Follow the Reaper

Follow the Reaper
Studio album by
Released30 October 2000
RecordedAugust–September 2000
StudioThe Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre
Length38:14
LabelSpinefarm, Nuclear Blast
ProducerPeter Tägtgren, Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom chronology
Tokyo Warhearts
(1999)
Follow the Reaper
(2000)
Hate Crew Deathroll
(2003)
Singles from Follow the Reaper
  1. "Hate Me!"
    Released: May 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Sputnikmusic[1]

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.

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Marco Sebastianelli. "Children Of Bodom - Follow the Reaper" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Follow the Reaper". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 February 2012.