Alexi Laiho

Alexi Laiho was, for my money, one of the most electrifying guitarists metal ever produced. With Children of Bodom he fused neoclassical melody and brutal, blistering speed into something distinctly Nordic, cold and gorgeous all at once. The first time I heard one of his solos I genuinely got chills: impossible velocity that somehow still sang. Losing him at 41 in 2020 felt like a real wound to the genre. Those riffs still loop in my head, and I doubt they'll ever fully stop.

Name (English)

Alexi Laiho

Name (Japanese)

アレキシ・ライホ

Reading

あれきし・らいほ

Born

April 8, 1979 – December 29, 2020

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

Origin

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Occupation

guitarist / singer / songwriter / musician / composer

• Official sitehttps://www.cobhc.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alexilaiho.official/
• Xhttps://x.com/AlexiLaihoCOBHC
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexi%20Laiho
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270970

Tags

• Uusimaa
• guitarist
• singer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

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