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Finnish death metal band Children of Bodom is doing great in America. With their Blooddrunk album C.O.B. has climbed up to 22nd position in American Billboard album list. So far only “love metal” band HIM has been more successful Finnish band in America. Blooddrunk has been successful also in other countries. It is seventh in Canada, 12th in Japan and 44th in UK. In Germany the album is tenth and in Austria it is 19th. Notice that these are “general” lists. In the rock list of UK Children of Bodom’s Blooddrunk is currently the first one. In Finland the situation is naturally the same.

Wow! Impressive C.O.B.! I am very glad for the success of one of my favorite death metal bands. It is great to see how metal music of my tiny country is breaking through in the world. It is difficult for Scandinavian bands to break through because English is not our first language. Additionally American market is very different from Scandinavian, so Finns usually just don’t know how to market their music in America. Bands like C.O.B. have already their local “marketing machine” (Spinefarm US) rolling in America, but smaller bands doesn’t have that luxury.

Having a Finnish band on position 22 in American album list is a big thing for Finns. We feel like it is a national breakthrough. Finns are proud of Children of Bodom, even though most people don’t even listen to their music. Although we are a metal music country, most people listen to pop, rock and evergreens.

Today Finnish newspaper Iltasanomat wrote about Children of Bodom’s guitarist/singer Alexi Laiho. As they say in the article, Alexi Laiho has many times been asked about the name of the band. “Who are the children?”, “what Bodom?”. The name of the band is related to the Lake Bodom where three youngsters were murdered in 1960. “Although our name comes from there, our music does not refer to the murders“, says Alexi Laiho. “We don’t try to tell what really happened in the lake in 1960. We create stories of what might have happened in there. What really happened there is still a mystery and will stay as a mystery“, continues Laiho.

Newspaper Iltasanomat lists the songs related to the murders of Lake Bodom. Those are Bastards of Bodom, Bodom Beach Terror, Silent Night, Bodom Night and Bodom after Midnight. Alexi Laiho was born in Espoo where the lake is located. Laiho was asked if he has been camping in the lake, to which he replied: “no, never, but I have spent a lot of time in there. It is still a great place. There are very nice beaches and good places to grill food. May be one day I will go camping by the lake“, says Alexi Laiho.

Oh boy, it would be great to see C.O.B. live this summer. This band has got some furious energy!

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