Laiho writes on his Facebook page, "Hey ladies and gents, sorry I have to be brief here but there's a rumor in the Russian social media that I'm in a hospital. Umm... huh? Motherf***er, I'm right here alive n' kickin'. So please my friends, ignore that hospital sh*t. F*** that guy who started it! Catch u later, horns up!"

The band also posted a message yesterday ahead of their show in Saint Petersburg, "Hatecrew Russia! There is some bullsh*t going on Russian social media about Alexi missing the show. However we can assure you we are all here in St.Petersbourg and ready to rock!"

The band perform tonight in Moscow at the Ray Just Arena followed by another Russian show tomorrow night (June 13th) before they head to Europe for a string of dates that conclude on August 1st in Kuopio, Finland.

The European summer dates come ahead of the release of the band's new studio album "I Worship Chaos" which is scheduled to hit stores across the globe on October 2nd.

Laiho had this to say about the new album; "We are close to putting the finishing touches on the new COB record 'I Worship Chaos' and as much fun (but most importantly raw, literally bloody knuckled hard work) it has been making it, I'm more than happy and even more anxious to share this chaos with the rest of the world. So people, put your shades and helmets on, it will get very dark and it might hurt, in a perfect COB fashion of course!"