---
title: "Alexi Laiho"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/alexi-laiho"
genre: "Melodic Death Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 1979
disbanded: 2020
---

# Alexi Laiho

**Alexi Laiho** is a melodic death metal band, from Finland, active 1979 to 2020.

Alexi Laiho was a Finnish guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He was the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and founding member of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, and a guitarist for Sinergy, the Local Band, Kylähullut, and Bodom After Midnight, which formed just prior to his death. Laiho had previously played with Thy Serpent and Impaled Nazarene on occasion, as well as Warmen and Hypocrisy.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexi_Laiho

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Alexi Laiho |
| Genre | Melodic Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Espoo, Finland |
| Formed | 1979 |
| Disbanded | 2020 |
| Releases in catalog | 0 |

## Genres

[Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Power Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/power-metal) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

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## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Alexi_Laiho/2009
- x: https://twitter.com/AlexiLaihoCOBHC
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexiLaihoOfficial
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexilaiho.official/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0i8lHryPufXEO5xnZYG7HC

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/alexi-laiho](https://themetalnet.com/band/alexi-laiho). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt