Follow the Reaper

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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.

Follow the Reaper
Studio album by Children of Bodom
Released	30 October 2000
Recorded	August–September 2000
Studio	The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden
Genre	Power metal[1] melodic death metal[2]
Length	38:14
Label	Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast
Producer	Peter Tägtgren, Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom chronology
Tokyo Warhearts (1999) Follow the Reaper (2000) Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
Singles from Follow the Reaper
"Hate Me!" Released: May 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
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), just like in their previous album, Hatebreeder.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alexi Laiho.

No.	Title	Length
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

Reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Don't Stop at the Top" (Scorpions cover)	Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Rudolf Schenker	3:24

Japan reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Nuclear Blast deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Hellion" (W.A.S.P. cover)		3:02
11.	"Aces High" (Iron Maiden cover)	Steve Harris	4:30

Re-release bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Hate Me!" (Original single version)	4:47
11.	"Hellion" (W.A.S.P. cover)	3:02

Personnel

Children of Bodom Alexi Laiho – lead guitar, vocals Alexander Kuoppala – rhythm guitar Janne Wirman – keyboards Henkka Seppälä – bass Jaska Raatikainen – drums

Production Peter Tägtgren – production, engineering Children of Bodom – production Lars Szöke – assistant engineering Mikko Karmila – additional treatment Mike "Count" Jussila – mastering

Additional personnel King Sami Saramäki – graphic design J. S. Karjalainen – assistant photographer Toni Härkönen – band photographs

Charts

Chart (2000–01)	Peak position
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