Follow the Reaper

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Follow the Reaper
Children of Bodom's studio album

Publication
(s)

October 30, 2000

Label (s) Spinefarm Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Melodic Death Metal

Title (number)

9

running time

38 min 40 s

occupation
  • Bass : Henkka "T. Blacksmith “Seppälä
  • Drums : Jaska Raatikainen

production

Peter Tagtgren

Studio (s)

Abyss Studio

chronology
Hatebreeder
(1999) 		Follow the Reaper Hate Crew Deathroll
(2003)

Follow the Reaper is the third album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom . It was released on October 30, 2000 via Spinefarm Records and was distributed in Europe and America by Nuclear Blast .

History of origin

All songs were composed by Alexi Laiho , the lyrics are also by him. The album was recorded under the direction of Peter Tägegren at Abyss Studio in Gothenburg and mixed by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios ( Helsinki ).

Music genre

From a musical point of view, the album shows a stronger move towards clearer melodies in the style of Power Metal . The keyboard comes more to the fore.

Track list

  1. Follow the Reaper - 3:47
  2. Bodom After Midnight - 3:43
  3. Children of Decadence - 5:34
  4. Everytime I Die - 4:03
  5. Mask of Sanity - 3:58
  6. Taste of My Scythe - 3:58
  7. Hate me! - 4:44
  8. Northern Comfort - 3:48
  9. Kissing the Shadows - 4:32
  10. Hellion (bonus track) - 3:02

Bonus tracks

Finland (42 min 4 s)
  • Don't Stop At The Top (cover version, original by Scorpions )
United States and Europe (41 min 40 s)
Japan (42 min 17 s)
Deluxe Edition by Nuclear Blast (46 min 09 s)
  • Hellion (cover version, original by WASP)
  • Aces High (cover version, original by Iron Maiden )

This version was released in 2005 and was delivered in a cardboard slipcase. In addition to these bonus tracks, it also contained a video clip for the song "Everytime I Die".

Single releases

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Follow the Reaper
  FI 3 44/2000 (5 weeks)
  DE 46 02/05/2001 (2 weeks)
  AT 38 02/04/2001 (3 weeks)
Singles
Hate me!
  FI 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 19/2000 (15 weeks)

The song Hate Me! was released a few months before the album was released as a pre-release single. However, this is not the version of the album, but a different version with a different guitar solo, which was recorded in the Astia Studios together with the WASP cover version Hellion . For the album, which was later recorded, the song Hate Me! completely re-recorded. The single reached number 1 in the Finnish charts.

Trivia

  • The quote at the beginning of the title song “ Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. ”Comes from a poem by John Donne . At the end of the song you can hear a sample from the film Der Exorcist III .
  • At the beginning of the song Taste Of My Scythe another sample from Der Exorzist III appears.
  • The Finnish Humppa band Eläkeläiset performed with Hate Me! on their 2006 album Humppasirkus for the first time a song by Children of Bodom. The title parodied in Finnish was ” Vihaan Humppa ” (German: “I hate Humppa”) and was played significantly faster than the original.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hate Me! in the Finnish charts. finnishcharts.com; Retrieved September 29, 2008
  2. ↑ Follow the Reaper in the Finnish charts. finnishcharts; Retrieved September 29, 2008
  3. ↑ Follow the Reaper in the German album charts. ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) musicline.de; Retrieved September 29, 2008
  4. ↑ Follow the Reaper in the Austrian hit parade. austriancharts.at; Retrieved September 29, 2008