Top 10 Alexi Laiho Riffs
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As you might or might not know, Alexi is one of my prior influences when it comes to music. I learned so much stuff over the years by playing, practicing and analysing his music. This is a loss for music.
My condolences go to his family and friends.
This is in no particular order and resembles my own opinion.
Ask me in a few weeks and my mind would probably have changed about the riffs. There are just too many good riffs. Maybe I do another one because I'm bad at making decisions.
Thank you for everything, Alexi.
www.instagram....
Wonderful job my friend.
RIP ALEKSI LAIHO 💔
I had luck and met Alexi briefly before their gig in Nosturi, Helsinki. Aww, he was so sweet and very polite, even though he was busy he shared like 10 minutes of his time with chatting with me. He wasn't just a great guitar player and song writer but also such a nice and humble guy with a great sense of humor. I will remember that meeting with him for the rest of my life. You left us way too early...😢 Rest in peace, Alexi 💜 Thank you for these unforgettable riffs, very well played. Hasta luego! 👋
Aw thats so nice to hear, i love stories like these.
Met him twice and I can second that for sure. Such a nice guy. Will be always missed.
Thank you for your lovely words 💜
@@Dignityofficial_ Denada! My pleasure 🙂 Im glad you also met him too. We basically share the same experience. All the best to you! 💕 Te mando un abrazo! Mástarde, amigo...👋
R.I.P Alexi Laiho, true guitar legend, I'm truly sad to hear he's gone, but he won't and will never be forgotten
Still hurts 😢
We won't ever forget you, Alexi. I will make sure all those people throughout the world remember your name, thanks for the memories :(
That's the right mindset there.
Only his body is gone.
Glad to see some relentless reckless forever on here 👏👏
Off the top my head
1) was it worth it
2) sixpounder
3)aydy
4) all twisted
5) not my funeral
6) hcdr
7) hate me
8) one day you will cry
9) this road
10) angels don’t kill
Rip the master 💔
That's a very good list!
I love rrf, even though people don't like it that much. For me it's my all time favorite album.
@@Dignityofficial_ it's definitely better than Halo of Blood and IWC. And Not my Funeral is one of the best if not the best song.
I really didn't like the sound on Halo. It sounded so boring and the vocals sounded kind of edited.
IWC sounded better but still had vocals that sounded low pitched.
I'm very happy that Hexed returned to a very good sound with clear and raw sounding vocals like on the albums before Halo.
If I had to rank the albums it would probably look like that:
1. HCDR
2. Hexed
3. FTR
4. Blooddrunk
5. AYDY
6. Hatebreeder
7. RRF
8. IWC
9. SW
10. HOB
Finally some love to post FTR albums! Thank you for that. Btw, your technic looks very similar to his
Thank you man!
There was no follow the reaper riffs... what?
@@sheriff9026 shhhhhhhhh hahahaha
Porra. Fiquei o tempo todo prestando atenção nas mãos, e não tinha reparado que não era o Alexi. LMAO
The best metal guitarist ever!! R.I.P Alexi laho, we will never forget you brother 🤘💕
Duuuuuuuuude!!!! That was so sick! Thank you for keeping Alexi's memory and his music alive with your videos!🤘🤘🤘
Gold! Love the guitar \m/ rest easy, wildchild..this video, with camo pants and the axe gives off so much Alexi nostalgia !
Amazing work man! The riffs were spot on. The video is a really nice tribute to Alexi, one of my main influences as well.
Pd: You're such a guitar hero.
Thank you for your lovely words
Yes Rest In Power Alexi Laiho
Virtuoso like that with this writing capability ... We get that once every 20 years, Alexi was a total genius for the metal scene giving us masterpiece album everytime. Still super sad about his death as much as dimebag or randy rhoad. These guys are from another planet and are not replacable.
This is brilliant love the guitars and the tone. Great job thank you for this.
Thank you for your kind words!
So few guitar heroes left in this world. I m used to spend my time doing sports performance coaching with all ages of kids. I once put in some rock and roll and a High school kid was lien “was kinda music IS this”...and I could only say “the kind with actual instruments.” COB will always hold a special lance in my heart. Probably the second European metal band I ever listened to, after In Flames.
Thank you very very much for everything Children Of Bodom,Pray For Everybody.
Hard to believe there are people who dont like AYDY?
Great job!! Perfect sound and play. Rip Laiho
Thanks a lot :) comments like yours make me so happy
*Such an amazing guitarist... R.I.P. Alexi*
He was indeed...so sad.
That's a beautiful guitar! Also wicked playing! 🤘
Thank you very much! :)
What kind of guitar by the way beautifl tribute guitar
@@jaycosta1723 hey man built them by myself many many years ago
@@Dignityofficial_ get out! Man, master craftmanship then 🤘🤘 they sound and look f'n dope!
🤘🔥Awesome Job Dignity!!
Underrated.
Awesome!
Super playing!
RIP Alexi
Thank you!
Wonderful bro
My only idol 💔 Alexi will always be in my heart 😢💔
In my heart too. It's heartbreaking.
Hope you have anyways a lovely day!
Great playing. I love the riffs in their name sake song, Children of Bodom. The inverted chord part. Good stuff. From a rhythmic standpoint, AYDY is their best album. But hatebreeder is still my fave!!
Interesting that you chose many of the newer riffs. I can definitely hear a shift in Alexi's riff writing style over the years, there's this thing he loved to do with riffs that I can't explain, its on paint the sky with blood too. I heard that and I was like "Damn that's such an Alexi riff" haha.
Yeah I didn't even notice this at the time. I was like going through songs and that's what I came up with. I mean those were songs that shaped my playing a lot when I was young.
I know some people didn't like the picks, cuz I "forgot" to take older ones, but somehow those are more "Alexi riffs" for me. Don't get me wrong, i love all the albums and listen to each and every one of them with pleasure. In terms of riff? I dunno. I'm more into "newer" cob riffs. Leads? Solos? Damn, those from the old albums are killer in that case.
It's just generally hard to choose.
Good job!!!!!
🤟🔥🤟
I really Ike this this is a keeper.
Nice! RIP Wildchild
Good job,man! Nice guitars!)
Thank you :)
Wow, great tribute👍
Thank you very much 💜
Nice to see Next In Line. My favorite off the AYDY album
Yeah this is such a good song. I love that.
nice
Noice *plopp*
we lost phenomenal song writer in the world . rest in power markk Uula aleksi laiho 😶🙁💐 79-20
One of the best for sure. It's such a shame we won't hear any new music from him till we die..
I know I'm a bit late but Alexis last band Bodom after midnight I believe will release the 3 songs they mamaged to record before Alexis untimely death. On is a Dissection cover!
RIP
you know bro, i love alexi like he was my own father growing up, you play his rifs too clean. id love to jam with you one day to remember the young fella. i miss alexi so mcuh.he is why i am who i am today. i had to throw an edit in here. you gotta hit the slap fingers a bit harder! remember the arguments roope and alexi used to have over ropes techniques :D it was so funny dude, they wouldnt stand eachother writing xD i miss those boys so much !
cool!
The middle riff on Transference is super sick too
I miss you much, Wildchild
LONG LIVE THE WILD CHILD
Legends never die!
ThaNk You
I see you're a fan of Are You Dead Yet? album more than others, me too! Nice work btw
Well yes and no haha.
I actually prefer Relentless Reckless Forever. BUT. I made that video with all the riffs in mind I played over the years the most. Rockhouse method was my Bible.
Never seen this many AYDY riffs on a bodom riffs compilation. We definitely have very similar tastes when it comes to riff ranking. I love the old albums but I always felt that the riff work was better in later albums. Maybe simply because I like heavier and groovier stuff. To each their own.
I agree with you, the later albums have more heavier and many time more complex riffs. I love RRF by the way because of that.
But these were like songs I played over and over in my teens. And everytime I come back to them I get that feel of nostalgia what it felt like to practice this stuff.
I played a lot songs from the first albums, and they are hard but not that catchy, at least for me.
All of these riffs here have their technical difficulties and I love that.
Maybe I picked to many of that era..I don't know. If I would do another one right now, I probably would change a lot of that. But in that moment it felt right. But hey, it's personal taste, and I get that, if people disagree and that is totally fine.
Sehr geil, weiter so. Ein pr0 an der Gitarre
Hehe. Ich versuche es...
Please let me know the model/brand of that white guitar?
Literally says Dignity on the headstock, i built them myself a decade ago :)
Many RRF selections right there, I heard most people rate this album to the bottom. But to me this is quite interesting experiment, and should at least more interesting than the last 2
Alexi has a superior right hand.
Definitely.
Some things are just bat shit insane.
excellent video, whats the song from the intro riff?
I expected more Sinergy riffs since Alexi was also played in that band.
I still want to make separate sinergy stuff, solos and riffs. Because they kinda deserve their own spot.
What is the black guitar with gold stripes?
Hey man, built it myself many many years ago.
My favourite cob riff is Everytime I die
Beginning of prepare for war is so brutal and hard to play
It is very brutal. Love that riff.
This is best way to pay tribute to him. Play his music. There is another riff in Pussyfoot Miss Suicide that is my favourite.
Yeah. This is his legacy. Through his music he will live on. And that's good, isn't it?
Let me guess, the riff before the solo kicks in. I actually had a hard time which one I would pick between those two. But I decided that this one is my personal favorite of them both. It's more complicated and difficult to play. So I chose this one.
@@Dignityofficial_ Yes. Riff before solo is my favourite 🙂 I like harmonies in many of his songs. That twin guitar thing like Maiden and Thin Lizzy. Love that sound of two guitars.
I thought you were him for a second. Same posture and picking. That was awesome. Also, what brand is that guitar? I thought it was an Edwards, but i can't read the logo
Fucking heavy.
💥🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥
Holy shit your tone is spot on. What amp and pickup are you using? Nailed the riffs as well
Hey man!
Thank you!
The black one got the EMG ALX Set inside, i guess from around 2009.
The white one has an old Jackson J50-BC and an ESP MM-04 Preamp inside.
The Amp I'm using is a Perfect Connection Lee Jackson GP-1000 Preamp and a Peavey Classic 50/50 Poweramp into a Ibanez Thermion 4x12 with Celestion Vintage 30.
@@Dignityofficial_ So basicly Alexis original setup, i'm jealous! Great playing man, Alexi would have been proud
@@Vreth6 yeah that's right. I love the sound of these Preamps. But they are like teens. Plug in the wrong guitar/pickups and they sound like shit. Try to dial in any other sound and they sound like shit. Use weird Poweramps and they sound like shit.
They have a sweet spot. And there they are phenomenal. They are weird indeed, but I love them anyway.
And thank you very much for your kind words. It's really sad that he passed away. It hits me like a train.
@@Dignityofficial_ dang
Model of the guitar?
Built them myself years ago.
Subscribed! Awesome work dude. Any tips for nailing that Alexi guitar tone?
Thank you very much! 💜
Well...that's a good question.
Probably the best shot is to buy the gear. Most important is probably the amp. But they are pretty hard to find these days.
Nice custom shop
PeRFECT
Do you make those guitars because they have your logo on them instead of esp
It is actually the other way around.
I build these guitars in my teenage years and the channel name comes from making those guitars since they were around before the channel was even made.
And since i couldn't afford the ESP and i didn't like the ltd's long horn (long story short) i built them myself.
@@Dignityofficial_ they look absolutely killer so clearly you did a great job
Very nice selection of riffs there and you did them justice. I was wondering what guitars are you using, they seem custom made.
hehe yeah, custom made....I built them myself many years ago :)
@@Dignityofficial_ that's badass
what are your guitars 😍
Built them myself a decade ago haha
@@Dignityofficial_ well you did one hell of a job
nices mixing :)
what is the guitar brand?
I built them myself a decade ago. Literally says Dignity on the headstock :)
You are a monster playing, your skills are out of this world .. what is the name of your guitars?
Thank you for your lovely words!
Built them myself many many years ago :)
@@Dignityofficial_ hehe.. very cool. You could sell guitars, it was just like Master Alexi Laiho.
@@Dignityofficial_ forgive my english, i use the translator, but i am always improving my english.. I froom Brasillians
No worries, man!
Nah, I don't have the time to do that, but thank you anyway! I appreciate it!
Would someone please post the tuning?
Hey man, tuning is Drop C (white guitar) and D Standard (black guitar).
No songs from the first three albums? Wtf
Yeah sorry for that. I just missed that like they missed the bodom song on rrf. Lel
That Bodom beach terror riff is extremely hard to play !
Yeah man. That's a really tough one.
Kissing the shadows!?? 🥺
Well at least I included it in the Top10 leads and solos....sooooooooooooooo...there you go.
In the album are you dead Yet?
Every riffs are masterpiece.
R.I.P. máster Laiho.
What brand your guitar is?
Literally says Dignity on the headstock. I built them myself a decade ago :)
know of some similar models of your guitars on the market, which is not that expensive?
I never liked COB after follow the reaper. Their style changed, Detuned, lower, heavier but not as technical and the classical influence seemed to vanish which is what I liked most about them abs the 80’s riffs mixed with a new heavy flare
Yes, I totally get that!
Their style definitely changed after that. They got more technical in a way, that things were harder to play, even though it wasn't that fast or technical sounding anymore.
This is what I love about change in music, its totally normal that sound and style can change as the band progress. And not everyone will like it. But always see it like this, that if they didn't change, people would say "man they always sound the same, it's getting boring". On the other hand if they change, people likey say "the new stuff sucks, I liked the old style and sound more"
You will always have that conflict in music. You can't satisfy everyone.
And that's totally fine.
i'm kinda going back to the albums i ignored tho
Merrit have you listened to Bodom after midnights paint the sky with blood? It sounded like BAM was gonna go to direction of follow the the reaper sound.
I hear this "they got less technical" argument a lot, but the later stuff is more technical than hatebreeder and reaper lol. Especially the solo's on the earlier albums feature very cookie cutter shred patterns.
Tuning, please...
Drop C for the white one, D standard for the black one.
Next in Line crazy riff...
Yes Vivian Campbell rocks :)
what is this Dignity guitar? is it your own brand guitar?
Blasphemy, no riffs from the first three albums, and those have the absolute golden COB riffs...
Yeah I probably missed out some of those.
But to be fair, riff wise I think the later albums were more complex regarding that. Melody wise the first 3 albums have killer leads.
But I admit that I probably should've included riffs from the first 3 albums cause they really got killer ones too.
@@Dignityofficial_ If I'm going to be completely honest, there really was something magical and unique about the first 3 albums. HCDR was a turning point that still contains some killer stuff, but it started getting washed out after that, and to me it started to sound not like COB anymore. I'm sure you've heard that story from many others...
On the other hand, it's really hard to keep the quality level up at all times, while also trying to reinvent yourself (because it's fucking boring doing the same exact album over and over just because people like it!)
Here's what I would highlight as simply brilliant riffs from the first three:
Lake Bodom - the main syncopated riff that starts after the intro lead. Slays every fucking time!
Children Of Bodom - I mean of course the self-titled song is gonna kick ass. The main riff is beautiful, and also tons of fun to play!
Downfall - Yep, repetitive, but also kinda tricky to play in tempo. Still, fun!
Bodom After Midnight - the bridge part between first two verses is just stellar.
Hate Me - also killer stuff in this one
Kissing The Shadows (like just pick anything from the song it's gold)
Mask Of Sanity (verse riff is killer)
@@EvilDragon666 I totally agree that the style changed after ftr.
And yes there are killer songs in the early stages. I mean I listen to every album, I love all the songs, all the differences, all the similarities. And it's hard (for me) to list them because I can listen to all of them and find nice stuff in every song.
But I don't mind any other opinion about that. Personal taste varies and I get that if people say the first album were the best, and I get that people say they don't like it at all.
I will probably do another one of these, just because I know that I missed out so many stuff. It's fun to play all this stuff and it's good practise.
Kissing the shadows by the way is what brought me to cob. I loved and still love that song.
Thank you for your honesty!
It's rare in those times of the internet to have conversations like these, where nobody is accusing, calling names or insulting someone. :)
@@Dignityofficial_ I would rather type nothing if I'm not gonna type honestly. :)
(... of the last 15 years)
And now guess how long i play guitar heh.
It's a very biased list of things I grew up with on guitar. Maybe many people (would) have different opinions but thats absolutely fine and I respect that.
@@Dignityofficial_ in fact, I wish I was you, so I could discover Something Wild, Hatebreeder, Follow the Reaper and HCDR again.... :')
@@DrSoWhat :') I laughed more than I should. Thank you for that 😂💜
Really cool, but where is 6pounder?
There are so many good riffs, you're totally right. I probably do another one with sixpounder in it.
@@Dignityofficial_ great, man! Sixpounder blows me away everytime I hear the intro. It makes me wanna be smashed by Airbus or something
Hello, fellow fans of Alexi. It’s been almost 2 months and I’m still processing the news.
I made a little tribute video - th-cam.com/video/AbgeEPPCf8A/w-d-xo.html
Would love for you to check it out.
Cheers!
Finally someone included pussyfoot miss suicide... But it's the wrong riff LOL
Yeah I love that song.
You probably mean the riff right before the solo, right?
That's a killer one too. But in terms of playing I felt like this is more satisfying to play.
You play so much like alexi, what kind of pick are you using?
I use Jim Dunlop Jazz III for over a decade :)
@@Dignityofficial_ I just started using these, they are so much better than other picks
you played in that movie with the guy that never talks, always leaning on the mini mart stereo wall selling drugs listening to your ghetto blaster... fun eh, dint know you played too, purdy cool, does that silent dood play too?
DriNkIng Just Water
Pięknie ,ale nigdy nie będziesz Alexim ,podziwiam pracę
my favorite is bed of razors. lol.
It is in deed a killer song! Love that one too!
Alice Cooper cover very well done
I love Alexi. Fuck Alcohol
What guitars are those?
Hey man, built them myself many years ago.
@@Dignityofficial_ Awesome!
Where are the best riffs? I try to find here, but Ican't!
Well you know, this was a very spontaneous video and these were riffs i wanted to play throughout my youth and I got stuck with them.
Maybe it's not a list the majority of people would agree with and that's totally fine. I missed out on so many riffs, i know. But in the end and after a year in retrospect it's fine.
That's just a personal list of riffs i learned over the years to strive at being a better guitarist and having even fun.
And to be fair, i didn't make that video with any intention of it getting more views than a hundred. So it was more like a personal list and documentation for myself.
I can see why probably many people disagree with that list, but still, it's just a subjective list from a nobody on the internet that dwells in memories what stuck with me for a period of time shaping me as a guitarist. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I hope you still had some kind of joy from that video, of not, it's totally fine. Hope you have a lovely day 💜
The tone is on point! Man I love this! Do check out my top 9 Alexi Riffs on my channel if you don't mind (well I cover the earlier albums though)
I winner dinner eat
Fucking crazy i just said in BERNTH's video you look liked Alexi 2.0 and this is the first video i see of you kinda ironic you even play like him.
Haha yeah. I get these comments alot. I mean I don't even try to, but apparently that's a thing.
@@Dignityofficial_ Its crazy its like you're his twin Alexi have a very unique style of playing picking and even how he sits is what u look like XD To be honest if it was not for you're tattoos i would think it was him.
@@Dignityofficial_ How much is that guitar btw never seen that brand my dream guitar is one of the Alexi ltd/esp models but they are so expensive.
Song and drink kings zero again white
Hahaaha
Top 10??? Where’s Downfall? Silent night bodom night? Everytime I die?
Dude clearly only heard children of bodom after 2005. ignoring the real masterpieces between 1997-2000
Nah that's not true, I love the old stuff. I really do. That's just what I came up with in the first place, maybe because I played those over and over again years back. There are like tons and tons of good riffs all over the decades. Some of my favorite songs are from the first 3 albums.
@@Dignityofficial_ But when you say "top" you mean their best :) the songs you covered aint even argubley the second or third best... the top are the first three albums that was like mozart metal. anyway you played very well my friend
@@Atsmonator thank you for that compliment man!
Nah, I don't mean "best songs" by that. That list of mine would be very very different from that list.
More like my personal view of best single riffs that stuck in my head and were satisfying to play and listen to.
In no regards to the top best bodom songs.
I mean we could fight all day long about personal taste when it comes to that, but if I'm honest and we both sit down one evening listening to different songs, analysing the songs and argue about what is best, my mind would probably change every single time, cause every now and then there would be a riff where I am like: damn. That's top ten.
Probably in every goddamn song at least one time haha.
But I keep that in mind what you're trying to tell me ;)