FIRST REACTION to CHILDREN OF BODOM (Trashed, Lost & Strungout) 🎸🎹🔥 

R.I.P. Alexi Laiho

Children of Bodom was one of the bands I discovered in High School that really opened me up to this style of European metal. So stoked for you to check this out.

"That's a special character." Sums up the legend he was in one simple sentence. RIP Alexi.

"I'm sure it's one of their standout songs..." Nope, they're all gold.

People don’t understand how difficult his songs are to play unless they play. But the fascinating thing is, he’s doing VOCALS AT THE SAME TIME! Special special talent.

he was a big part of the soundtrack of my life. alexi died just 41 yrs old... rest in peace wildchild,.

RIP Alexi Laiho. 😟 His death was announced today.

Needled 24/7, everytime i die, are u dead yet ? In your face Every song from Stockholm live 👌

RIP Alexi :( I'm grateful I was able to see you play live a number of times. Trashed, Lost & Strungout was certainly one of their most underrated tracks.

children of bodom is text book melodic death metal, they were one of the pioneers of the genre and in my opinion the absolute best at it, you know that Alexi Laiho was a special kind of frontman and musician, when guys like Dave Mustaine says that heavens metal band now has their lead guitarist. Laiho orchestrated a 100 man guitar medley for the honor of finnish 100th year of independence. he played fricking vivaldi as solos for fun, made a brittney spears song in to a heavy metal ballad, he was a hero of my youth and one of the biggest reasons i started to listen to the ogs in both metal and music in general.

well they also did this thing lol Children Of Bodom - Oops I Did It Again!

8:39 that shock-stare after having witnessed a keyboard-solo... friggin dead xD

Suggestions for next song: "Hate Me!", "Kissing the Shadows", "Downfall".

Alexi Laiho is considered to be one of the greatest guitarist on the planet. 🎸Well Chase, now you have to listen more of them! 😎

Janne Wirman, the keyboardist was actually a very skilled jazz keyboardists when he met Alexi who grew up playing classical music with his violin.

Children of Bodom? Now I never would've thought they would make it to this channel. They split up last year but I still listen to their songs. One of the best in melodeath.

Actually Janne, the keyboard player, WAS in fact a jazz player, before he joined Children Of Bodom, so you're pretty much right! :D Great reaction video!

R.i.p Alexi. In your Face by children of bodom was THE song that introduced me to metal - which lead me to more of bodom as well as soilwork, in flames, dark Tranquillity, and at the gates... amazing memories. Amazing band.

RIP Alexi Laiho 😭😭❤️

Mate! Omg! These guys are among my favourite melodeath acts. This song and In Your Face are on the top of my playlist. Premiere will be at 3:00am my time guess I have to wait til tomorrow as usual.

"This song is incredibly special. It appears that hard work went into that.." They're all like that. They're all like that my brother. All of the songs are like that

Seeing COB live was one of the greatest experience in my life. I've been a die hard fan of them for about 20 years now, I was already amazed after 0.5 seconds the first time I heard that music, and even after 20 years, I never get tired of it, it never gets old and I never cease to be awestruck. Was great to see your speechless reaction!

My recommendation would be their "hate crew deathroll" album... I think that was their golden years with songs like "Needled 24/7" or "Sixpounder" and "Hate crew deathroll".

A huge Nightwish and COB fan (among other band), I am so happy you are now coming to COB. With your channel, I feel I am reliving my personal journey to metal from my teenage years.

Well, you should give Stam1na a try... Allthough they sing in Finnish, music wise they are geniuses... Of course their lyrics are great too, but they might be a tad hard to undestand as a foreigner :-D

Cool to see these hometown boys on this channel. Nice to see their stuff being appreciated. The breakup was definitely sad, but not unexpected. So many stories and 'lore' about this band, but what's really important is that their music lives on, as well as the awesome memories of their truly epic live performances.

My recommendations from them: Hate Me, Are You Dead Yet, Needled 24/7, Downfall

The keyboardist Janne Wirman was/is a jazz pianist.

I have to admit, I'm getting back to this video from time to time just to see someone being so enthusiastic about COB like I am :D

Dude... I've watched tons of music reaction videos and I've never hit subscribe so fast before. I love the way you break down each element and really pay attention to the craftsmanship.

A fuckin metal anthem.. 4ever in my playlist. RIP alexi laiho

The face Chase does when Janne comes in xD

You should react to theirs Silent Night Bodom Night live in Stockholm. The skill is through the roof

They're my absolute favorite band since i was 12, I'm 21 now and I still haven't got bored of listening to their songs again and again. CANT WAIT for you to react to their other songs too!

My new absolute favorite thing is watching people react to COB! This band and Alexi means so much to me and it just makes me so happy when people get super excited with their music ❤ I love hearing all these technical things that you point out because for me their music has always been just about the feeling I get when I listen to them. So it’s interesting to hear someones opinion who actually knows something about music theory and so on 😂 Janne is the keyboard player and you should DEFINATELY check out his reformed band called warmen. Their vocalist is Petri who also happens to be the vocalist of Norther, another band very close to my heart 😊 thanks for this video it really made my day ❤

Rest in power wildchild missed but never ever forgotten 🤘😢🤘

One of my favorite bands of all time, I don’t think they have a bad song in their entire catalogue. Their style changed from time to time but they always put out exceptional quality

I can't wait. Haven't heard this song in along time. Love watching your breakdowns of songs I hear something new everytime I hear a song on your channel

All songs from the "Hatebreeder" and "Follow the reaper" albums are a must! Those two albums are still masterpieces and an absolute pleasure to listen to. Happy you renewed with them. "Hate crew Deathroll" and "Are you dead yet ?" are awesome also. But I would start by the first two I mentioned. Great reaction !

Ok, I don’t usually comment on videos but I’m feeling emotional (because the lead singer of this band recently passed away) and because you have a true appreciation for the music it seems. As someone who grew up in high school listening to this band I recommend some other bands which I’ve also fallen in love with (ranked by order of preference) - across different styles yet not too far in certain ways since melodically very powerful and also very mature in terms of sound. Hopefully this helps with some of the catching up if you feel like you’ve been missing out :p 1. Ensiferum (and Wintersun, first album) 2. Windir 3. Equilibrium 4. Opeth 5. Finntroll 6. Falkenbach 7. Moonsorrow 8. Immortal 9. Children of Bodom (the first four albums) 10. In Flames (first 5 albums) 11. Summoning 12. Dimmu Borgir (early albums, including the remastered Stormblåst) 13. Kalmah 14. Amon Amarth 15. Korpiklaani

I have been listening to metal since i was 12 (from Finland)...but only now im beginning to understand it...it is more or less like a Classical Music. It has been nice to watch your very ”professional” reactions. I can find Similar reactions also by myself (enjoying)...allthough im not a Musician, Music has a really big part in our family. That is why cutting.pieces ”a part” is important...especially for future musicians like our children: guitar, piano and trumpet or whatever :)

Speaking of Finnish bands, I'll recommend/remind you to react to Wintersun - Time and/or Wintersun - Loneliness. ;)

Oh Chase. I had the same reaction as you - CoB are a band I've just never sat down and listened to, even though they've been a band I've heard of consistently for like 15 years. This track absolutely slayed. Also your air-drumming is brilliant, it's like the drum is 6 inches from your face :D

Too bad no more COB. Alexi has a new band called Bodom After Midnight

This song is so good, brings back a lot of old memories. Pleasantly surprised to see this on your channel!

Best reaction ever do more bodom. God never die 😢💔 Alexi was my only idol

So happy you did melodeath and what was that at 8:39 - 8:49? That was some good ol' lapse it seems haha. Saw CoB live back in 2017 with Lost Society and Carach Angren, it was a fun show. Some of them were drunk towards the end of the show but the energy was insane. Worth $30 tix :)

Yeah, Children of Bodom broke up in 2019, but the front man (guitarist/vocalist) Alexi Laiho started another band "Bodom After Midnight" in 2020 to continue - Sadly he just passed away last week so the story comes to an end.

One of the best songs by them. I miss these days.

Yup. Gone they are but newly arising from the ashes also. Aleksi's new band is called Bodom After Midnight. From previous line up guitarist Daniel Freyberg is on board too. Got to see them three times including the very last show in Helsinki. Energy. Energy and energy. Hate me! is my suggestion.

Sad to see that the front man has passed away

Alexi is lead guitar, he just sings cuz he didn´t want other people just for singing and nobody else wanted haha, he never cared about the vocals o lyrics really. And he composes all the songs, except for the keyboard solos and obvious things other band members have to do. In fact, they have said in interviews that for new albums, they just sit and wait for Alexi to come up with all the riffs, solos and bridges.

Brings me back to the first year of uni when my flatmate would play COB on full blast. Nostalgic. Thanks for this, Chase.

Man...your face after that keyboard solo...🤣😳😳😳 Made my day ...👍 Great reaction and analysis... .just keep doing what you do..Chase doing Chase things..and I'm all for it and on-board..🤘..be safe and keep healthy ♥️

Your face was priceless in multiple points of the video. :D The perfect summation of the words "What the... EVERYTHINGISHAPPENINGATONCE AAAA!!!""

Nice to see that you’re putting my home country on the map...again! 😅🤘🏻🤘🏻 I actually took pictures at one of their shows back in 2013, fun times.

Totally check out the second, third and fourth albums. The best metal ever!

As a keyboardist, I love your reaction to the keyboard solo 😃. Its really crazy! He is actually formally trained jazz pianist and I believe his father was jazz pianist too.

Their first 4 albums is all you’ll need ☺️

Pretty cool analysis - it is not change of intensity but change of accent. That's why Alexi is considered a master of his craft for piecing these melodic pieces together while keeping things Raw and powerful. RIP Alexi Laiho. Wildchild has gotta be creating havoc in heaven \m/

Kings of melodic death metal!!!!

I'm loving the fact that I'm from Finland. And that I was born at eighties. My youth was at 2000 The best music. ❤️

you should watch the solo duel between alexi and Janne(pianist) 10min+ of pure greatness !!!

Bodom Beach Terror, Are You Dead Yet, Sixpounder, Angels Don't Kill, Aces High (Maiden Cover) I can't speak to if there's videos, performances etc though, just my favourites. Whatever you choose can't wait!

It warms my Heart to see you (re)discovering my absolute favourite from way back when. I would love to see more of them on your channel ( especially CHILDREN OF BODOM - Sixpounder as that is exactly the 2003 CoB that I grew up with and to this day love, and it has a music video, so that'll have to do ;-) ) and for the last as always: Commenting for stats, Like for obvious reasons

Rest in peace Alexi ❤ you made my teenage years so great

I’ve always been partial to Kissing the Shadows. Great one!

There’s a lot of things Alexi did that you don’t see anywhere else. I feel like just calling him legendary is almost too easy. Huge influence on how I’ve played guitar for 20 years. 🙏🖤

COB warmed up Nightwish 2015 in Tampere. Special night to be there then. Of course I was drunk as fuck and can' t remember much. Thats why it's so deligthful to see clips from that night in RU-vid.😂😂

Since you asked for Bodom suggestions, Everytime I die.... not one of my fav bands but that song is awesome

I sincerely am happy to hear that you enjoyed this band, they were one of a kind, always will be, and a lot of that comes from the lead guitarist/lead vocalist Alexi Laiho, who sadly just passed away at the age of 41 about a week ago in Helsinki Finland. I highly recommend checking out some other videos. If you like the keyboardist, you should do a reaction to Downfall, the keyboard and guitar intro and the build on that one is intense, and the drums are just chugging along. Yeah, you got 10 albums and about 2 albums worth of cover songs to tide you over, they did quite a bit of work in the almost 25 years they were around, one of my all time favorite bands. RIP Alexi Laiho

Holy shit your reaction to Janne shredding on the keys is priceless.

Are You Dead Yet is also a really cool Children of Bodom song :)

thanks for the releases, you are great. Don't stop no matter what

I remember seeing in a video like 15 years ago that the vocalist/guitarist is actually the one who writes the synthesizer parts, which would explain why they sound like a guitar.

The stare 😳 at 8:40 is a new one. Nice reaction, man!

First impressions are key...... And you sir have earned my subscription. I was mesmerized the first time I heard bodom too. R.I.P Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho

I love how Janne plays the keyboard face-out. He lets all see the magic fingers. RIP, Alexi. HATE CREW!

This was a very informed reaction! Ive seen them live about 7 times and they seriously got better every time. Flashy and fun in all the right parts

More.. MORE MORE!

I have seen them 11 times live...yep...eleven. I guess one could say I really like them! Great reaction btw Chase!

Thanks for reacting COB! I really like their last album and a single from it "Under grass and clover"

Man, Laiho is my second favorite guitar player in the world right after Empuu (sorry, bro:). I grew up having everything he had at the time on repeat. I remember Hatebreeder just came out, we were so psyched. Follow the Reaper was fire! Finally we took a trip to the Hartwall Arena to see live, one of the best shows ever in the history. Later we had some drinks with Alexi on the afterparty, exchanged a few words, man we miss you. From the bottom of my heart thank you for making my childhood awesome. Btw, I was also hanging out at a Lake Bodom a lot, quite a nice place. Do the Silent Night, Bodom Night. Also quick shout-out to Janne Wirman, you man are awesome too, one of the best keyboard shredders out there :) And as it was mentioned: EVERY their song gets same level of attention. They are all awesome!

Alexi is a beast, on my bucket list to shake his hand (or nub, as I don't see how he hasn't shredded his hand off yet). Interested to see what more he does in Bodom After Midnight (..or whatever his CoB spin-off is called).

I must say that you are really knowing what you are talking. You know stuff about music. This is maybe the best reaction I saw. Sorry for bad english

The first time I saw them live, the keyboardist was chugging a beer while playing a pretty complex part with one hand. He doesn’t need a beer. He’s got one already. 🤣

Finally man! And yeah Warman is a beast

Every single bodom song has something powerful in it man. Its something that was a different level

9:10 Yes, Janne Wirman was actually a Jazz Keyboardist when he joined Children of Bodom. They converted him into a metal head xD And yes, Children of Bodom were incredible live! They were always about having fun and partying. In true finnish fashion they were always piss drunk on stage but they would still deliver everytime. I suggest you watch any song from their live DVD Stockholm 2006, they are all incredible! But my absolute favorite will always be their song "Angels Don't Kill" from that live show. It's a beautiful melodic death metal ballad (yes, a ballad!) and in my opinion the best song CoB has ever written!

Welcome to Finland. Hope you have a good time 👍

Great analysis, thanks!

Alexi Laiho was a King of the Guitar Kings. C.O.B was my favourite band...ummm fuck it, its still my favourite 😍

Came back to your joyful first time reaction to these melodeath heavyweights just to recap how awesome their compositions were from your unique perspective. RIP Alexi 🙏

8:39 lmao, you're Chase Face there had me HOWLING 😂😂😂😂😂

Every song...EVERY song is the level of quality song-writing. They have one of the most unique styles I’ve ever heard. A heavier thrash-punk vibe meets some of the best melo-death melodies and neoclassical playing ever. And man...Alexi was one of the greatest guitarists of all time. You could never completely replicate his solos when trying to learn them. He was my childhood hero and the reason I play guitar. RIP to the absolute legend. Gone but never forgotten.

It's been a hot minute since I've listened to Children of Bodom. Thanks for the reminder of how talented they are!

First time watched your reaction. You seem to know about music a lot so it was very informative to hear what you had to say. Very good analyzing. Subbed!

Kissing the Shadows is imo their ultimate best song and you’d go nuts with the outro.

Alexi laiho..the legend the man....the guy that change my life through his guitar n vocals....forever in love with children of bodom

Awesome video, glad you liked the OG Bodom. Big question tho, Black Lungs by Architects - WHEN?!