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Follow the Reaper is the third studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom. It was released in Finland on 30 October 2000 by Spinefarm Records, and on 22 January 2001 internationally by Nuclear Blast Records. The album is the first on which the band seriously moved toward a power metal-inspired sound, brought by Hypocrisy frontman and new producer Peter Tägtgren. Many songs on the album became live setlist favorites, such as "Everytime I Die", "Hate Me!", and the title track. The song "Mask of Sanity" is a remake of the song "Talking of the Trees" from their early demo Shining (released as IneartheD). A deluxe edition featuring two bonus tracks was released in 2006.
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| Released | 30 October 2000 | |||
| Recorded | August–September 2000 | |||
| Studio | The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden | |||
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| Length | 38:14 | |||
| Label | Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Peter Tägtgren, Children of Bodom | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Sputnikmusic | [1] |
Follow the Reaper was recorded and mixed at Tägtgren's Abyss studio in Sweden. Tägtgren replaced Anssi Kippo, with whom Children of Bodom had recorded all of their previous releases. The songs on the album were all recorded in D standard tuning (D, G, C, F, A, D), which was also used on Hatebreeder.
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Alexi Laiho
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Follow the Reaper" | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Bodom After Midnight" | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Children of Decadence" | 5:33 |
| 4. | "Everytime I Die" | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Mask of Sanity" | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Taste of My Scythe" | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Hate Me!" | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Northern Comfort" | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Kissing the Shadows" | 4:32 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 10. | "Don't Stop at the Top" (Scorpions cover) | Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Rudolf Schenker | 3:24 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 10. | "Shot in the Dark" (Ozzy Osbourne cover) | Ozzy Osbourne, Phil Soussan | 3:38 |
| 11. | "Hellion" (W.A.S.P. cover) | Blackie Lawless | 3:02 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 10. | "Hellion" (W.A.S.P. cover) | 3:02 | |
| 11. | "Aces High" (Iron Maiden cover) | Steve Harris | 4:30 |
Personnel
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Charts
edit| Chart (2000–01) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] | 38 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 3 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[6] | 88 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 46 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Children Of Bodom - Follow the Reaper (album review 5)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
So what you will about the albums of DragonForce (though their take on the genre is slightly difference, yeah, just a little on the slight side), Kalmah, or Norther, but in my humblest of opinions, Children of Bodom's Follow the Reaper represents the height of the extreme power metal genre, and a definite classic.
- ^ Marco Sebastianelli. "Children Of Bodom - Follow the Reaper" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Follow the Reaper". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Children Of Bodom – Follow The Reaper" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Children Of Bodom: Follow The Reaper" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Children Of Bodom – Follow The Reaper". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Children Of Bodom – Follow The Reaper" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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