The Next Chapter: Bodom After Midnight

They do this since 2015 or 2016.

I was womndering what guys expect? Of course they will play Bodom songs and that's what people want. If I would go to a BAM concert I also want to hear Bodom and nothing else. And when they release some new songs, it won't be any different just because they changed their name and some members when 90% of old Bodom was Alexi who wrote 99,5% of all songs. It will be new Bodom songs under another name.

However, Jaska, Janne and Henkka will sink into insignificance, even if they will release some new music, because they were just some good musicians in a band called Bodom, build around Alexi.

 

Just watched the whole concert from Saturday. 2 strange things: hear the guys play HCDR and see Alexi playing the Downfall solo with that keyboarder which name I don't know.

Besides that: playing-wise the best concert I've seen for years. Alexis playing was nearly as good as it was back in 2013, Daniels short little licks here 'n there are awesome and technically partly way over Alexis playing, Waltteris playing is on the same level as Jaskas and besides the different drumkits, I can't hear any difference.

Question: the complete crew around the band, the guitar techs, sound engineers, etc. are still the same guys, or? So except 3 guys who left the band, the complete "Hate Crew Family" should still be the same, or?

 

Oh, I definitely agree that I'm into them because I liked Bodom's music anyway. But Alexi has talked about already working on new stuff since even before Hexed came out, so they should have SOMETHING in the pipeline. I'm really just curious if the new music will sound like Bodom, or if Alexi wants to make things different now since it's technically a different band.

 

Why is it technically a different band? The only one who comes from a different genre is Mitja. And to be honest... bass players have the easiest job in a band

 

It's technically a different band because it's a different name with a different lineup from the past 20+ years, lol. Just having people from the same genre does not mean your band will necessarily be the same as before. Alexi has always been the principle songwriter, but you can't be sure that he won't change his style some until they actually put out some new music.

 

no one from the old “hate crew”. Couple of guys from very recent years, one of which is just handling merch for various Finnish bands as well. So yeah, I’d say the complete Hate Crew Family is just Alexi lol

 

Idk, have interviews still been as commonplace with corona going on? I don't know how it's been around the rest of the world, but in America, concerts and music related events are still basically dead.

I know Alexi is normally up to doing promotional stuff, and I'm sure he'll be all over it once BAM have either a fully scheduled tour or a new album, but we'll see once things become more normal.

 

Why did they leave? Anyone know? Was everyone pissed of about Alexi?

 

Alexi uses floyd rose bridge guitars, that means for changing tuning he would need to unscrew the nut, tune, screw again and fine tune it

Bands with stardard brdge guitars only need to tune one string and it literally takes only a few seconds, but alexi likes the whammy bar of the floyd and the tune stability.

So he most likely has 2 guitars on D standard and 2 in drop B and he never re-tunes it

I miss the Drop C songs being played in Drop C, he should try a pedal like the digitech drop, it changes the tuning of your guitar with only one push, I have it and can't tell the difference

 

Ehhh, no.

1. His guitar tech does all the tuning thing.
2. New strings are strung on all guitars before each show, so they have to do the complete tuning thing anyway
3. Bands without floyds also have to tune EVERY string and not only one.
4. Alexi has 6 guitars on tour.
5. The reason why they play the drop C songs in drop B has nothing to do with re-tuning. It's much more simplier. They also work in drop B, but there's no reason for down-tune the regular standard D songs.

 

Even Petri and Heikki (ex Norther) were on the Shows.

 

How much crowd was there? Was it just for inside fans? Did they wear masks?

 

At least Heikki was or is on many Bodom shows and even with his young daughter.

I was wondering if some of the old members were on the shows (maybe just peeping behind some big curtain to avoid any attention)

 

haha i find it somehow unrealistic whereas not impossible that this drummer actively listened to hatebreeder when he was 5 years old.