This is the discography of Children of Bodom, a five-piece heavy metal band from Espoo, Finland. Throughout their career, the band has been known to incorporate many different musical styles, leading critics and fans to label them as everytime from melodic death metal and black metal to thrash metal, progressive metal and even power metal. The current band line-up includes the founders Alexi Laiho (vocals/lead guitar) and Jaska Raatikainen (drums) along with Roope Latvala (rhythm guitar), Janne Wirman (keyboards) and Henkka Seppälä (bass). Children of Bodom have released six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, seven singles, two ep's and two split singles. Moreover, in the period 1994 – 1996 they released three demos under their old moniker, "Inearthed". This list includes the material released as Inearthed.

Children of Bodom's first release under their new name was the split single Children of Bodom, released in January 1997. Their debut album Something Wild followed later the same year. 1999 saw the release of two Children of Bodom albums: their second studio album, Hatebreeder, and their first live album, titled Tokyo Warhearts. In 2001 they released their third studio album, Follow the Reaper, which had the very successful single Hate Me!. Follow the Reaper was the first Children of Bodom album to go gold in their home country of Finland.

After renewing their contract with Spinefarm Records, thereby gaining the support of the major recording company Universal Music Group, the band recorded their fourth studio album Hate Crew Deathroll, which was released in 2003 to considerable commercial success. Hate Crew Deathroll was the first Children of Bodom album to 'simplify' their heavy metal in order to have a broader appeal: the guitars used more heavy riffs than their earlier releases, it had emphasis on a clear musical structure and the instrumental virtuosity had been significantly reduced.

Rhythm guitarist Alexander Kuoppala left the band during the tours following Hate Crew Deathroll, and was replaced with Roope Latvala of Stone fame. On their fifth studio album, released in 2005 as Are You Dead Yet?, the band continued to explore the traits exhibited on Hate Crew Deathroll. The album got mixed reviews, with some critics praising the new sound, while others slammed it for being too "simple". Their latest album, Blooddrunk, was released in April 2008.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FIN	GER	FRA	AUT	SWE	SWI	USA	CAN	JAP	NOR	UK	AUS	NL	ITA
1997	Something Wild Released: November 1997 Label: Spinefarm / Nuclear Blast Format: CD	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	Hatebreeder Released: April 26 1999 Label: Spinefarm / Nuclear Blast Format: CD	6	75 (76)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	Follow the Reaper Released: October 30 2001 Label: Spinefarm / Nuclear Blast / Candlelight Format: CD	3	46	88	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	85
2003	Hate Crew Deathroll Released: January 7 2003 Label: Spinefarm / Century Media / Universal Media Group Format: CD	1	45	74	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	Are You Dead Yet? Released: September 19 2005 Label: Spinefarm / Century Media / Universal Media Group Format: CD	1	16	67	42	16	79	195	82	17	—	—	—	—	80
2008	Blooddrunk Released: April 9 2008 Label: Spinefarm / Universal Media Group Format: CD	1	10	161	19	28	50	22	7	12 / 2	25	44 / 1	48	94	?
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilations

Year	Album	Comment
2003	Bestbreeder from 1997 to 2000	Only released in Japan.

Extended plays

An extended play ("EP") is an album, which contains between two and five songs. As of 2008 Children of Bodom have released two EP's.

Year	Ep	Comment
2004	Trashed, Lost & Strungout	Released as both an EP and a DVD-EP. Title track also released as a single.
2008	Hellhounds On My Trail	Only released in the United Kingdom.

Singles

Year	Title	Type	Comment
1998	Children of Bodom	Split single with Cryhavoc and Wizzard	Reached #1 on the Finnish singles charts.
1998	Downfall	Single
2000	Hate Me!	Single	Went platinum in Finland.
2002	You're Better Off Dead!	Single	Went gold in Finland.
2004	Trashed, Lost & Strungout	Single	Children of Bodom have also released an EP with the same title.
2005	In Your Face	Single and DVD-single
2008	Blooddrunk	Single

B-sides

Year	Title	Comment	From single
1999	"No Commands"	Stone cover.	Downfall
2000	"Hellion"	W.A.S.P. cover.	Hate Me!
2002	"Somebody Put Something in My Drink"	Ramones cover.	You're Better Off Dead
2004	"She Is Beautiful"	Andrew W.K. cover.	Trashed, Lost & Strungout
2005	"Oops!... I Did it Again"	Britney Spears cover.	In Your Face
	"In Your Face (radio edit)"	A censored version of the title track, where the word "fuck" has been replaced by a beep. Was created as a joke.
2008	"Lookin' Out My Backdoor"	Creedence Clearwater Revival cover.	Blooddrunk

Live album

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FIN	GER
1999	Tokyo Warhearts Released: October 11 1999 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD	3	—
2006	Chaos Ridden Years – Stockholm Knockout Live Released: October 11 2006 Label: Spinefarm Format: CD/DVD	28	75

DVDs

When not counting the DVD-EP Trashed, Lost & Strungout (2004) and the DVD-single In Your Face (2005), Children of Bodom have released one DVD as of 2008.

Year	DVD
2006	Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live

Music videos

Year	Music video	Album	Director	Comment
1998	Deadnight Warrior	Something Wild	Ed Grain
1999	Downfall	Hatebreeder	Ed Grain
2000	Everytime I Die	Follow the Reaper	Tuukka Temonen
2003	Needled 24/7	Hate Crew Deathroll	Pasi Takula	Is not endorsed by the band.
2003	Sixpounder	Hate Crew Deathroll	Ed Grain
2004	Trashed, Lost and Strungout	Are You Dead Yet?	Patric Ullaeus	Ullaeus later filmed the live DVD Stockholm Knockout Live.
2005	In Your Face	Are You Dead Yet?	Sandra Marschner	With the German production company Katapult.
2006	Are You Dead Yet?	Are You Dead Yet?	Ralf Strathmann	Laiho does not like the video.
2008	Blooddrunk	Blooddrunk	Sandra Marschner	With the German production company Katapult.
2008	Hellhounds on my Trail	Blooddrunk	Sandra Marschner	With the German production company Katapult.
2008	Smile Pretty for the Devil	Blooddrunk	Sandra Marschner	With the German production company Katapult.

Demos

These demos was released while the band was still known as "Inearthed".

Date of release	Title	Type
1994	Implosion of Heaven	Demo
1995	Ubiguitous Absence of Remission	Demo
1996	Shining	Demo

Cover songs

Cover songs

(see reference)

• "No Commands" by Stone (Downfall single and Japanese edition of Hatebreeder)
• "Mass Hypnosis" by Sepultura (Sepultural Feast - a Tribute to Sepultura and Japanese edition of Something Wild)
• "Don't Stop at the Top" by the Scorpions (Deluxe edition of Something Wild and Finnish deluxe edition of Follow the Reaper)
• "Shot in the Dark" by Ozzy Osbourne (Japanese edition of Follow the Reaper)
• "Hellion" by W.A.S.P. (Hate Me! single and European/US deluxe edition of Follow the Reaper)
• "Aces High" by Iron Maiden (A Tribute to the Beast and deluxe edition of Follow the Reaper)
• "Somebody Put Something in My Drink" by The Ramones (You're Better off Dead! single, Japanese edition of Hate Crew Deathroll and U.S. edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "Silent Scream" by Slayer (Deluxe edition of Something Wild, Needled 24/7 single and deluxe edition of Hate Crew Deathroll)
• "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol (Bestbreeder and the UK edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "Latomeri" by Klamydia (Seokset EP)
• "Bed of Nails" by Alice Cooper (Trashed, Lost & Strungout and Hellhounds on My Trail EP)
• "She Is Beautiful" by Andrew W.K. (Trashed, Lost & Strungout EP)
• "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears (In Your Face single and Japanese edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "Talk Dirty to Me" by Poison (Japanese edition of Are You Dead Yet?)
• "War Inside My Head" by Suicidal Tendencies (Blooddrunk)
• "Lookin' Out My Back Door" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Blooddrunk) (see reference)
• "Just Dropped In" by Kenny Rogers (Blooddrunk)
• "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Stan Jones (Blooddrunk)

Performed live

Few of these are performed in their entirety. Mostly the band only plays the first 20-30 seconds

• "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister (Finland, Spain and South America 2001)
• "Somebody Put Something In My Drink" by The Ramones (Dynamo Open Air 2002, Finland 2003)
• "Hellion" by W.A.S.P. (St. Petersburg & Wacken 1998, Kouvola 1999)
• "Shot in the Dark" by Ozzy Osbourne (Europe 1999, Japan 2001)
• "Vitutuksen Multihuipennus" by Impaled Nazarene (1995/6)
• "Stratosphere" by Stratovarius (1996)
• "My Sky is Darker Than Thine" by Sentenced (1997)
• "Umbrella" by Rihanna (2007/8)
• "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey, Download Festival 2008
• "Amarath by Nightwish" 2008

They also perform "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion, "Jump" by Van Halen and the Main Title from Star Wars, among others, as an intro, before they play Downfall.

Unreleased

• "Waiting" by King Diamond
• "He's Back" by Alice Cooper (2002)
• "Sukset" by Popeda

References