Alexi Laiho Musical artist

Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho (born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho; April 8, 1979) is a Finnish vocalist, composer, and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead guitarist as well as lead vocalist for melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, and he is also the guitarist for Sinergy and Kylähullut. He has previously played with Thy Serpent and Impaled Nazarene on occasion, as well as Warmen and Hypocrisy.Laiho was ranked #96 out of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time by Guitar World. Guitar World magazine has also ranked him as one of the 50 fastest guitarists in the world. In addition, Roadrunner Records ranked Laiho at #41 out of 50 of The Greatest Metal Frontmen of All Time. In addition to this, Total Guitar did a voting poll to determine the greatest metal guitarist of all time and he was voted #1 out of 20 metal guitarists.

Personal facts

Alexi Laiho
Alias (AKA)Wildchild
Birth dateApril 08, 1979
Birth place
Finland , Espoo

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Musical artist

Career started1993
associated musical artist
Children of Bodom
Sinergy
Impaled Nazarene
Thy Serpent
Kylähullut
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Melodic death metal
Neoclassical metal
Thrash metal
Symphonic black metal
Power metal
instrument
Banjo
Bass guitar
Drum kit
Guitar
List of guitars manufactured by ESP
Keyboard instrument
Violin
Singing
Jackson Randy Rhoads
record label
Century Media Records
Nuclear Blast
Spinefarm Records

Alexi Laiho on Wikipedia

External resources

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  2. http://www.cobhc.com