They really did. I saw them three times in the old days, between 2002 and 2006. I've never been part of crowds that were so uplifted by the music. Seriously. They brought the entire audience together in this feeling that we were part of something amazing. Throwing horns to people you don't know. Explosive applause. Sadly, I've never been part of anything that powerful ever again.
0:56 Silent Night Bodom Night 4:38 Lake Bodom 9:09 Warheart 13:41 Bed of Razors 18:17 Children of Bodom 24:15 Towards Dead End 29:42 Touch Like Angel of Death 33:52 Downfall 40:07 Deadnight Warrior Thanks to Alexi and the rest of the Hate Crew for making such incredible music. This band has brought an excitement for life and music back to me. R.I.P Alexi
I saw them in same year here in Finland. I was just getting into metal and although it was a cool gig, I didn't know what I was witnessing. The gig was in very small town in middle of nowhere. There was another band playing in other small place that night, and we were had a dilemma which band we should go and see. The other band was Nightwish...
"I didn't know what I was witnessing." - I know the feeling. (A random Croatian guy who watched At The Gates who had just released "Slaughter of the Soul" thinking "wow that was a really good band" and never knew how important that album would still be years and years later.)
My best bud (HamrHead) and I waited for 90 minutes at the front right in the middle choking down the other bands so we could both be center when COB started playing. Made the 12 hour trip from Thunder Bay to see them. WOO....can hear me yelling "wooooah" at 9-06...haha
The uniqueness of the music, Alexi's charisma and the unbelievable amount of energy made COB a band like no other back in the day. I wish I was at this concert; it was the first show in the US not only for COB but also to Opeth.
@@jnunez825 Correct. This was the only time I ever traveled for a concert before...across the country from the West coast because it was Opeth, Katatonia, Children of Bodom, and Anathema was there too. What a show.
Alexi brought back what a guitar player was supposed to be. Not only that he was a fierce front man. At a time guitar players were just breakdowns and bullshit he brought back the solo
This truly was an amazing performance. I remember calling Jack Koshak, the promoter of the classic Milwaukee Metal Fests over the years, and asking if COB had made it over to the U.S. and were "for sure" gonna play. Other than a truly great performance by King Diamond the night before, COB stole the whole fest that year. There were a lot of jaws on the floor once the band got their sound figured out (there was no proper soundcheck and the keyboards were entertainingly problematic at the start of the set) and for the people who were familiar with the first two albums there was a lot of "I told you these guys were amazing!". It's too bad this classic line-up did not survive for long as it was by far the best COB line-up. This performance still ranks as one of the funnest and most impressive performances I've ever attended. Truly a magic night!
@@smallfaucet The worst thing that happened when Roope came is that COB stopped being guitar porn. When Roope came to the band i thought we'd have Sinergy with Alexi's vocals and Janne's keyboards. While i love all the COB albums and they're my favorite band of all time, that was a bit disappointing because Sinergy songs are insane guitar porn stuff and the potential of Laiho and Latvala got untapped in COB then.
I am super humbled by all the awesome comments on this video I uploaded 7 years ago. You had to be there to really experience the insane anticipation and packed like sardines we were in that room that summer day in 2000 for this show. I also attended the autograph session before this show and they had told me that they were going to be recording with Peter Tagtgren for their 3rd album (which became "Follow the Reaper") the week after they played the this show.
Just found this video! I was there and judging by the view in the video I was probably standing pretty close to you. Was an awesome show! Also, was that Enslaved at the very end of the video?
Thanks for the upload and great camera work! Its great to see these guys in their prime and Alexi before the injuries and partying seemed to have gotten the best of him.
Thank you so much for recording this, and for the great camera work and focusing on Alexi's guitar during the solos! Great work! The good old days with the classic lineup, back when Janne still had short hair. Their live energy here is captivating.
I didnt film it however, I got the contact info for the guy what was filming and he sold me a copy of the VHS you see here. It was an unreal experience.
Gotta remember Alexi and Jaaska had already been playing together for like 10 years by this point. Bunch Highschool jamming non stop. It takes practice to be creative and with his violin training guitar came pretty easy I'm sure.
im a guitar player and now i realised that Alexi did not play the main intro riff,Alexander did,alexi just did Solo and rytam in silent night bodom night
I think this is the best cob set I've ever seen, and ive seen a whole lot. Never got to see em live myself though :/ Rip Alexi. You rocked so fuckin hard man.
I do believe I was shrooming at this show, and I do think Mayhem was there for the Grand Declaration Of War album all black light show which tripped me out, lmao, also think Opeth played late and played Black rose immortal, I could be wrong, set list don't have all bands for all shows, if I had all my flyers from them I'd not be here trying to remember my past.
@@McbaconHamborgir Early on he used Lee Jackson preamps. Maybe he plugged one of those into the fx return of a supplied backline (5150) head? Lugging heads and cabs across an ocean has to be cost prohibitive.
where did bodom place on the card at their second album? I hear they used to be "the shit" and then everyone turned on them after their 4th album or sooner what band were you in, by the way?
My band at the time Hill Of The Dead wouldn't pay Jack Koshak's b.s. promoter fee...I enjoyed this show from the floor. King Diamond was fantastic as well (the night before), but COB stole the whole 2000 Fest imo.
they had something that no one had
+Danilo Gajic yeah something wild!!!!
They really did. I saw them three times in the old days, between 2002 and 2006. I've never been part of crowds that were so uplifted by the music. Seriously. They brought the entire audience together in this feeling that we were part of something amazing. Throwing horns to people you don't know. Explosive applause. Sadly, I've never been part of anything that powerful ever again.
Yeah...something....WILD 😁
@@brentmosser9384 TRUE.
Yup and its called Alexi Laiho
At 18 yrs old, me and 3 friends drove from Twin Cities on our first road trip to Milwaukee Metal Fest just to see COB for the first of many times.
0:56 Silent Night Bodom Night
4:38 Lake Bodom
9:09 Warheart
13:41 Bed of Razors
18:17 Children of Bodom
24:15 Towards Dead End
29:42 Touch Like Angel of Death
33:52 Downfall
40:07 Deadnight Warrior
Thanks to Alexi and the rest of the Hate Crew for making such incredible music. This band has brought an excitement for life and music back to me. R.I.P Alexi
You missed Downfall at 33:52
@@mmjuggler thank you
That’s a great set list! Need to learn “dead night warrior”
@@vincentzombi3916 there were no bad choices possible these times
The glory days of cob. Those first 4 albums were beyond badass. The Alexander era. Rip Alexi 🌹
R.I.P Alexi
Imagine playing on this stage after a show like that 😬
Not bad for a 20 year old Alexi, what a prodigy
Not bad? he was 19 here. and outrage the entire music business with his ability and talent.
@@ahmedsgallery3507 Yeah, as I said, a prodigy.
@@ahmedsgallery3507 he wasn’t a teenager anymore but his early 20s were the best
@@ahmedsgallery3507 He was actually 21 here, if the date on the title is correct. From April 1979 to August 2000, do the math...
It's like Alexi has said, he wanted to punch everyone in the face with music, and that's what he did! Rest in piece, legend.
R. I. P Alexi 😔😭💔
I saw them in same year here in Finland. I was just getting into metal and although it was a cool gig, I didn't know what I was witnessing. The gig was in very small town in middle of nowhere. There was another band playing in other small place that night, and we were had a dilemma which band we should go and see. The other band was Nightwish...
"I didn't know what I was witnessing." - I know the feeling.
(A random Croatian guy who watched At The Gates who had just released "Slaughter of the Soul" thinking "wow that was a really good band" and never knew how important that album would still be years and years later.)
Rust in Peace Legend
~November 2024
My best bud (HamrHead) and I waited for 90 minutes at the front right in the middle choking down the other bands so we could both be center when COB started playing. Made the 12 hour trip from Thunder Bay to see them. WOO....can hear me yelling "wooooah" at 9-06...haha
AHAHAHAAHAH i love the random youtube cancer :D :D
I would have loved to see them when they were this obscure
9:06
They took some of what Stratovarius did and put it into death metal. So genius. RIP Alexi!
Heh. Never thought of it that way. It's actually the best description of the band I've ever heard.
stratovarius only has one guitar and always had, its more like a heavy version of blind guardian
The uniqueness of the music, Alexi's charisma and the unbelievable amount of energy made COB a band like no other back in the day. I wish I was at this concert; it was the first show in the US not only for COB but also to Opeth.
Holyshit
Katatonia's first US gig too, if I recall.
my two most fav band 💪
COB are gay
@@jnunez825 Correct. This was the only time I ever traveled for a concert before...across the country from the West coast because it was Opeth, Katatonia, Children of Bodom, and Anathema was there too. What a show.
Here we are again, 2 years after the passing of Alexi. Again, thank you all for the awesome comments on my video.
que increible sonido en vivo de esta banda!!! la puta madre!!
And they just played their final gig...12.15.2019
Alexi brought back what a guitar player was supposed to be. Not only that he was a fierce front man. At a time guitar players were just breakdowns and bullshit he brought back the solo
Holy shit, he is so sharp in this show. RIP Alexi!
This truly was an amazing performance. I remember calling Jack Koshak, the promoter of the classic Milwaukee Metal Fests over the years, and asking if COB had made it over to the U.S. and were "for sure" gonna play. Other than a truly great performance by King Diamond the night before, COB stole the whole fest that year. There were a lot of jaws on the floor once the band got their sound figured out (there was no proper soundcheck and the keyboards were entertainingly problematic at the start of the set) and for the people who were familiar with the first two albums there was a lot of "I told you these guys were amazing!". It's too bad this classic line-up did not survive for long as it was by far the best COB line-up. This performance still ranks as one of the funnest and most impressive performances I've ever attended. Truly a magic night!
I might be wrong, but I believe they went to the US only for this gig.
@@danielgonzaleztejedor9486 ua-cam.com/video/eTnS201rai0/v-deo.html
Roope was awesome too, and Daniel is very good too.
@@smallfaucet The worst thing that happened when Roope came is that COB stopped being guitar porn. When Roope came to the band i thought we'd have Sinergy with Alexi's vocals and Janne's keyboards. While i love all the COB albums and they're my favorite band of all time, that was a bit disappointing because Sinergy songs are insane guitar porn stuff and the potential of Laiho and Latvala got untapped in COB then.
@@lordjambrek4868 Interesting take on the matter. Never heard 'guitar porn' until now hahah! Wonder what Roope is doing these days?
I was there. RIP Milwaukee Metalfest and Alexi
This grandpa in frontline is legend 4:35
Young and hungry. This was something special and ofcourse from fucking Finland. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🔥🔥
That drummer plays so damn straight that if they start tripping over the frets, there's no question of where they're at. Iron Clad Tempo.
Goddamn am I missing Alexi already something fierce. Truly one of a kind. RIP.
I'm only human so I scrolled down after whatching.... bodom for life merch time
Alexi's music will live on, through the hearts of everyone who had the pleasure of listening to his incredible music.
love when keboard sounds like its louder
I can't explain how much would I want to be on this show right now...
RIP Alexi
All of them were so talented at their fiel
This has to be the best sounding bootleg performance video I've ever heard.
The Montreal show is even better, best bootleg imo
olnly the classics and best songs
at this time they just had their first two pieces out but theire the best as ure sayin
I was there.
Perfect setlist. RIP Alluj legend!!!
Man....this is so fucking epic. The Spirit on this Place is fuckin amazing!
camera man better than 98% of camera people nowadays
I am super humbled by all the awesome comments on this video I uploaded 7 years ago. You had to be there to really experience the insane anticipation and packed like sardines we were in that room that summer day in 2000 for this show. I also attended the autograph session before this show and they had told me that they were going to be recording with Peter Tagtgren for their 3rd album (which became "Follow the Reaper") the week after they played the this show.
Just found this video! I was there and judging by the view in the video I was probably standing pretty close to you. Was an awesome show! Also, was that Enslaved at the very end of the video?
Thanks for the upload and great camera work! Its great to see these guys in their prime and Alexi before the injuries and partying seemed to have gotten the best of him.
This makes my fawking heart sink.....Alexi was a pure musical genius! Fawkin' hell! \m/ Never got a chance to see them live fawk!
This is pure gold, what a band they were. Thank you so much!
This is amazing. Alexi killlllled these solos 👌
Thank you so much for recording this, and for the great camera work and focusing on Alexi's guitar during the solos! Great work! The good old days with the classic lineup, back when Janne still had short hair. Their live energy here is captivating.
I didnt film it however, I got the contact info for the guy what was filming and he sold me a copy of the VHS you see here. It was an unreal experience.
Original line up? The only thing that's different is Alexander instead of Roope or Daniel.
@UA-camisfilledwithp-ssi-ik8jx It's not hard for me. Is being laid back and calm hard for you?
Classic line-up with energy, very good qulity bootleg. Thanks for sharing this rare video clip! And all we miss Alexi and COB so much.
awesome document of those times, thanks so much for digitizing and sharing
This is fucking awesome
Aleksi
aleeeekksiii ajjajajaja
Goosebumps
Thanks to them I started playing guitar
wow... Downfall always gives me the shivers
I was there
This is amazing, thx for sharing
I wish I could have been to one of these concerts, or at least a more recent one ...
They sounded amazing. Right off the bat.
Gotta remember Alexi and Jaaska had already been playing together for like 10 years by this point. Bunch Highschool jamming non stop. It takes practice to be creative and with his violin training guitar came pretty easy I'm sure.
but alexi and jaska never talked on the stages lmao..But their chemistry??
@@tanzidahmed1904 You've clearly never jammed with anyone in your life lol
@@slaughtered777 i jammed with my high school friends..though those were for funs only
Man...crazy that this just got suggested to me. I miss these guys already.
My thoughts too
After a certain amount of beer it hurts too much to watch this as I will never get the chance to see them (Alexi) live.
Brilliant!!!!! Professional!!!!! Fantastico!!!!!
We're Children of Bodom from fucking Finland and we tuck in our shirts \m/
Little did 8 year old me know that in 4 years I would be listening to them. haha
Great video. Nice close ups of the lead work.
F...n epic! rip Alexi
I wish all bootlegs sounded this good. how does this only have 10k views?!?!
Cause the people (robots) are listen and watchin' fuckin tik tok
im a guitar player and now i realised that Alexi did not play the main intro riff,Alexander did,alexi just did Solo and rytam in silent night bodom night
that is quite interesting for guitar players that he is actually playing rytam parts in almost every song
and in most of the tabs it shows how the Alexanders part is alexis but alexi realy is playing rytam part where in the tabs is in Alexanders part.
Alexander had always interesting parts it wasn't always 100% rhythm
Wow, never seen this before!
This, never give up your dreams.!! metal heads..
Pay attention guys, there was magic here.
This is so good!
I think this is the best cob set I've ever seen, and ive seen a whole lot. Never got to see em live myself though :/
Rip Alexi. You rocked so fuckin hard man.
it is their best set. they're playing just song from the first 2 albums. it's all we ever needed.
@@bluesfortheredsun I dunno man, i love their whole discography a whole lot. it's was just a different time/vibe when they were all 20 years old
@@jkol323 after follow the reaper everythin was said. this is before and even better its pure power and tightness
This is awesome!!!
11:09 - 11:15 is the tastiest addon of a song ive ever heard
So tight
I do believe I was shrooming at this show, and I do think Mayhem was there for the Grand Declaration Of War album all black light show which tripped me out, lmao, also think Opeth played late and played Black rose immortal, I could be wrong, set list don't have all bands for all shows, if I had all my flyers from them I'd not be here trying to remember my past.
Nah you can find Opeth’s set uploaded on youtube. They never played Black Rose Immortal live until the most recent tour.
That block letter 5150 was an indispensable part of this
Didnt he say that they were using some weird peavey preamps, are there really 5150s here
@@McbaconHamborgir Early on he used Lee Jackson preamps.
Maybe he plugged one of those into the fx return of a supplied backline (5150) head?
Lugging heads and cabs across an ocean has to be cost prohibitive.
Rust in Peace wildchild you are a master
yeah a master at drinking his dumbass to death lol
Wow young Alexi!
Hail finland for some of the best music put to ears
Thanks for this video!!
Yo tenía este en DVD
Donde puedo conseguir el DVD o como se llama ?
12:45 Alexi Laiho gets in trouble...
Handled it like a pro
I was there in another band lol.
where did bodom place on the card at their second album? I hear they used to be "the shit" and then everyone turned on them after their 4th album or sooner
what band were you in, by the way?
My band at the time Hill Of The Dead wouldn't pay Jack Koshak's b.s. promoter fee...I enjoyed this show from the floor. King Diamond was fantastic as well (the night before), but COB stole the whole 2000 Fest imo.
RIP Alexi
What if Storage hunters series sell this band USA tours used instruments one day in future?
That warheart solo tho 👌
Insane
Where are they minutes guy when You needs him ??
At their prime.
Wonder what bass is Henkka playing here? He's definitely one of my favorite bassists all time.
i heard that he wrote everything except the keyboard solos so i guess that means the leads of the other guitarists
So, did they fly to Milwaukee just to play these 9 song, or were there other shows they played?? I know the first actual US tour was 2003
Janne always messed his playing up whenever Alexi got closer to him😂 hearts pounding i guess…what a beautiful bromance😅
tf are you talking about
Does anyone else hear the Paul Gilbert influence in his solos?
Do you think Mr Plinkett was there?
VERY underrated comment
@@Thruuuth did you take my pizza rolls?!
Alexander kuoppala is an underrated guitarist
Nothing fancy visually but solid as a rock and a key component of their early sound.
Damn, i was barely even born back then :/
I was -5 years old
Who else was in the lineup at the club?
Look up Milwaukee Metalfest 2000. INSANE lineup!
Was that jackson the same than the yellow one with the wildchild sticker? Yellow part seems different in this one
Nah.
Holly shit!
such loss man !
There is double bass drums Jaska, didnt he only use one?
i m in raptures over And you ????
Alexi isn’t a guitar legend.
Alexi is a guitar GOD
😭😭😭😭👩👦👦
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