Alexi Laiho, leader of the Finnish metal band Children of Bodom, dies suddenly at the age of 41

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“It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we must announce the passing of Alexi Laiho,” said a statement released by Napalm Records, on behalf of Bodom After Midnight.

“We are absolutely devastated and heartbroken by the sudden loss of our dear friend and band member,” he said. statement, signed by bandmates Daniel, Media and Waltteri, he added.
A statement on Laiho’s official Facebook page said the musician died at his home in Helsinki last week, adding that he had suffered from long-term health problems in recent years.

Laiho was the guitarist and vocalist for the metal band Children of Bodom, which formed in 1993 under the name IneartheD, until the group played their last show in 2019.

The band has sold more than 250,000 records in their native Finland and is one of the best-selling artists in the country, according to its website, with Laiho voted “Best Metal Guitarist” by readers of Guitar World magazine.

The guitarist received several other international awards for his music and had been awarded a Metal Hammer Golden Gods award, under the direction of Bodom After Midnight.

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In 2015 he conducted a group of 100 guitarists at the Helsinki Festival in 2015 playing his own composition, “100 Guitars From Hel”.

Later, Laiho formed the supergroup Bodom After Midnight. The group recorded three songs and shot a music video, which will be released posthumously, according to a statement on its official Facebook page.

In addition to Children of Bodom, the guitarist was also associated with acts Warmen, Sinergy, Kylähullut and The Local Band, according to the statement, signed by the direction of Bodom After Midnight.

“Alexi was the most loving and magnificent father and husband,” his wife Kelli Wright-Laiho said in a statement. “Our heart is broken forever.”

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