Children Of Bodom‘s surviving members reunited onstage today, February 26th, for a musical tribute to their late frontman/guitarist Alexi Laiho and the legacy of the music they made together. Laiho passed in 2020, with the band having gone dormant since. Tonight’s concert took place at The Tavastia Club in Helsinki, FIN and saw Children Of Bodom guitarist/vocalist Alexander Kuoppala, bassist Henkka Seppälä, keyboardist Janne Wirman and drummer Jaska Raatikainen all back onstage. Lost Society vocalist/guitarist Samy Elbanna took on the duties previously held by Laiho.
Initial fan-filmed footage from that show has gone up online below. A second tribute show will be staged at the aforementioned venue tomorrow, February 27th.
The setlist ran as follows:
“Living Dead Beat“
“Sixpounder“
“Bodom Beach Terror“
“Silent Night, Bodom Night“
“Deadnight Warrior“
“Towards Dead End“
“Everytime I Die“
“Bodom After Midnight“
“Lake Bodom“
“Bed Of Razors
“Needled 24/7”
“Angels Don’t Kill”
“Blooddrunk”
“Warheart”
“Follow The Reaper”
“Downfall”
Encore:
“Are You Dead Yet?“
“Hate Me!“
“Hate Crew Deathroll“
Encore 2:
“In Your Face“
Speaking last October of the decision to play these shows, the band offered:
“We want to celebrate the life work of our band and at the same time the musical legacy of our friend and bandmate Alex. The gig will be played for Children Of Bodom at an important Tavastia-club – and at the same time they will answer the fans’ long-standing wish.”