Follow The Reaper - Children Of Bodom

Children of Bodom have released some stinkers this decade but this one released in early 2001 - Follow the Reaper, captured the band in their prime. The album was recorded in Sweden and released by Nuclear Blast. Everytime I Die and Follow the Reaper are the most succesful of tracks, personally I prefer the latter which is definitely one of the best on the album. A later version released in 2006 features 2 bonus tracks. The Finnish metal band played in pretty much a similar style to their previous two albums Hatebreeder and Something Wild, all of which have fairly similar covers but in different colours. The keyboard playing on this album is ...  Read the complete review

I’ve always loved the Grim Reaper. From the humorous takes on the sinister servant of the afterlife in ‘Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey’ to the far less hospitable (but equally humorous) Reaper in Monty Python’s ‘The Meaning of Life.’ Children of Bodom had produced an album dedicated to this fantastic hooded legend: I had to buy it. It’s really good too. Children of Bodom are a fascinating band for metal fans, as they incorporate elements of different styles to come up with a quite unique sound. Most commonly labelled as death metal, or melodic death metal if you want to nitpick, these loud Swedes reached their musical peak with 2001’s ‘Follow the ...  Read the complete review