The Dark Harmonies Of Alexi Laiho
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- Rest In Peace
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:50 Synergy
4:39 The Power Metal Lick and Bach
5:45 Strange Chords and Chromaticism
6:36 Thesis on Alexi's Genius and Mozart
7:20 Jason Becker and Diminished Stuff
8:19 Children Of Bodom - Deadnight Warrior(pure darkness)
8:50 Chord Borrowing
9:14 The Modulation God
10:38 Everytime I Die
10:56 Kissing the Shadows
11:34 Tunings
12:38 Are You Dead Yet?
13:00 How To Modulate
14:18 Blooddrunk
14:49 Metallica fans are all fans
15:20 Hate Crew Deathroll
15:58 Angels Don't Kill
16:20 Sus-pense
17:21 Party Songs
17:50 Black Metal Elements and Music Theory
18:05 Chromatic Mediant
18:59 I Worship Chaos
19:48 Hexed
20:40 Bodom After Midnight and Outro
Alexi Laiho was the singer and lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Children Of Bodom. In this video I go over riffs, solos, and composition of the music theory of Alexi Laiho.
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Edit: Apologies for not doing Hatebreeder. Must’ve missed it in the research/script.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:50 Synergy
4:39 The Power Metal Lick and Bach
5:45 Strange Chords and Chromaticism
6:36 Thesis on Alexi's Genius and Mozart
7:20 Jason Becker and Diminished Stuff
8:19 Children Of Bodom - Deadnight Warrior(pure darkness)
8:50 Chord Borrowing
9:14 The Modulation God
10:38 Everytime I Die
10:56 Kissing the Shadows
11:34 Tunings
12:38 Are You Dead Yet?
13:00 How To Modulate
14:18 Blooddrunk
14:49 Metallica fans are all fans
15:20 Hate Crew Deathroll
15:58 Angels Don't Kill
16:20 Sus-pense
17:21 Party Songs
17:50 Black Metal Elements and Music Theory
18:05 Chromatic Mediant
18:59 I Worship Chaos
19:48 Hexed
20:40 Bodom After Midnight and Outro
Hatecrew Deathroll came out in 2003, which was the first time they toured in the US, opening for Dimmu.
My favourite part of Alexis career is the fact that he inspired me to play the guitar 10 years ago. This guy changed my life, rest in peace brother
He was one of my main influences to take the instrument seriously
@@neoclassic09 same thing here. I was 12 years then. Now I'm 34 lol.
@@MikaTarkelasame, I’ve been listening to him/them since 2004. He definitely has one of the best lead styles out there. It’s sad what he became the last half of his career. He didn’t value his life.
He inspired me to pick it up 16 years ago too. Completely gutted when he passed and wish he knew how much he meant to me and many others.
Same. We are numerous that's just crazy awesome.
I was lucky enough to see COB 8 times from 2008-2016. My favorite memory of them was waiting outside the Fillmore in Denver in the freezing cold, I was in the back of the line and was standing next to a tour bus and saw the entire band warming up and laughing in the reflection of the bus mirror. It was so surreal to know I was standing right next to my favorite band. To see how them warming up before the show and having so much fun doing it was such a rad memory… still can’t believe it’s over. Alexi was the guy who got me to want to learn metal guitar, and even though it was way to advanced for me at first, I pushed through for all these years and can now play the majority of there music! Wish I could of met him.
Trashed, Lost & Strungout is one of the most underrated songs, he literally does a lot of modulations through the song using the same melody in different scales.
Yeah the 'main melody' is a diff key all 3x it's played, but he does it so subtly. I never noticed it until I just skipped around the song and listened to each part side by side.
@@noopbloop5051 And suits so well, you don't feel like something weird, it makes a lot of sense
Hey there man, great video! I do have minor critiques but that will be addressed at the end.
Alexi was cool because he was passionate about his musical craft. He even created/hosted the 100GuitarsfromHEL concert in Finland back in 2015 featuring 100 guitar applicants through out the world. There even was claims from people who didnt make the cut that Alexi took the time to reply and politely critique their video submissions. He even played other genres, crossover (punky-thrash) in Kylahullut, making pop songs into hair-metal style covers (The Local Band)
I recall seeing him and his Bodom bandmates walking around my city when they were going to play at the local venue that night and im yelling at Alexi from the passenger seat in my friends car yelling he rocks or something along those lines, it was fun.
Alright, now the critiquing.
- It is pronounced GOSS, not gross, for Kimberly Goss
- Hatecrew Deathroll came out in 2003, not 2008, it was produced after Follow The Reaper and before Are You Dead Yet.
Thanks again for the wonderful video!
Amazing video. You left out the Hatebreeder album though. It was their second album with Bodom. Hatecrew Death roll came out in 2003 and Blood drunk was 2008
nice video !1 but kinda screwed up some releases of the albums. Beware the heavens was Sinergys 1 record and Hate Crew Death Roll was not 2008 after Blood drunk. it was from 2003-2004 if i remember correct
Until this day I still have a hard time wrapping my head around some of their song structures, especially on Hatebreeder because although they have embedded verses and choruses they're all strung together by bridges, solos, and C parts. Alexi's key changes and modulations are very cryptic as well which I think adds to the catchiness. He doesn;t do the big build up of a key change half step up for a final chorus like a lot of rock and power metal bands do, but there's just constant key changes going on from riff to riff that don't present themselves that way to the casual listener.
THANK YOU for talking about this aspect of Alexi's legacy!
This comment nailed it. Its true I take it for granted sometimes myself. I've no idea why
I'll never forget seeing them via Uranium on Much Music as a kid... Blew my mind because up to that point I hadn't anything heavier than Metallica and made me an instant metalhead.
My playing has shifted more to blues and jazz in my 30's, but I don't think I would have even began playing guitar without him. Even if I had, I doubt I would have dug into music theory and composition nearly as much as I did.
As for the video, killer breakdown... Definitely subscribing and checking out a few more vids.
This was great. He was also the master of covers and his localband shows are a great way to relive some non metal classics
I was lucky enough to see Alexi 4 different times.
Miss him greatly, like Randy Rhoads.
There was, & will be none other
R.I.P. Alexi Laiho, & Randy Rhoads.
Dude the Hatebreeder album had some of his best stuff on it.
Yeah not sure how he missed that one.
Has the best riff in metal. Downfall.
Solid video. Respect for the research. Subscribed 🔥💯
What a great video! Thanks a lot!
I became addicted to metal and playing the guitar thanks to Children of Bodom. Alexi was clearly my main influence during several years at the guitar. I'm so sad to have only seen them playing once when I was in high school but I'm definitely marked for life by this band I can't deny it. COB is maybe the main ingredient of who I'm as a musician today.
Hey man I love your channel. Subscribed instantly
Thank you so much
Excelente video bro
great video. i am just a COB fan and don't have a clue about music theory and this video really opened it up. Thanks
@19:03 - their first album to have in DROP B, their first Drop C song was on Hatecrew deathroll
Dude from one music theory buff to another, this video was excellent and covered so many elements , its not often you find competent musicians into theory in the metal scene great viewing rock on !
Thank you for the video! COB is, to me, the easily best metal band ever! Shame Alexi couldn't be with us for some 40 more years to show us where would his music writing go.
It's interesting that the most known COB songs are from the more recent albums, since I'd say their first 4 albums are by far their best.
thx for this video i love Bodom so much
Yo! Awesome to see you here. I love your work!
@@xjt9787 thx bro cheers from Chile!
Really interesting thanks
I'm happy you mentioned Children of decadence. The intro melody is so catchy and the solo is awesome. When it comes to solos I think the Mask of Sanity solo(s) is (are) not mentioned enough.
awesome video dude. big fan og alexi and his work with cob and sinergy. his solos with roope in sinergy are crazy and any bodom fan who doesnt know to much about sinergy should check them out
super underrated video🤩
My the most fav parts of Alexi's career is the song Translucent Image (band "Inearthed"), especially solo in that song, and Hate Crew Deathroll album (because it's my first COB album). To me, Bloodrunk is basically a darker and heavier version of HCDR.
alexi is one of my biggest influences in guitar world, his work whit sinergy is by far the best work he ever did , cob is really good but sinergy is in another level
Most of the praise Alexi gets revolves around his ability to play guitar etc...
Don't get me wrong being technically good and to play fast isn't something that everyone can do, BUT technique can be built by just practicing.
Alexi was able to do something very few guitar players are able to do. He was able to build his own sound and style. As much as I admire Alexi for his guitar playing ability. I much more admire him as a song writer and his style.
I think Alexi never thought so deep and just tryed what fits together 😂
You should make a video on Jon Nodtveidt of Dissection. A melodic black metal band from Sweden, which has very interesting harmonic and melodic compositions.
Very interesting research! I also think that including Synergy's 3rd album Suicide by my Side would be cool too.
P.S. I think it would be cool to analyse Ozzy's first 2 albums with Randy Rhoads on guitar, because it is said that Randy was trying to write every track on Blizzard of Ozz in a different key. Cheers!
I have been a massive fan of COB and especially Alexi Laiho for the last 4 years now. I really lack in music theory knowledge so this video was really interesting to watch and even though I didn't think it was possible, painted Alexi even more as a genius than what I already regarded him as. The only complaint I have about this video is that there are just too many facts wrong. 15:17 Hate Crew Deathroll is from 2003. 19:03 this is not the case. Sixpounder from HCDR was the first song Bodom made in drop C. 14:18 Blooddrunk was released in 2008, it was recorded 2007. Also like you mentioned in the description, you missed Hatebreeder which I consider to be a crime because the album is just too good haha. Also it would've been cool to hear your thoughts about Sinergy's Suicide By My Side album since it was the first album that the band members saw as "their sound". At least according to Kimberly Goss. Wish you a great day!
Hey thank you. I feel my history is lacking in these videos, so I’m likely gonna stick to theory mostly in the future. It seems Wikipedia and a general google search I’m getting different dates of album releases. But thank you very much
I worship chaos was the first to have drop B tuning.
Very interesting thanks! I've studied classical music as a teenager and whenever I listen to "modern" music I like, I wonder about the harmonies and the overall music construction. I find Children of Bodom's music very melodic and creative.
For a future video, could you please analyse Nightiwish's old era music (pre-Dark Passion Play) ? I sometimes hear similar structures in Children of Bodom's and early Nightwish's albums. I know Tuomas and Alexi were friends and they could have influenced eachother at times. I believe The Carpenter was a B track on one of Children of Bodom's single album?
Oh heck yeah! I’m a huge Nightwish fan and I was gonna go through a ton of their music soon after the next one is out. Had no idea they were friends
It was a Children of Bodom-Nightwish-Thy Serpent split.
Very informative video! Maybe you did on purpose, but those mistakes on their album order or song names were weird.. You got a comment so if it was intentional, well done! :D
19:06 I think you meant drop B and I love the song I Worship chaos. Its probably a great song for pits(never saw them live)
this guy made a lot of mistakes in the video like hatecrew death roll in 2008...seriously? it was released in 2003 and blooddrunk in 2008
Listen to trashed lost and strung out loads going on with the dark melody ❤
what about dimebag ? im waiting for that dimebag video!!
5:32 that was probably Roope writing and playing that
You kinda forgot about hatebreeder which is the album between something wild and follow the reaper
Seriously, what an oversight
You skipped hatebreeder which might be their most interesting album theoretically speaking. Great work though buddy
Hey
I'm sorry for typing this reply, but there were some parts, that were not quite correct, mostly, at least in this reply, I'm just gona focus on albums and their release times
I will be putting CoB infront of Bodom records and Sin infront of Sinergy albums (Note, I'm focusing on the release dates here)
CoB Something Wild (16/11/1997)
CoB Hatebreeder (4/5/1999)
Sin Beware the Heavens (21/6/1999)
Sin To Hell and Back (8/8/2000)
CoB Follow the Reaper (30/10/2000)
Sin Suicide by My Side (5/2/2002)
CoB Hate Crew Deathroll (6/1/2003)
CoB Are You Dead Yet (14/9/2005 Finland, 25/10/2005 International)
CoB Blooddrunk (7/4/2008)
CoB Relentless Reckless Forever (8/3/2011)
CoB Halo of Blood (EU 7/6/2013, NA 11/6/2013, JPN 29/5/2013)
CoB I worship Chaos (2/10/2015)
CoB Hexed (8/3/2019)
The theory part of this video was a killer
Would love to see Dismember or Dissection dissected like this
You got some things wrongs but overall nice video. It was entertaining 👍
Thank you
Thanks for this video. Cant follow all the aspects your pointing out due to lack in my theoretical knowledge but yeah, he was a great composer.
My favourite part of his career is left unseen - what all he couldve explored in different fields and genres of music with these skills.. Bed of razors is my all time favourite
Most songs in something wild are in c# minor only two songs are in F# minor lake bodom and red light part 1
😮 To Hell and Back is Sinergy's Second album. Come on
'There are long term "fans" who didnt didnt listen to the similarities between a song like Deadnight warrior and then listened to banned from heaven and claimed they were not the same band. And i highly disagree. I had this conversation with Alexi on 70000 tons in 2012 and then again when we met again on the final US tour in 2019 (we just picked up the conversation 7 years later) but Between both of those songs you can still here the same children of bodom that was always there. its just that alexi and the rest of the band had ALWAYS been experimental and never locked themselves into a box. I was musically trained similar to Alexi. I played violin in 4 5 6 grade then moved onto piano 7 8 9 grade until 10 when i picked up the guitar on my 16th birthday and that was it. I was sold on being a musician for the rest of my life. and being a musician i can tell you less as a fan and more of a musican that we dont like being stuck in the same genre or ideas for too long or things get boring REAL quick. Some bands are okay with that and just find something that fits and that its and they grind that style or that scale down to the bone. others are more experimental. and that's a the difference between an artist and an entertainer I believe. both are in the business to create but one does so for the experiment and the fun of the art and the other does so for the accessability. and both are valid more or less, but i do believe someone like alexi made a larger and deeper impact on artistic form they way he created and performed rather than band like BFMV that might play it safe. BUT I will always regard Alexi as probably the greatest musican and artist and compare him to Mozart of our time I truley believe he was that good. When I first listened to them in 1999 and the single were dropping for follow the reaper I was blown away. I was 17 at the time and one of the few kids in so cal listening to them when LImp and Linkin and Korn where all the rage. Id go to tower records and grab as much stuff as i could. orginal pressings of something wild and hatebreeder. Such nostogic and awesome fucking times to be alive. I still dont believe hes gone. Its way to hard to accept it.
Often you got the year of album release off by 1, also the guitar tuning off by 1 ^^.
I understand that from.a sheetmusic point of view they're really novels keys used in the 2015 album I Worship Chaos, but tbh they're tune to drop B and go for the open strings and usual positions on guitar. Those albums are great, but not for the reason of using news keys IMO.
It's Laiho, not "Lejho".
hatecrew deathroll released in 2003
Sure you should pick 100 guitars of HEL project, and album of finnish guitarists VA-Guitarheroes album. Specially that 100 guitars project.
what reddit thread?
Children of Boredom?
"temporary riff" it's a damn guitar solo....
Triple corps hammer throw ?
C’mon man.
Great video but at least do your research on album release dates and song titles. Also don’t miss one of their greatest albums Hatebreeder.
Triple Corpse Hammerblow! C’mon, AI...
Laiho - (LIE-ho not LAY-ho)!
You screwed up the chronology so badly that is makes this video hard to watch. Bodom is my favourite band and this is such a insult LOL
Yeah really
Really love that song Triple Corpse Hammer Throw released on hcdr in 2008 🤷♂️
Kimberly GOSS not GROSS
Children of bodom is definetately not death metal or black metal.
it is not power metal too... these guys just created their own style
CoB isn't death metal, but still a solid metal band in general.
please kill that typewriter effect you're using every 5 seconds