no children of bodom are about equal in different ways. if you search about herman li you can see how good he is and hes not just doing random stuff, and they also have VP, the bestestest keytar player ever, and the drummer is probably the best ive heard compared to cob where the drummer could be a 6 year old retard(i dont like death metal drums) and the singers really good too, sounds like a mix of chicago and asia (its a band) in one metal song. and also if you listen to body breakdown or storming the burning fields you can see how organized they are and how much they know how to piece sounds together. the only downside of dragonforce is the bass, not the bass player, hes good, but they dont use him well, if you listen to body breakdown you can hear the crazy bass solo right before the awesome keytar sounds. and children of bodom uses way to many low muted power chords to make them sound all death metaly(like in in your face) which to me makes them sound retarded. and COB uses stupid sounds for there background. the only good synth sound ive ever heard from them is the home alone sound in in your face.