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2000 studio album by Children of Bodom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Follow the Reaper is the third studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released in Finland in October 2000 by Spinefarm Records and in 2001 internationally by Nuclear Blast Records.
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Follow the Reaper | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 30 October 2000 | |||
Recorded | August–September 2000 | |||
Studio | The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 38:14 | |||
Label | Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Peter Tägtgren, Children of Bodom | |||
Children of Bodom chronology | ||||
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Singles from Follow the Reaper | ||||
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The album is the first to use a power metal-influenced sound in addition to the symphonic metal elements from previous albums—present mainly in the keyboards, vocals, and fast tempos. 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).
Follow the Reaper was recorded and mixed at Peter Tägtgren's Abyss studio in Sweden, instead of the Finnish Astia-studio from Anssi Kippo, in which they had recorded all of their previous releases, including the demos from IneartheD. On this album, Children of Bodom used D standard tuning (D,G,C,F,A,D), which was also used on Hatebreeder.
The album features sampled quotes from the 1990 film The Exorcist III.[4]
A deluxe edition featuring two bonus tracks was released in 2006.
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 |
All tracks are written by Alexi Laiho
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 |
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Chart (2000–01) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 38 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] | 3 |
French Albums (SNEP)[7] | 88 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 46 |
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