Follow The Reaper (Children Of Bodom Cover) - A Salute To Alexi Laiho

[@TankTheTech]

Words cannot express how happy and excited I am to see a tribute to Alexi from all of these artists.

[@Draztikus]

I guess this saves me the trouble of asking you if you've seen this :p

[@guillaumejacques-pouliot8088]

Absolutely! Still hard to believe that he's gone.

[@adilakif0061]

What are the others?

[@99defense]

Can we expect a reaction someday soon, Tank?

[@s4hhgg]

Absolute legends they are !

[@teemu_mantysaari]

This was a really fun project to do with so many awesome musicians involved! ❤️ Bobom and Alexi's playing have been an important inspiration for me since I first heard them in 1999 so it's great getting to pay a little tribute! 🤘

[@ziemianaokrago8352]

Glad to see you finally update your KZbin :D

[@StringsGuitarShop]

🙌🏻🙌🏻🔥

[@philigran4852]

You are such an idol! Would you mind sharing how long it took you to master the solo?

[@Pater_Robert]

Amazing guitar playing sir!

[@NeeceLoneWolf]

♥️ you Teemu

[@tcs3073]

"I was only (21) 41 when I died." Great salute to Alexi. Hope to see more songs in the future. Thanks.

[@monstercadaver]

Your eyes are full of hate, forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive, its gives him strength.

[@MrMusicopath]

@@monstercadaver if the public doesn't like one's work one have to accept the fact... gracefully

[@monstercadaver]

@@MrMusicopathi don’t know what you mean by this. I was only quoting another COB-intro.

[@MrMusicopath]

@@monstercadaver kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHvblZeAgLOZqpo

[@k7j007]

Im always stoked when I see new videos of people still showing love to Alexi and COB. I first heard Bodom when I was 13-14 years old back in 2000. Today I am 35 and Alexi has been my favorite musician since I first heard him play. It's so great seeing really high quality Bodom covers but this one is definitely a different animal than most others. All of you are highly accomplished and respected musicians. To see musicians at this level get together to salute and honor Alexi is amazing. His music and guitar playing not only earned him the love and respect of his fans all around the world. He also earned the respect of his fellow musicians/peers. I'm still bummed he's no longer with us, but holy shit, that guy left the world one kick ass body of work to enjoy for the rest of time. Seeing a cover like this just helps solidify Alexi's legendary status for his contributions to music and guitar playing

[@msum23]

I still jam bodom every day, it's the one band where it never gets old to play for me

[@stillmetal760rider5]

@@msum23 Bodom has been my favorite band for soo long, Bodom will never be out of rotation for me...It's too musically genius and amazing to not be heard...

[@Sinthoras_96]

There is a mask of sanity full Band cover on KZbin. Check it out. It's insanely good. I mean this one here is great too but that mask of sanity one.. They sound 100% like Bodom.

[@msum23]

@@Sinthoras_96 the frosttide one? Yeah, it's great!

[@Sinthoras_96]

@@msum23 yeah exactly. From the channel "ofdarknessandlight"

[@hawkeye3378]

HOLY SHIT. This is the greatest cover of this song to date! Absolutely incredible group of musicians making Alexi proud

[@msum23]

then you listen to the original and realise how flat this sounds

[@samdobie6748]

​@@msum23 Doesn't sound flat to me

[@aleejacopo]

Alexi totally deserves this, great idea guys.

[@funnyberries4017]

I agree! He had such a hard run at life. He got kicked out of his own band right before he died. Poor guy. He did so many great things musically.

[@msum23]

@@funnyberries4017 blah, it didn't happen like that. The guys clarified it in an interview a few weeks ago. It was 100% Alexi's decision. His hard life was him not taking care of himself above all else.

[@funnyberries4017]

@@msum23 phew I'm happy to hear it

[@TxCknot]

Indeed!!

[@skyreaper3453]

Alexi's (and Bodom's) music will continue to live on thanks to you beautiful artists, awesome job! ❤

[@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness]

I like how they split the solos it makes sense since there’s two of them

[@vintersphrost]

Holy Shit, this is great! we met Alexi on Graspop Festival back in 2007, when we had our first appearance at graspop w/eluveitie

[@apolloniusbeitsman5444]

Small world... Seeing COB at Graspop in 2007 was my first concert ever!

[@ZoeSZX]

Очень красиво! Спасибо! Порадовали! Очень боялся, что со смертью Лайхо его наследие пропадет, забудется, растворится....но вы доказываете мне обратное. Я очень любил это музыканта, и сам разучивал Бодомские композиции с удовольствием, но после его ухода садиться за инструмент стало очень грустно. Царствие небесное тебе, Алексей.

[@juanortiz9123]

Thanks a lot people! Alexi would be proud! \m/

[@BattleBok]

...and although he died, it was as if our love for metal multiplied! ❤💥🖤

[@Founworld]

Melissa Bonny is FUCKING AWESOME ! RIP Alexis Laiho, we miss your awesome music ! Very nice cover ! Thank you !

[@alexanderedp]

Amazing cover guys!! loved it you should make at least one more! really enjoyed it

[@sonofthunder-fb3cm]

Rip Alexi 🌹 forever our wildchild

[@salamanderpete]

That's some super group right there!! What a kick ass performance! 🤘🏻

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

Its not even christmas but im just here remembering Laiho :)

[@Revan2540]

RIP Alexi. What a legend have you been. You music will live for you.

[@mxjosh2000]

Sensational... That was a perfect performance & a Pitch Perfect Tribute to the Great Man. The outpouring from every side of the Metal Community, Both from Professionals & the Fans and from every subgenre imaginable, has been beautiful and they've all made it Loud & Clear that Alexi Laiho will never forgotten. RIP Alexi & I hope you're enjoying the show from wherever you may be watching from

[@TKAM88]

Alexi would more than approve. Holy shit that was perfect.

[@gruncho2004]

I have no words. Absolutly the power of metal.

[@ryze9153]

Metal makes people feel good, at least it does for me and ironically, metalheads are some of the nicest people lol.

[@dalehamby4250]

Now the king of heavy metal can sit on his thrown with ease knowing that his legacy will continue through his fans

[@LCmaxime]

Damn ! That's cool ! As a teenager I listened to Children of Bodom sooo much ! And now, as a huge Melisaa and Eluveitie fan and hurdy player, I can appreciate that at so many levels... Thanks guys !

[@michaelpelzar8841]

Teemu Mäntysaari is playing in Megadeth now

[@SymbolicBodom]

What an amazing tribute to the One & Only, Alexi Laiho !! Great performance by everyone. Congrats !!!! Follow The Reaper is by far my favorite Bodom album, and this song is the icing on the cake. I play this song on guitar and I am yet to master the solo. Watching Teemu (The Grand Master) perfecting it is so satisfying... Thanks once again, and may your soul rest in peace, Eternal Legend !

[@harrybol8914]

such a flaaaawless solo!! Awesome work!

[@baini92]

Amazing performance by everyone. Melissa keeps impressing me with her amazing voice, and that bass looks so fantastic 😍

[@morty_mcfly]

This cover is... A-W-E-S-O-M-E. I love the original one since the eponymous CoB's album is out, but you guys make it soooo powerful, I freakin' love it ! Thank you :)

[@joeresch4537]

awesome job Teemu!

[@billtbodger]

Brilliant version and a fitting tribute to a massive personality on the metal scene, Alexi Laiho would be proud

[@toni.tapola]

Wow, you all 😮! This was phenomenal 😀🤘👏👏👏, considering how much I appreciate the original! Special thanks to *Melissa,* from whom I learned of this Salute. Alas, I slept past the Premiere, and its now 5½ hours later 😅! This goes to a playlist 😁.

[@fireplay6546]

I wish Alexi was alive and could see this... You all did great

[@xJs1200x]

Umm. Yes. More Please. That was freaking amazing.

[@NightwishArena]

Jösses (=Geez in Finnish)...those vocals are insane! And all the other musicians also. Great to see more sick solos from Teemu. I love their "Run for cover" stuff.

[@theotadros2040]

Seriously I didn't know her but she's fucking great.

[@Jonny7986]

That she is. Been a fan of her since i first heard her. Melissa Bonny is great vocalist.

[@StuRedman]

Whoa. After Twilight Of The Thundergod another cover from Melissa where she fully unleashes her inner demon. Mel, you really should do more stuff like this. 🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥

[@LCmaxime]

Word !

[@tedwebber5262]

Melissa Bonny never fails to amaze me!

[@yegorzarubin91]

Just happy to see Michalina and Melissa in same video :)

[@darkehorse71]

And Teemu is now in Megadeth. This song was at a break neck pace from start to finish and the Hurdy Gurdy was really cool. Great job with this tribute! RIP Alexi.

[@mandrew21000]

Very well done. You guys have done Alexi Laiho proud!! Cheers from Canada!!

[@raidenwolfsonata3042]

Great tribute, guys. We miss ya, Alexi. Sweet rests, where ever you have gone.

[@alexzadiko3817]

This si very beautiful. A great tribute to Alexi Laiho.

[@montanamcgee7846]

This is so awesome. The guitars are literally perfect

[@Mexicutioner0516]

This is beyond amazing! You guys crushed this. Alexi would be proud. Such a massive loss to the world of music and metal. RIP Alexi! 🤘🏻

[@nicko2202]

Brilliant work from so many talented artists- this song has a phenomenal amount of power and energy behind it just like the original band!

[@horscategorie]

RIP Alexi. Perfect tribute.

[@grayface19yearsago70]

Please do more covers of COB please 🥰🥰🥰 you two are the best bands of mine Edit (I just feel like this cover was Michalina's idea) xD

[@JOpethNYC]

RIP Alexi 🖤🤘 This was great!

[@emilwilddude92]

Alexi is the main reason why I play guitar too! Thank you, Wild Child, I miss you, brother

[@MrDollarRoxx]

Not surprised in the slightest that Teemu lowkey sounded like Alexi. Ridiculous guitar player!

[@sp00kyd0ll]

HOOOOOLY SH*T!!! ❤️😍🤘🏻 Is this the most epic CoB cover ever made or what?? Those growls.... Hats off to everyone, Whis is awesome, and I'm sure there's a Wildchild in heaven smiling for this! ✨

[@msum23]

nah, the frosttide mask of sanity cover is far better than this.

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

Excellent tribute guys. We lost a true metal titan and it still saddens me to this day! RIP alexi laiho and thank you for giving us a truly unique style of death and power metal combined.

[@thomasbgpaintart3120]

Such a team!!! Wow!!!

[@sasnos8426]

Awesome tribute! RIP and cheers, Wildchild!

[@lipittysplit8722]

damn dude from wintersun brought the fucking heat

[@antoliimayra1356]

Thank you so much for making a tribute to Alexi. Keep his memory alive. Good work

[@mirkobagni]

Awesome tribute to Alexi

[@francovers1708]

Thank you guys for this !!! Alexi deserved

[@dkny9604]

Great cover. Still reminds me of how we’ll never see him on stage again 😔

[@RichardRG86]

Yeah, I'll miss Alexi forever 😭

[@stevengarrett2587]

I love this cover. And I think the quality of today's recordings show how far a remaster of the old albums would have gone...

[@MetalJody1990]

Excellent performance! When I saw Teemu, I just knew this was gonna be so good

[@achillesamusic]

Thank you for doing this guys, as someone said he was the Randy Rhoads of his era His contribution should never be forgotten!

[@Maxime_L91]

90% sure Zakk Wylde said that.

[@wayneguiry1244]

I’m a die hard Bodom fan have been for 22 years and it takes a lot to impress me…. But that was fucking awesome 👏🏻

[@folkmetalmiss]

Everyone did so well!! Teeeeemu!! Melting faces as usual on guitar 😉

[@andreasnilsson7711]

Damn. I'm out of words. This brings back so many memories. Great cover. Cheers!

[@antoninjanku3358]

Teemu rocks! Great performance from all!

[@TrulyStucker]

he looks like he hadn't slept for a few days, very tired.. still a flawless awesome performance as always

[@DildoHelicopter]

its crazy what alexi made. this song is what got me into bodom. and to this day it is my fav song. it inhabits all of the aspects of a classic bodom song. so unique

[@bartoszmajchrzak2225]

Thanks guys, it's nice too hear same old song refreshed like this. Great salut to my biggest guitar idol, real fkin guitar hero of my times. I hope there's another world where we'll meet again.

[@PatrickSuiver]

Wow! You nailed it. Every instrument is on point. The Tone and your playing is amazing. Really enjoyed watching it. RIP ALEXI 😢

[@nicolatesla7483]

rest in peace wildchild😢🥀 awesome cover guys🔥🙏🏻 cobhc forever🤘🏽

[@stilli7269]

You have produced a jewel. I can't thank you enough.

[@mkwriath]

I think its great when so many musicians from different bands can come together in tribute of a fallen one........ Thank you for sharing

[@slicksmick89]

So beautiful and amazing. Thank you so much for this!

[@redminote2596]

Amazing, perfect job, well done. thank you for the memory of Alexi.

[@julioathra2045]

Bela homenagem... Alexi Laiho Forever

[@hughsammy4278]

Awesome, Melissa Bonny just makes any cover she appears in awesome.

[@darktranquillitea939]

Hell yeah, this is soo good 🔥🔥

[@mileqjameel8166]

Sheeeeeessssshhhhh!!!!! Goodness Gracious as the old folks say!

[@yarirusslainen8118]

Great, thanks, guys! And more. We need more badass rememberance of Bodom golden age and Alexi!

[@wolvie90]

So many bands that I adore to no end, yet the can't reach the magic of Follow The Reaper, possibly the best "extreme" metal album ever produced. This is a textbook example of how immaculate skill might not translate to actual results. It's a damn fucking shame he drunk his life away but Follow The Reaper is still one of the best metal albums ever made.

[@cloudxen]

I saw and met you guys in Vegas on the 15 Year Anniversary Door when I was probably 18 and had a chance to meet Alexi just before their set started. I was holding him off from doing his entrance but he wasn’t miffed at all and it is one of the shows I’ll remember forever because of that experience.

[@JimminyJim]

That fucking hurdy gurdy was dope and all together, I’m sure the wild child is smiling a devilish and thankful grin. 🖤

[@WolePhoenix]

Melissa Bonny 🔥

[@winDfried0866]

Whatever Melissa puts her voice on turns to gold ❤

[@rickshawkapoor4003]

I dare say Alexi , if he were alive, would be emphatically impressed with this as You'd be so much impressed to see someone doing your stuff so well .

[@chicoguarro7258]

Awesome to watch this, guys. Well done.

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

thank you from the heart for this phantasic tribute to alexi and CoB. so good.

[@CedM79]

Amazing cover! I love the inclusion of the hurdy-gurdy :). Alexi has been a massive influence for me as well.

[@Strahotski]

omg. This is like all my favorite bands in one song!

[@legendmotogp6944]

amazing cover thanku for the tribute to the LEGEND ALEXIO LAIHO

[@powskier]

What a super fun combination of musicians they put together here. Many of my favorites.

[@killerbern666]

that was the first song i listened to when i was 11 years old that made me fall in love with CoB and the music genre Alexi will always have a special place for me 😞

[@marekmiklos4398]

Absolutelz estonishing!!! Thank you for this, Alexi will be always a hero for me, as he was during my university age!

[@MariaVitoria_2.0]

Quanto talento em um vídeo só! 🤩

[@progpogs]

Masterpiece and great tones all around.

[@ВикторПелих-и7э]

Да, Мелисса Бони на высоте, впрочем как и всегда. Респект!!!

[@MetalMaven]

Killer line-up!! It's like a Best Of.... all in one video!

[@jumper55ful]

Alexi will never be forgotten and no one will ever match him on the Guitar or on Vocals he was a true God Of Metal!

[@tkh5571]

perfect guitar tone and amazing vocals

[@cottonsoxx1677]

This actually made my hairs stand on end. Absolutely magnificent!

[@mokuscsik]

Oh man, so many good memories! Kudos to you guys. 🙏