The top Kids Of Bodom was sadly untimely, as there was supposedly one remaining farewell album and world tour within the works. Sadly frontman Alexi Laiho give up the band and handed away shortly thereafter, making any potential reunion inconceivable. Although based on keyboardist Janne “Warman” Wirman in a current interview with Blabbermouth the tip of Laiho‘s life was tragically forecasted years beforehand.
“Alexi‘s downfall began in 2016,” Janne mentioned. “I do not know what brought on him to do this. He advised me however did not inform anybody else within the band. He made certain nobody else was within the room. He mentioned: ‘Dude, any further, I will drink till I die.’ My response was: ‘Fuck, man. You’ll be able to’t say that to me.’ In 2018, he repeated it once more. I used to be conscious that was what he was doing as a result of he would not settle for any assist for his well being issues. He simply continued consuming. That’s what he did, which is simply insane.”
“Lots of people who have not had a household pal or work buddy or somebody who’s sick with alcoholism, lots of people do not perceive you can’t assist the one who does not need assist,” Wirmen mentioned. “He had determined he did not need assist and would hold consuming till he died. That is what he did.”
The keyboardist additionally remembered the final years of the band, which he says have been usually tragically marred by Laiho‘s substance abuse issues.
“The final years have been fairly unhealthy,” Wirmen recalled. “There was numerous bullshit. It is so loopy as a result of he was in such an excellent place a few years earlier than. He was blissful about being sober and on tour, and the exhibits have been good. I do not know what occurred to him. One thing pushed him over the sting the place he determined, ‘Fuck it. I will hold consuming.'”
Laiho died in 2020 on account of degeneration of the liver and pancreas on account of alcohol abuse. Laiho‘s remaining launch got here in early 2021 together with his new band Bodom After Midnight and their EP Paint The Sky With Blood.
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