CHILDREN OF BODOM Commence Recording New Album

Finland’s Children Of Bodom have entered an undisclosed recording studio and begun work on their as yet untitled, ninth album. A picture of drummer Jaska Raatikainen working hard behind the kit can be seen above.

In live news, COB has the following shows booked:

June
4 – Sweden Rock Festival – Solvesborg, Sweden
6 – Laulurinne – Joensuu, Finland (with Nightwish)
11 – Club A2 – St. Petersburg, Russia
12 – Ray Just Arena – Moscow, Russia
13 – Premio – Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
19 – Hellfest – Clisson, France
20 – Den Atelier, Luxembourg
21 – Graspop Metal Meeting – Dessel, Belgium
26 – Rock am Härtsfeldsee – Dischingen, Germany

July
17 – Resurrection Fest – Viveiro, Spain
31 – Ratinan Stadion – Tampere, Finland (with Nightwish)

In other news, COB frontman Alexi Laiho was a recent guest on EMGtv, introducing their new guitar lesson segment, Technique and Tone. He taught host Tommy Armstrong-Leavitt a string skipping technique for electric guitar.