A visit to Lake Bodom and Alexi Laiho's grave
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- Опубліковано 8 січ 2022
- On New Year's Day 2022 we visited Bodom lake in Espoo and later Malmi cemetery in Helsinki to leave some candles for Alexi and pay our respects.
I made a small video for people to see what it's like to be there.
It's not perfect but I hope you like it.
I own all the visual material in this video.
Music copyrights reserved to Children Of Bodom, Spinefarm Records and all other rightful owners. No violation of copyright intended.
EDIT: YES, apparently the spot is not the exact same place where the murders happened. But the tree marked with X is there and anyway the point was to light a candle in memory of Alexi at the lake.
Thank you so much for this. Those of us who loved him and his music, but can't make it to Finland appreciate the video tour!
Thank you! I made this video exactly for this purpose so I’m happy that you appreciate it. Hopefully one day you’ll be able to visit there too. 🙏
Yep, this is awesome, thanks for sharing that, COB pretty much defined my teenage years throughout. Alexi will always be a legend
I'm living just about 300 m away from Alexi's grave, just another side of Lahdenväylä and I can almost see the grave from our corridor. Dropping candle every now and then there. RIP Alexi.
If what we see in the video still happens, can you please remove the sprays from the burning candles' area, maybe leave a note? That's quite unsafe.
If it's not an inconvenience for you can you leave an additional candle on my behalf the next time you visit?
Hi. In 2 weeks time. I'll be there. Can i ask you to meet up and show me around some nice places?
Can you add coordinates from google maps, as i am planing to visit. I am 3000 km away from ginland and it wpuld be nice if i had the exact location...
Legend
Still can't believe the WildChild is gone.
But he will forever remain in my heart.
RIP Alexi.
I hope I'll see you on the other side.
Finland is such a beautiful country
I still can't believe he is just gone so suddenly. With him gone are my teenager years of which CoB songs were the theme music.
Every time I think about it, I still can't fully process that he's gone. I never understood why people missed musicians, who they sometimes never even got to see live... Until I've learned of Alexi's passing.
Thank you for that video
May Wildchild rest in peace
Sometimes music can influence people in different ways, and sometimes music or specific bands/songs can mark a meaning in our lives. Of all of my most favorite bands and biggest influences to pick up a guitar, Laiho's passing hit me immensely. Sometimes I go to shows and ppl judge me or question me if I try to get a guitar pick from a specific person, but to me it has a deeper meaning, like a very deep connection. At least I was able to see CoB live once in my life, but even now I still regret that, and I can barely listen to CoB without feeling like shit. CoB marked a part of my life, especially during hard times. Sometimes you understand things when you go through them, just like depression.
Best guitarist and song writer to walk this Earth. Alexi's music got me through a lot of rough times in my life. It will never sink in on me that he is gone. Thank you for this. Much love to you and his family.
He was the Chuck schuldiner that us can't live i can't go to see CoB in my country for my age and lack of Money always be pain in my heart can't see a Alexi one of the best sherdress of my generation
one of the best
I’m glad that his family was finally able to give him a proper place to Rest In Peace.
My grandson was a great fan of Children of Bodom. He died because of cancer in brain in age 18 in April 2021. Hope he plays with Alexi in metal- heaben.
Heaven, not heaben, sorry
All those candles lit on the snowy ground are so beautiful, and touching. Alexi is my favorite songwriter/guitarist and I’m sad that I never got to see him live or meet him and tell him how much his music means to me. R.I.P. Thank you for this video.
Didn't think I needed this till I watched it. Thank you, much love from CA, USA
RIP ALEXI🤘
Gracias desde Mexico por haberlo compartido, que bonito que su tumba se vea tan iluminada, asi como su musica nos dio luz ☺🎵🎶🎸🎼
Thank you so mutch, miss Alexi so mutch and i am still hearthbroken, can't belive he is gone, listen too COB and Bodom After Midnight and still cryes💔❤🤟🇳🇴
See you on the other side Alexi❤❤
rest in peace Alexi, you shall be missed 😥
Thx for sharing this video from Lake Bodom and from Alexi's grave. ♥It was Angels Don't Kill that made a Bodom fan in the autumn 2011. Now I'm age 63 and still I love the Bodom songs so much! ♥🤘
Wow that hit fkkin harder than I thought it would
Thanks for this video.
It sucks that for the most part all we have is music an when people pass like this it's hard to continue seeing the bright side of things. Felt like I related to him to a degree I'd always get the revolver or terrorizer magazines back in the day an they were in em alot. Had a few of his signature guitars but had to sell em to pay bills. Regret the hell outta that.
My first concert,an second,was seeing them. I broke my ribs in the pit an was crowsurfed out to Blood drunk,still the best moment of my life
Rip Alexi
Really loving the gesture of leaving the candle to the lake too. Why it teared me up, I have no idea but it did.
When I heard the news through the radio I didn't believe it at first. I had to google... And then contemplate what I had just heard and read.
Just weeks prior I had found 4 CoB albums from the flea market I worked at the time for dirt cheap (and the albums were in pristine condition); first 3 and Blooddrunk. That really struck me after I realized it some time after hearing the news. And I had also just read Anssi Kippo's stories from the recording sessions of the first 2 albums. CoB was my fav band when I was a teen in the turn of the millennium and the 2nd band that lead me into metal music. After I found those albums from the flea market CoB has been in rotation again after 20 years, and now I'm old enough to really appreciate how great Alexi was writing music, the songs indeed are stellar.
It really saddens me that his new project never got the proper chance to lift off the ground. It's clear that his songwriting was still as sharp as ever.
Thank you for the video.
And thank you Alexi for the music that keeps on giving until the world goes black. You will never be forgotten!
Alexi Laiho was a sweet, gentle, kind hearted goat with a heart of gold. 🐐🎸🎹🥁🎸
Goosebumps. You can feel there's something mysterious about Lake Bodom. And I understand young boys, highly inspired by that place, starting COB and singing songs about the lake and the Reaper. It has something special and appealing, just like Stephen King's stories. When you read them, they resonate with you, your childhood and it's almost reading about yourself as if you were one of the main characters. Thank you for this video. It was very sad at the end to see Alexi lying there... He was and still is my inspiration.
Alexi is a diamond that has graced our planet.
he says he's more like "dark rain" ☄
I grew up having a massive crush on Alexi Laiho. I bought like 7 of his guitars and I got him to sign my Pink Sawtooth when COB played live in Edmonton. Learned to play almost all of the COB songs. Very sad that he is gone too soon...the world has lost another legend before his time. Somewhere Alexi Laiho and Chuck Schuldiner are jamming and creating riffs that are too epic for mortal ears.
he's actually spending time with Trevor Strnad "on the otherside". writing songs together, pitching ideas back & forth... against the backdrop of a lake cottage.
with lots of booze, apparently. 🤔💁🏻♀️🥃
@@JadedKateare u a medium?
RIP Alexi. I feel really lucky I got to see COB live twice in 6 months on the Blooddrunk tour in 2008.
Yes lucky you are. Sad I won't ever see them but i have the albums atleast.
Rip Alexi
Thank you for sharing
Rest in peace legend
Love from Norway
Thank you so much for sharing RIP Alexi !
Thank you for this!! RIP Alexi!
I can't thank you enough for sharing this! It really means a lot to see it; someday I'll visit in person.
Rest in Peace WildChild 🤘
Love from Arizona
I really appreciate this from you. Thank you thank you !!🙏🏻
Thank you so much for this upload. Love from California
Beauty and sad video! Thanks!!! RIP king of the guitar, Alexi!
I'm so grateful that you posted this!!! I plan to fly to Finland, as soon as it's possible, to pay my respects too. This video gives me an idea of what it will be like trying to find his resting place. A million thank yous! RIP Aleksi xxx
Thank you for this. I just learned recently he passed. It hit me as hard as Eddie Van Halen's death. Can't believe they're both gone...
Thanks for sharing this video Sofia,very great tribute to Alexi.
I cried when i watched video, thanks Sofia
Thank you very much for sharing this video with all of us.
I totally second the words of a lad who said here he didn’t knew how much he needed this. So did I.
Rest in power, Alexi
Thank you very much
Não sei como te agradecer por esse vídeo. Há muitos anos sou um grande fã do COBHC e pude estar presente em três shows da banda por aqui. Fiquei muito triste e chateado com a notícia da morte de Alexi Laiho, pois era um grande músico. Fiquei emocionado ao ver seu túmulo repleto de homenagens. Seu trabalho nunca será esquecido, Wildchild. Saudações, de São Paulo, no Brasil. 🇧🇷
Thank you for this. I've always wanted to see them again live but never had the chance and now my hero is gone. Gone, but not forgotten. Finland is a "bucket list" place to go to for me so I hope in my life I'll make it and have the fortune of paying respects in person. R.I.P Alexi, you were always an inspiration to me and always there for me through your music during my life.
Огромное спасибо, что сделали видео! Опять плачу!🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
Классный был чувак Алекси, до сих пор в шоке... Алекси и металл в сердцах каждого из нас. every time we die.
Thank you so much! It was really hard to watch, too much sorrow in heart, and still can`t beleive that he is gone. Alexi Laiho was very TALANTED and great MUSICIAN! He was the LEGEND! I`ve decided learning to play on guitar because of him. He will be never forgotten! Rest in peace Alexi.
I didn't realize how badly I needed to see this. It's been a couple years now and it hasn't fully hit home. COB got me through so many hard times. I'm sure it's the same for so many of you. I never got so see them live, never got to buy merch after the show. It's a regret I will carry. Alexi, the blackest of hearts, the WIldchild, a musical warlock. My shredding inspiration. I miss you. We all do brother..
Thank you so much for sharing. The grave looks beautiful
Great vid. Thank you for creating it and sharing with others...
Rip my hero 😥 thanks for this upload. May he shred 4ever 🤘
Thank you for this.
Thank you for posting!
🙏🤘
I can't believe he's gone
Rest in peace Alexi
I still can't believe it, either. I was able to listen to them again a few days ago but I don't want to watch live videos, or listen to Bodom After Midnight.
I just can't believe he's gone, he influenced not just me, but a lot of people of different generations. We will never forget you Allu, thank you for everything. 🖤🤘😢
thank you for this, ive been thinkin about doin a simular trip to finland in his honour he is to me the best guitarist of our era, if not all time!
may his soul rest in peace and chaos 🤘 thank you so much for doing that Sofia!
I cried, thanks for sharing
Thanks so much h for this video is was beautiful and brought me to tears ❤️
Thanks for sharing this means alot 🙏 ❤ 🤘😪
Loved it thank you
Thanks for this! R.I.P Alexi..
Forever in our hearts, the legend..
Thanks for this!
Thank you for this video, bro
Dear, Alexi, thanks for all💔💔
thanks for the video .
Kiitos paljon. Levätköön mestari varjoissa🤟
As a angry teenager, I used to listen to CoB a lot. It was my first foray into Metal music. Always wished to see Alexi once live anyway possible. I never met him, but wish if I had some day, might have shared a laugh or two, holded his legendary guitar 🎸, or a drink 🍻. But now all these aren't possible. Anyways I hope he is at peace 🕊️. RIP Legend. Gone but never forgotten.
From Seattle Washington thanks for sharing!
I never got to see them live. I love C.O.B's music so much and Alexi's lyrics have always resonated with me on a very DEEP level. R.I.P. Wildchild.
Thank you so much for this. From México City hello my friend.
Respect! 🖤
Thank you very much for this video :`(
Thank you for sharing 🖤🐺💔
Thank you SO MUCH for this, i wish i could visit it myself :'( 🖤
Rest in power dear Alexi, thank you very much..
Thanks.
RIP Alexi :'(
Thanks you
Kiitos, thank you, danke, gracias
Thanks so much for this! If I'll ever be there, I'll sure as hell lit a candle and drop my pick for him, but as for now, this is my only way to experience it...
I wish you can visit one day!
His magical riffs are forever echoing deep in my heart. Wondrous Aleksi, let rip out your wings of freedom, you were so badly longing for all your life. There, where your spirit feeds, on the shores of Lake Bodom, I’ll come to worship you, embracing Finland, the land of my dreams. May your spirit be filled with infinity ♾ ✨✨✨✨✨🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thank you for everything Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho.
Greetings from Poland \m/
This made me shed a tear. RIP Allu
CoB was a band of my childhood, when i was growing up.
Saw them finally in 2014 at Brutal Assault, it was awesome experience.
Thank's Alexi for everythink, your music will always be a part of me.
I saw them on the Halo of Blood tour in 2014, and that one night my phone broke down, I couldn't at least take one picture since it fell on the pit and they stepped on it. Then I missed them the next 2 times they came to my area, and on Jan 1 2021, I woke up to the news about Alexi's passing, and that hit me. CoB is one of my most favorite bands, not to mention that CoB was a HUGE part of my life when I was in high school.
Thank you , this mean a lot for me … thanks alexi , you will be for ever in my heart 🖤
I went to the COB concert here in El Salvador in 2011 and after knowing of he passing away in 2020 idk why but I couldn't dimension his loss until now, I'm crying while watching this video and the feeling of soreness and pain is huge 😪 fuck everything I just want to cry forever
Love for you from the bottom of my heart
Very, very sad. But we'll remember him. Someday I need to visit his grave.
this made me cry
I am crying. Thanks, Alexi! For your wonderful music and talent! I will remember your performances!
One day I should visit Finland, Lake Bodom and Alexi's grave! Rest in Power, Dude! We love you, brother and kiitos for the METAL! 🖤🖤🖤🤘🤘
This was beautiful!
I'm sure he is out there... Probably shredding his now angelic guitar and drinking with the other gods of rock/metal that left us inspired by their legacies... \,,/
he's spending time with Trevor Strnad apparently... that's what "came through"
@@JadedKatedid you communicate with him?
Irreplaceable Legend "Alexi Laiho" .. 🤘We miss you bro 😢 see you soon my idol "wildchild"🤘
Gone but never forgotten. R.I.P Alexi 🤘😔
Cuánta emoción 🖤
Rip Wildchild🤘💚
shit, i teared up a little watching this, one day i hope i can go to this cemetery to pay my respects to alexi laiho
gonna have me in tears man
RIP alexi :(
Rest in power
Holy shit this video is amazing. Best song choice ever... I want to be friends with you.
Laiho is a god for me ... I was young when I discovered COB ... I saw him and is band 6 times in Montreal the best band ever in my life ... \w/ my condolences for the family and everyone \w/
thanks alexi for making my teenage days better
😍🙌🏻.
Life is so short and cob got me through so many hard times so tragic he was so young R.I.P. wildchild
❤❤❤❤
Where exactly is it? It's funny you choose that song. It was t he first song of COB I've ever heard and I was stunned. It sounded like my inner self, I loved the band and Alexi since first note.
I can't freaking believe he is gone. 2021 was the worst year ever!