Follow the Reaper

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{{Infobox album

| name = Follow the Reaper

| type = studio

| artist = Children of Bodom

| cover = Followthereaper.jpg

| alt =

| released = 30 October 2000

| recorded = August–September 2000

| venue =

| studio = The Abyss, Pärlby, Sweden

| genre = {{hlist|Power metal{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/10126/Children-of-Bodom-Follow-the-Reaper/ |title=Children Of Bodom - Follow the Reaper (album review 5) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |access-date=16 October 2016|quote=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.}}|melodic death metal{{cite web|url=http://www.metallized.it/recensione.php?id=2513|title=Children Of Bodom - Follow the Reaper|author=Marco Sebastianelli|access-date=1 May 2019|language=it}}}}

| length = {{Duration|m=38|s=14}}

| label = Spinefarm, Nuclear Blast

| producer = Peter Tägtgren, Children of Bodom

| prev_title = Tokyo Warhearts

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Hate Crew Deathroll

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Singles

| name =

| type = studio

| single1 = Hate Me!

| single1date = May 2000

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r520618|pure_url=yes}}|title=Follow the Reaper|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=16 February 2012}}

| rev2 = Sputnikmusic

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}

}}

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.