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CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman On EMG TV; Video Available

EMG TV has uploaded video footage of CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho playing the song "In Your Face" using his signature ALX/ABQ pickup set. Watch the clip below. CHILDREN OF BODOM's cover version of the CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL classic "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is available fo...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Frontman Talks Covers Album

U.K.'s Terrorizer magazine recently conducted an interview with CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Terrorizer: OK, so Spinefarm have just collected all the covers you've ever recorded for a kinda "best-of" collection, including songs by...

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WARMEN: 'Japanese Hospitality' E-Card Available

CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman will release the fourth album from his WARMEN project, "Japanese Hospitality", on August 24 via Spinefarm Records. The 10-song effort includes two cover versions — "Separate Ways", originally recorded by JOURNEY, and "Black Cat" by JANET JACKSON, featuring...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: Cover Of CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL's 'Back Door' Posted Online

CHILDREN OF BODOM's cover version of the CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL classic "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is available for streaming on the Spinefarm Records MySpace page (scroll down in audio player). The song comes off the Finnish metallers' new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", which is sch...

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ANNIHILATOR: 'Live At Masters Of Rock' DVD Due In October

Canadian thrash metal veterans ANNIHILATOR will release their new DVD, "Live At Masters Of Rock", in October. The cover artwork for the set — which was filmed/recorded on July 11, 2008 at the Masters Of Rock festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic — can be viewed below. ANNIHILATOR mainman Jeff Waters...

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SAATTUE: New Album Pushed Back To October

Finnish metallers SAATTUE have had the release date of their second album, "Vuoroveri", pushed back to October 21 from the previously announced September 9 (via Spikefarm Records). The CD will include "eight works of heavy, dark and multi-dimensional saatto metal," according to a press release. "Vuo...

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SAATTUE To Release 'Vuoroveri' In September

Finnish metallers SAATTUE will release their second album, "Vuoroveri", on September 9 via Spikefarm Records. The CD will include "eight works of heavy, dark and multi-dimensional saatto metal," according to a press release. "Vuoroveri" was recorded at D-Studio in Klaukkala, Finland with producer Ja...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: 'Skeletons In The Closet' Details Revealed

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will release a new album, titled "Skeletons In The Closet", in the fall through Spinefarm Records. The follow-up to last year's "Blooddrunk" is a selection of cover versions, some of them existing recordings, others specially laid down for this release. CHILDREN O...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Bassist Checks In From The Road

Bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith) of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM has issued the following update from the road: "In the beginning of the summer, we went to Janne's [Wirman, keyboards] small studio and recorded a couple of new cover songs for the forthcoming cover album. Th...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: More North American Dates Announced

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will return to North America this fall to headline a massive, month-long tour. The 20-city trek will launch on Friday, September 18 at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island and will run through October 14 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Support will come from T...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER: First North American Dates Announced

CHILDREN OF BODOM will team up with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and SKELETONWITCH for a North American tour in September/October. So far the following dates have been released: Sep. 22 - Theatre Capitole - Quebec City, QC Sep. 23 - Metropolis - Montreal, QC Sep. 25 - Elements Night Club - Kitchener, ON...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: 79-Song iTunes-Exclusive Box Set Available

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have released a 79-song digital box set exclusively through iTunes. It retails for $49.99. To view the complete track listing, which does not include any previously unreleased material, go to this location. CHILDREN OF BODOM was forced to cancel several shows on t...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Bassist Says Frontman's Broken Rib Is Still Hurting When Singing

CHILDREN OF BODOM was forced to cancel several shows on the No Fear Energy Tour with LAMB OF GOD due to injuries sustained by guitarist and frontman Alexi Laiho. Laiho, 30, broke his shoulder in April when he was ejected from his tour bus bunk after the vehicle took a sharp turn. Laiho and the ...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM To Tour South America, Mexico In September

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM will embark on a tour of South America and Mexico in September. Support on the trek will come from AMORPHIS. Commented CHILDREN OF BODOM: "It's been five long years since the last time CHILDREN OF BODOM made it all the way down there to play for some of their most...

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ANNIHILATOR Mainman Says His Band Split With SPV Before Bankruptcy Filing

Jeff Waters of Canadian metallers ANNIHILATOR has commented on the report that the band's record label, the Hanover, Germany-based SPV, has submitted an application to commence insolvency proceedings on May 25 — roughly equivalent to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. He states, "I wish them [SPV] al...