Ryoji Shinomoto

Children of Bushido

With Children of Bushido, RYOJI SHINOMOTO fulfills a lifelong dream, launching his first solo and covers album, paying tribute to Children of Bodom. Growing up in Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island with a climate similar to Finland, he felt an immediate kinship with Children of Bodom when he first heard their music as a teenager. In honor of the late Alexi Laiho, the album will be released on what would have been his 46th birthday, April 8, 2025, via Napalm Records. This powerful fusion of melodic death metal and traditional Japanese music serves as a distinctive tribute to Laiho’s legacy. Children of Bushido seamlessly blends the worlds of western metal and the authentic far eastern sounds, two seemingly different worlds united in powerful and unmistakable harmony. Children of Bushido is a love letter to Alexi Laiho’s brand of death metal and Children of Bodom, reimagined through the lens of Samurai Metal.