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Nekrogoblikon release Children of Bodom ‘Bodom Beach Terror’ cover; RIP Alexi Laiho

Revolver has an exclusive silver vinyl variant of Bodom After Midnight's Paint the Sky With Blood 10" EP, Alexi Laiho's last creative project before his death. It's limited to 200 and available for pre-order now. Children of Bodom — the Finnish melodic death-metal band led by the late, great Alexi Laiho — formed in 1993 and quickly made their place in heavy-music history, leaving behind a vital catalog of 10 studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD. In 2019, CoB held their last concert, in their hometown of Helsinki, after which Laiho and guitarist Dani...

On Jan. 4, the extreme metal community suffered a crushing blow when news broke that Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho had died the previous month. After diving back into Bodom’s catalog for two weeks, I was able to reflect on Laiho’s legacy as a once-in-a-generation guitar hero, a world-class showman and an inspiration to countless metal fans. I’ll never forget the first time I saw Children of Bodom. It was a gray, bitter February evening in 2008. My best friend at the time was sleeping over, and he had brought a copy of the Finnish quintet’s most recent live album/DVD,