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Children of Bodom frontman/guitar god Alexi Laiho remains hospitalized. The band was forced to cancel its July 3 show in Oslo and its July 4 show in Sweden after Laiho fell ill with stomach pains. He was rushed to the hospital and as it turns out, he is suffering from a serious infection...

Metal shredders Children of Bodom have signed to Nuclear Blast. The band and the label worked together in the early parts of CoB's career. "We had a good, long, productive run with Spinefarm Records for fifteen years and now it's simply just time for a change," said frontman and guitarist Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho in a statement...

On May 22, Finnish metal superstars Children of Bodom will release Holiday at Lake Bodom (15 Years of Wasted Youth), a very special CD+DVD career retrospective in celebration of the band's 15th Anniversary. In advance of its release, Children of Bodom just premiered the never before seen music video for "Shovel Knockout," which adeptly chronicles "what happens from the time a live s

Kimberly Goss, the former lead singer and songwriter of Sinergy, as well as member of black metallers Ancient and Dimmu Borgir, has changed professions... sort of. The 34-year-old ex-wife of Children of Bodom guitar wizard Alexi Laiho, and former touring keyboardist for Bodom, is now a teacher at the School of Rock in Naperville, Ill...

Children of Bodom have announced a North American headlining tour in celebration of the band's 15th Anniversary. The trek will kick off on Jan. 30 in Rochester, N.Y. and run through Mar 4, hitting 26 cities over the course of the five week jaunt...

Party animal Finnish rockers Children of Bodom kicked off their summer North American headlining tour this weekend with a raucous show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. The tour is the band's first in North America supporting its new album 'Relentless Reckless Forever' which landed at #41 on the Billboard Top 200...

Metal mad scientist Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) is going to be a busy, busy man come summer. On June 21st, the frontman will finally complete the four album series launched by his Devin Townsend Project a few years back by releasing the albums 'Deconstruction' and 'Ghost,' which follow his previous releases 'Ki' and 'Addicted...

Finnish metal monarchs Children of Bodom have just announced a month-long headlining tour in support of their new album, 'Relentless Reckless Forever.' The so-called Ugly World Tour will kick off in Los Angeles on June 24 and run through July 24 in Montreal, where COB will perform alongside KISS and Motörhead as part of the Heavy MTL hard rock festival. "W...

Finnish metal heroes Children of Bodom will be releasing 'Relentless Reckless Forever,' their seventh studio album, on March 8. Produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Monster Magnet), the nine-song collection features some of the most exciting guitar playing and inspired songwriting in the quintet's career so far...

Finnish firebrands Children of Bodom have followed up the news that 'Relentless Reckless Forever' is due out March 8 by revealing the album cover and track list for the new album. This is Bodom's seventh effort, and the bold, vivid cover is classically metallic; it reminds us of the mid-'80s album art by bands like Iron Maiden and Megadeth...