# Downfall guitar solo > Alexi Laiho's guitar solo on Downfall by Children of Bodom (1999) starts at 3:23. From the album Hatebreeder. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Children of Bodom, 1999, from *Hatebreeder*. Solo by *Alexi Laiho*. The song that broke the band beyond Finland, its neoclassical guitar-and-keyboard trade-offs became the Bodom template. Laiho's sweep-picked runs sound precise and furious at once. Downfall by Children of Bodom is #1 in our ranking of the best Children of Bodom guitar solos. The solo is played by Alexi Laiho and the song was released in 1999. ## In our lists - [The Best Children of Bodom Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/children-of-bodom-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1999](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1999/) — #15 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Downfall? Alexi Laiho played the solo on Children of Bodom's Downfall (1999). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)