Here are his own signature sounds created by himself. It couldn’t be more fitting and we knew we just had to be there to celebrate with the band and their fans, bringing you a look at what has to be one of the parties of the year in case you couldn’t be there… With them they bring the Danish alternative metal/rock band Forever Still and Canadian progressive death metal/djent outfit Oni. Children of Bodom recently made their 20 years Down & Dirty tour throughout Europe and North America. IS STARTING THEIR TOUR 20 YEARS DOWN & DIRTY AROUND THE EUROPE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF. Having toured throughout most of Europe, on April 6th they struck down at The Circus in Helsinki to play a homecoming gig as the last stop of their anniversary tour. Children Of Bodom are melodic death metal group from Finland. They actually embarked on such a tour and baptized it “20 Years Down & Dirty”. He told us back then there were plans to possibly do a celebration tour on which they might play their debut album “Something Wild” from start to finish. Last summer we talked with Jaska Raatikainen, drummer of the highly popular Children of Bodom, at Tuska Open Air about their upcoming 20th birthday. The tour is commemorating the anniversary of Something Wild,which is their debut album and was released in November of 1997. So it’s getting there.Children of Bodom “20 Years Down & Dirty” (The Circus, Helsinki) / / By : Finnish extreme metal band Children of Bodom are currently touring across North America and they are bringing their 20 Years Down and Dirty Tour to El Corazon in Seattle on Tuesday November 7, 2017. To kick off their 20 Years Down & Dirty tour, Children Of Bodom opened with Deadnight Warrior sticking true to their promise not to play anything newer than Hate Crew Deathroll. We’ll do it.’ ‘Cause we were kind of bummed out that we couldn’t do it in the U.S., ’cause we had a lot of fun in Europe too. Three sets in and already drained, metalheads gathered new energy from smoke, liquor and conversation to re-load for the act of the night. But then our management came up with the idea to do the 20-year thing in the U.S. ‘Cause we were supposed to be done touring already - we had been on the road for, like, a year and a half. But I started writing songs anyway, and we started practicing during summertime. Actually, we were supposed to record it this fall originally, so I started writing in April. Laiho also talked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2015’s “I Worship Chaos” album. So then you’ve gotta start figuring out whether he fits the band and whether he has the right attitude and whether he’s rock and roll enough to do this sh*t.” If you call yourself a musician, you should be able to know how to play already - that shouldn’t be even a question. I mean, that should be sort of taken for granted. I think, for me, those kinds of things are just as important as the musicianship. “The problem is the personality and can you live with them on the tour bus? And also, how does it look on stage? I mean, all those things - what the dude looks like and his whole attitude towards music and so many non-musical factors. “There are great players all over the place, all over the world - great f*cking guitar players, you’ll never run out of ’em, better than I am - but that’s not the problem here,” he continued. We grew up together and we went to the same school - we basically started the whole thing when we were 13 or 14 years old, so we’re super tight - and to bring somebody new into the group, it. On October 20 th, fans were encouraged via social media to submit photos of themselves with the band for a chance to be in the upcoming video. “There’s always hesitation when it comes to a new band member, especially with us, ’cause it’s always been a very important thing for us to maintain the same lineup. A few weeks ago, Children Of Bodom released a special lyric video for the song ‘My Bodom (I Am The Only One)’, taken from the band’s latest studio album, ‘I Worship Chaos’. On the first leg of their tour they ended at The Circus in Helsinki, as good as in their hometown, so we had to have a talk with one of the guys. Laiho responded: “He fits perfectly on every single level - totally. Finnish metal legends Children of Bodom are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a tour dedicated to being 20 years Down & Dirty. In an interview with Shred Shack, CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho was asked how former NORTHER guitarist Daniel Freyberg is fitting in with CHILDREN OF BODOM since stepping into the group nearly two years ago.
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