Daniel Freyberg Talks BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, ALEXI LAIHO and the Influence of DEATH and DISSECTION
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On the one hand, the three track EP serves as the next – and ultimately last – chapter of one of metal s true pioneering vocalists and guitarists in
Alexi Laiho. The other side of the coin is the bleak reality of what could have been for a real-life guitar god gone too soon.
Recently dropped by
Children of Bodom founder and frontman before his untimely passing in December 2020.
Armed with an arsenal of relentlessly talented musicians in ex-Children of Bodom guitarist
EP review: Bodom After Midnight – Paint The Sky With Blood
Bodom After Midnight release the late Alexi Laiho’s excellent final recordings, and remind the metal world of the massive talent we’ve lost…
Words: Sam Law
Paint The Sky With Blood was meant to be a new start for Alexi Laiho. Having captained Finnish melodic-death heavyweights Children Of Bodom for 10 albums and over two decades, the revolutionary guitarist and frontman had parted ways with his former bandmates, and began again with a new outfit. With Bodom After Midnight, the idea was to recapture the old-school attack, dialling-back on overbearing synths and aiming for a dual-lead-guitar dynamic that would, in-turn, stoke the creative fires.