Bodom After Midnight

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hen Children of Bodom was at a crossroads in 2019 due to founder Alexi Laiho and several bandmates not seeing eye to eye, three members formally left, leaving Laiho and guitarist Daniel Freyberg to forge ahead. For legal reasons, that new path could not be Children of Bodom, so Laiho and Freyberg created Bodom After Midnight. While in the process of working on their debut album, Laiho passed away in late 2020, putting an end to the project. Posthumously three recorded tracks were released in 2021 as the EP Paint the Sky with Blood featuring the membership of Mitja Toivonen (bass/vocals (backing)), Waltteri Väyrynen (drums), Daniel Freyberg (guitars/vocals (backing)) and Alexi Laiho (R.I.P. 2020; vocals (lead)/guitars (lead)/songwriting/lyrics: tracks 1, 2), with two original tracks and a Dissection cover rounding out the melodic death metal proceedings.

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