The band's third studio album, Follow the Reaper, was their first album to receive a gold certification in Finland, and subsequent studio albums acquired the same status. Their next four albums debuted at number one on the Finnish album charts, and have also seen chart positions on the United States Billboard 200. They are one of Finland's best selling artists of all time with more than 250,000 records sold there alone.
In 2019, Children of Bodom held their last concert in Helsinki named A Chapter Called Children of Bodom, before disbanding the band. Laiho and Freyberg carried on as Bodom After Midnight in 2020. Laiho, who was one of the founding members of Children of Bodom as well as the only main songwriter, died on 29 December 2020.
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Studio albums
Something Wild (1997)
Hatebreeder (1999)
Follow the Reaper (2000)
Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
Are You Dead Yet? (2005)
Blooddrunk (2008)
Relentless Reckless Forever (2011)
Halo of Blood (2013)
I Worship Chaos (2015)
Hexed (2019)
Ugly
Children of Bodom Lyrics
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Overwhelming delight wipes out the wreck of my
Hollow mind
But when the dreams turn violent
Repulsive mirror likeness, if you lay out my broken bones
Beat up my heart with thirteen holes
Of a mind that once belonged to me
Take one good glance and you'll agree
Like I said it's ugly, so goddamn ugly
After the terror you've seen
Try to act like good human being
Guess the ship I did steer, sank in the sea
Of self loathing and fear
The lyrics to Children of Bodom's song Ugly explore the theme of internal struggles and confronting the dark side of oneself. The song opens with the singer waking up to the sound of lucidity, which brings an overwhelming delight that wipes out the wreckage of his hollow mind. However, when the dreams turn violent, he confronts a repulsive mirror likeness of himself with broken bones and a heart beat up with thirteen holes. He then suggests that anyone who takes one good glance at the tragedy would agree that it's ugly, so goddamn ugly.
The chorus of the song speaks to the aftermath of the internal struggles and the terror that the singer has faced. He suggests that he will try to act like a good human being, but the ship he steered sank in the sea of self-loathing and fear. Overall, the lyrics of the song point to the idea that everyone has a dark side that needs to be confronted, and that it can be a messy and ugly process.
Line by Line Meaning
Woke up to the sound of lucidity, feet on the ground
I awakened to reality and everything felt clear
Overwhelming delight wipes out the wreck of my
The bliss melts away the remains of my shattered mind
Hollow mind
I have an empty, meaningless thought process
But when the dreams turn violent
However, when nightmares occur
Repulsive mirror likeness, if you lay out my broken bones
Seeing my physical reflection and skeleton would be gross
Beat up my heart with thirteen holes
My heart is deeply damaged and broken in multiple places
Would want to see the tragedy
Others might yearn to witness my deterioration
Of a mind that once belonged to me
The downfall of my once coherent mind
Take one good glance and you'll agree
One look and you'll acknowledge
Like I said it's ugly, so goddamn ugly
As I stated before, it's hideous and detestable
After the terror you've seen
After experiencing such horror
Try to act like good human being
I make an effort to appear like a virtuous person
Guess the ship I did steer, sank in the sea
It's evident that the path I took inevitably went awry leading to downfall
Of self-loathing and fear
Comprised of profound self-hatred and fright
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ALEXI LAIHO, HENRI SAMULI SEPPALA, JANNE VILJAMI WIRMANN, JASKA ILMARI RAATIKAINEN, ROOPE JUHANI LATVALA
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