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Children of Bodom

Finnish band
Organization musical_group Q171718
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Summary

Children of Bodom is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,458 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: melodic death metal[3], power metal[4]
  • Named after: Lake Bodom murders[5]
  • Record label: Spinefarm Records[6], Century Media Records[7], Nuclear Blast[8], Fearless Records[9]
  • Discography: Children of Bodom discography[10]
  • Commons category: Children of Bodom[11]
  • Country of origin: Finland[12]
  • Has part(s): Alexander Kuoppala[13], Alexi Laiho[14], Jaska Raatikainen[15], Henkka Seppälä[16], Janne Wirman[17], Roope Latvala[18], Daniel Freyberg[19]
  • Inception: 1993[20]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2019[21]
  • Location of formation: Espoo[22]
  • Official website: https://www.cobhc.com/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Children of Bodom[24]
  • Commons gallery: Children of Bodom[25]
  • Replaces: Inearthed[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:Children of Bodom[27]
  • Native label: Children of Bodom[28]
  • Start of work period: 1993[29]
  • End of work period: 2019[30]
  • Member category: Category:Children of Bodom members[31]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[32]

  • Country: FI[33]

  • Began / founded: 1997[34]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2019-12-15[35]

  • Genre(s): death metal, melodic death metal, metal[36]

  • Community tags: death metal, finnish, melodic death metal, metal[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f57e14e4-b030-467c-b202-539453f504ec[38]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Children of Bodom include Bodom After Midnight[39], a musical group[40], founded in 2019[41].

Why It Matters

Children of Bodom has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for it include Bodom After Midnight[39], a musical group[40], founded in 2019[41].

Related Entities

Alexi Laiho Century Media Records Espoo Finland Nuclear Blast Spinefarm Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . cobhc.com. Retrieved . cobhc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . inferno.fi. inferno.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Madamebiblio · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Finnish band
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||he, fr, de, fi, da, nb, en, nn, pl, nl, id, pt, pt-br, mul */ Cleanup: remove alias=label/mul; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Start of work period → +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception → +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Genre → melodic death metal, power metal
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0363872-Children-of-Bodom-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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