20 years down and dirty children of bodom

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Short lived cookie used to temporarily store data for the visit.Ĭontains campaign related information for the user. Used to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website. tour kicked off on October 31 in Dallas, Texas and included an appearance at last year's Ozzfest Meets Knotfest.Used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID. At least for me, the only way to make music is just not to think - just, like, get it out and hope for the best, hope that people like it.'ĬHILDREN OF BODOM's new disc will once again be recorded at the band's own Danger Johnny Studios in Helsinki, where the group's last two efforts were laid down.ĬHILDREN OF BODOM's recently completed U.S. That's just what we do.'Īlexi: 'None of that is ever planned, or none of that is ever conscious. Basically, it's just a ton of touring, start writing again, hit the studio, the road again. I think we've got, like, four or five new songs ready. I actually started writing summer, and started working on a couple of tunes. For me, it's the other way.'Īlexi: 'We're actually working on a new album as we speak. It's funny, because for a lot of people, it's the other way around – they take it easy when they're back home, and when they hit the road, that's when they go crazy.

When I get off the road, that's when I open a beer and finally get drunk. I just cut back on the booze, and you feel better and you've got more energy onstage and you're actually enjoying yourself. It's not a big deal - not for me, anyway. That's when you sort of realize that your priorities are just a little fucked up. All of a sudden, it's, like, the last thing I want to do because I'm so hung over. It's just that when it gets to the point where you hit the stage and you're basically just trying not to die, it's like, 'Wait a minute - what am I doing here? I'm not really enjoying playing live anymore,' which before that was, like, my favorite thing to do. When I put it that way, it's either one or the other. I just decided that I'd rather feel awesome on stage and cut back on the partying. It really started to suck, and then you had to, like, throw back a couple of shots - not to get drunk, but just to keep an even keel and feel normal. I guess it's different for everybody, but I just want to lie on the couch and do fucking nothing. When you're getting older, the hangovers get so fucking bad, at least personally. I can have a beer or two every now and then, but I can't deal with the hangovers anymore and, like, hop on stage. On whether the group has toned down its partying over the years:Īlexi: 'I still drink, but not when I'm on the road. There's only, like, five million people living in the country, and metal in general, it's definitely more mainstream it is in any other country that I've actually ever been in.' It's a small country, and most of them are from the Helsinki area. On the close-knit nature of the Finnish metal scene:Īlexi: 'We've toured with a lot of Finnish bands like AMORPHIS and ENSIFERUM. I think that it's because we just had so many influences that are all blended in together.' sort of mixed the '80s-type of keyboard sound with into the metal guitar sound. On the origins of the group's guitar- and keyboard-driven sound:Īlexi: 'That sort of happened by accident, when we came up with that sound. That's about it - it's just something different, and you can tell that the crowd likes it too, because we're playing tunes off the first and second album that we have not played either ever or in 15 years or whatever.' We decided to do it in Europe, and it turned out real good, actually, so then we wanted to do it in the U.S. On the band's recently completed '20 Years Down & Dirty' tour, which saw the group perform older material from its catalog:Īlexi: 'First of all, we already did a tour supporting the latest album, 'I Worship Chaos', and we just sort of came up with the idea - or the management did – that it's been 20 years since the first album came out, so this might be something cool to do. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):

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The full conversation can be heard below (interview starts at the 3:25 mark).

CHILDREN OF BODOM vocalist/guitarist Alexi Laiho recently spoke with 'The Wanderers' podcast.