Children of Bodom founder Alexi Laiho has formed a new band, Bodom After Midnight! The group will make its live debut this summer! Also in the group are guitarist Daniel Freyberg (ex-Children Of Bodom), drummer Waltteri Väyrynen (Paradise Lost), bassist Mitja Toivonen (ex-Santa Cruz) and touring keyboardist Lauri Salomaa. Children of Bodom, in its last form, announced it would not continue after their final show in late 2019, ending that era, Laiho needed a new project. IT is expected that Bodom After Midnight will perform COB material live this summer, before writing originals for a future release. Laiho’s popular memoir, Chaos, Control & Guitar, which has shipped 11,000 copies and is only avaialble as of now in Finish, will come out in English in May from Johnny Kniga, an imprint of Werner Söderström Ltd.

Bodom After Midnight tour dates:

June 27 – Tuska Festival – Helsinki, Finland

July 18 – John Smith Rock Festival – Laukaa, Finland

Aug. 15 – Summer Breeze – Dinkelsbühl, Germany

Bodom After Midnight Official

Ladies and Gentlemen, let us introduce Bodom After Midnight!

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Posted by Bodom After Midnight on Monday, March 16, 2020