![]() Paint The Sky With Blood is undeniable evidence of the late Alexi Laiho's artistic spirit and his extraordinary musical skills, together with his talented bandmates Daniel Freyberg, Waltteri Väyrynen, Mitja Toivonen and live keyboardist Vili Itäpelto. The EP, recorded in the band's native Finland, was intended to be followed by a full-length album later in the year, but now embodies a whole new meaning and remains the only work by Bodom After Midnight. It was meant to celebrate the manifestation of a brand new metal era for Bodom After Midnight, but now pays tribute to their incomparable frontman, guitarist and creative visionary Alexi Laiho. Guitar World has posted a rundown of the gear that is up for auction, including technical details, here.īodom After Midnight have released their highly-anticipated three-track EP, Paint The Sky With Blood, via Napalm Records. ![]() The link is to the English language page. However, Alexi boldly states, “To me, both addiction and the inability to go cold turkey of one’s accord are signs of weakness and that is part of the reason for this biography not containing any rehab stories.” It wasn’t until age 33 that Alexi realized, “The consequences of my drinking really scared the shit out of me.For information about the auction or to bid, head to Musamaailma.fi. “My healing process began when I decided to try and channel all the pain, chaos and bullshit into music.” As more songs are recorded and shows are played, Laiho’s physical injuries begin to mount, breaking a rib, as well as his wrist, and damaging his shoulder all sustained while intoxicated. Unafraid to share the truth, Alexi talks about his battles with depression and anxiety, his suicide attempt, and being admitted to the psychiatric ward of a hospital. Alexi recalls Bodom’s first time in North America, “Montreal was very cool, but the Milwaukee Metal Fest was not.” This isn’t the first, or last time, brevity triumphs over detail, which is quite frustrating to the reader. Sharing his musical inspirations, Alexi reveals, “The feeling of hate has always been one of my most important assets as a songwriter.” Laiho’s relationship with, and eventual marriage to former Dimmu Borgir keyboardist and Sinergy frontwoman Kimberly Goss is chronicled, as is his disturbing ritual of “self-mutilation with a knife.” Road tales include narrowly avoiding arrest in Greece, touring Mexico with Impaled Nazarene which was “weird as fuck,” and being “treated like kings” in Japan. ![]() Bassist Henkka Seppala entered the fold in 1995, and the first COB show took place in 1997 the same year their debut album, Something Wild, was released in Finland. Looking back, Alexi admits, “In many ways, I was a problem child and did my best not to hide it.” With regular school being of no interest to our protagonist, he got accepted into the Pop & Jazz Conservatory at age 12.Īlexi met Children Of Bodom drummer Jaska Raatikainen in sixth grade their first band together was called Inearthed. By far.” That same year, Alexi started taking piano lessons. A time which, despite nearly drowning at age five, the singer / guitarist considers to be “the best time of my life. Written by Petri Silas, who’s had a “professional and personal relationship” with Laiho for the last 15 years, this 293-page paperback begins with Alexi’s childhood. Originally published in Finnish in April 2019, the biography of Children Of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho has since been updated and translated into English.
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