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
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Alexi Laiho at the end of 2020.
Laiho s death at the age of 41 came as the revered Finnish musician was set to begin a new chapter in his life. His twenty-year tenure as guitarist/vocalist for
CHILDREN OF BODOM ended in December 2019 drummer
Jaska Raatikainen, bassist
Janne Wirman departed the group leaving
Laiho and rhythm guitarist
BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT. Hatebreeder and 2000 s
CHILDREN OF BODOM, in large part due to
Laiho s shredding guitar assault, blended an over-the-top flair for the neoclassical with a rock aura, all the while anthemic choruses gave a pop-metal shine to the band s otherwise buzz-saw death metal approach. As the years went on, the group eventually settled into a solid groove of generating comfort-food releases such as 2008 s
BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, the band launched by ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho, will release an EP, "Paint The Sky With Blood", on .
Paint the Sky With Blood EP, which sadly comes after the founder s death late last year. Like ourselves, Alexi was beyond stoked about these songs and anxious to get these out so we are happy that we can fulfill his wish, said the band s surviving members, Daniel Freyberg (guitar), Mitja Toivonen (bass) and Waltteri Väyrynen (drums). Needless to say that we are honored and proud to be a part of his very last creative work and unleash it the way he wanted it to, they continued. It’s time to let the beast out of the cage one more time as a celebration of Alexi’s music, legacy and the man himself.