Follow the Reaper
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Children of Bodom's studio album | ||||
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October 30, 2000 |
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Label (s) | Spinefarm Records | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
9 |
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running time |
38 min 40 s |
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Studio (s) |
Abyss Studio |
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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
- Follow the Reaper - 3:47
- Bodom After Midnight - 3:43
- Children of Decadence - 5:34
- Everytime I Die - 4:03
- Mask of Sanity - 3:58
- Taste of My Scythe - 3:58
- Hate me! - 4:44
- Northern Comfort - 3:48
- Kissing the Shadows - 4:32
- 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)
- Hellion ( WASP )
- Japan (42 min 17 s)
- Shot In The Dark (cover version, original by Ozzy Osbourne )
- 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
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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
- ↑ a b Hate Me! in the Finnish charts. finnishcharts.com; Retrieved September 29, 2008
- ↑ Follow the Reaper in the Finnish charts. finnishcharts; Retrieved September 29, 2008
- ↑ Follow the Reaper in the German album charts. ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) musicline.de; Retrieved September 29, 2008
- ↑ Follow the Reaper in the Austrian hit parade. austriancharts.at; Retrieved September 29, 2008