guitar roadie.

Skid is the band's drum roadie.

Neste Hietalahti is a Finnish gas station / place to buy beer very near the bands rehearsal place.

Q: Where can I get Children Of Bodom merchandise / What happened to the Scythes Of Bodom Shop?

A: The Scythes Of Bodom Shop was planned for the sole purpose of offering people around the world high quality merchandise for reasonable prices. However, we saw no reason to keep going on with it after COBHC.COM finally opened their merchandise section. Check it out for some high quality stuff and support the band!

Q: Why the band released a Japan only compilation?

A: Keep in mind, that bands never release anything, record labels do. The record deal between Toy's Factory and COB was about to expire and Toy's Factory decided to get everything out of the deal they could by putting out a compilation. The band isn't happy with the songs choosen for it as they didn't get to decide them.

Q: Does a shaped version of Hatebreeder exist?

A: No. Nuclear Blast had plans for it back in 2000 but it was never released.

Q: What's up with these 2-CD album versions of the first three albums which came out in 2003?

A: This was again an idea by Nuclear Blast who offered a lot of albums of their bands for a special price with a bonus CD-ROM for a short time. However there wasn't anything special about Children Of Bodom and the information contained on the CD-ROM can also be found on the Nuclear Blast website since it was just copied from there.

Q: Where is the quote "Sleep All Day, Party All Night, Never Grow Old" which can be found on the back of a Children Of Bodom shirt from?

A: This quote originally appears on the cover of the DVD/VHS of the movie The Lost Boys. It continues with "Never Die, It's Fun To Be A Vampire". It's a cool vampire movie from 1987 with Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldmann and Corey Haim.

Q: Did the band ever chat with their fans in an online chat?

A: Yes, they did. On January 28th in 2003, Henkka and Janne did an online chat with their fans on the German Rock Hard homepage.

Q: Are there different booklets of the albums in different releases?

A: They're mostly the same but there is a big difference in the Spinefarm version and Nuclear Blast version of Something Wild. The booklet of the Spinefarm version is white inside and has a map (more like a simple drawing) of lake Bodom and a different thankslist and member pictures. The Nuclear Blast booklet is red illustrated with the ground of the cover and the hand of the Reaper and a band picture. Both only contain lyrics for Touch Like Angel Of Death.

Q: Q: What is Asphalt Annihilation?

A: It is a game which was invented by the Bodom boys when they were bored in the Abyss studio as their VCR had broken down. It is a board game which is played on paper and - suprise, suprise - involves drinking. Every player has a "car" and they cast a die to move. A guitar tuner was used as a traffic light and on some checkpoints the players are forced drink vodka.

Q: Does the Reaper have a name?

After many years the band unofficially gave him the name "Roy". It's not known why and it's more or less an inside joke which shouldn't be taken too seriously.

Q: Where can I find the original Inearthed demo tapes?

A: I'm afraid you need a time machine.

Q: When will Children Of Bodom come to play to [insert your home country here] ?

A: All confirmed dates will be announced on COBHC.com and Scythes Of Bodom.com as soon as they are confirmed.

Q: Why the band doesn't play [insert your favourite Children Of Bodom track here] live?

A: The band thinks that the new material is generally better than the old material so that's why they play mostly new songs. However, they do play some of the old classics because they know that that's what the fans want. Also, they have played the old songs so many times that they've got bored with them and want to play the new tracks for a change. Alexi is aware of the fact that many fans want to hear much older stuff - that's what he also experiences when he goes to see bands - and he tries to fit as much old songs to the setlists as possible.

Q: Why does Alexi wear eyeliner make-up and paint his fingernails?

A: Alexi grew up with glam rock, it's just his thing! His sister was into bands like Poison, Skid Row and Mötley Crüe, back in 80s everyone wore make-up!

Q: I really need to get in contact with the band members. Can you give me their private e-mail/postal addresses?

A: No.

Q: Are there any MP3 downloads of the old Inearthed demo songs on this site?

A: We were offering the demo songs as remastered high quality versions on Scythes Of Bodom a few years ago. Since Alexi doesn't like these old songs at all anymore, we decided to remove them and respect his wish.

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