At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being (Limited Blood Red Vinyl / 3CD Artbook)

Product Description

Title : At The Gates – The Nightmare Of Being. Format : Limited Edition Blood Red Vinyl 2LP with 3CD Artbook. Label : Century Media. Cat Num / Barcode : 194398649214

Release Date : July 2nd 2021

Undisputed masters of Swedish death metal, At The Gates have always been a fearless force for creative thinking. Formed in Gothenburg in 1990, the band’s highly influential take on the burgeoning extreme metal formula swiftly thrust them to the forefront of the underground. Over the years that followed, they demonstrated an intensity and artistic hunger that few of their contemporaries could match. Their first two albums – The Red In The Sky Is Ours (1992) and With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness (1993) – eschewed the straightforward, melodic approach of their home-town peers in favour of a dark and progressive strain of full-bore brutality, with artful atmospherics and an underlying sense of otherworldly unease. After sharpening up both their sound and their songwriting for 1994’s Terminal Spirit Disease, At The Gates delivered the mother of all melo-death masterpieces in 1995. Slaughter Of The Soul remains a revered benchmark for both its creators and the metal scene in general, despite the premature dissolution of the band up shortly after its release. During the years that followed, At The Gates’ reputation grew and their influence on a generation of metal bands became abundantly apparent. A second chapter began in earnest in 2008, with a series of acclaimed reunion shows, before At The Gates made a full-scale comeback to action with fourth album At War With Reality in 2014: a sophisticated and intricate return to top form that also introduced numerous new weapons into the Swedes’ armoury. Faster and nastier than its predecessor, 2018’s To Drink From The Night Itself provided further proof that the band’s 21st century incarnation was easily outstripping the musical achievements of the early years, and subsequent live shows were as intense and celebratory as any they have experienced. Fast forward to 2021, and At The Gates are poised to release what can only be described as the finest album of their careers to date. A concept album that explores the dark revelations contained in pessimist philosophy.

TRACKS

1. Spectre of Extinction
2. The Fall into Time
3. The Paradox
4. Cult of Salvation
5. The Nightmare of Being
6. The Abstract Enthroned
7. Garden of Cyrus
8. Cosmic Pessimism
9. Touched by the White Hands of Death
10. Eternal Winter of Reason
11. Red (Live at Roadburn)
12. Death and the Labyrinth (Live in San Francisco)
13. The Scar (Live at Roadburn)
14. A Stare Bound in Stone (Live in San Francisco)
15. Koyaanisqatsi (Live at Roadburn)
16. Heroes and Tombs (Live in San Francisco)
17. The Burning Darkness (Live at Roadburn)
18. The Night Eternal (Live in San Francisco)
19. Daggers of Black Haze (Live in Stockholm)
20. Spectre of Extinction
21. The Paradox
22. The Nightmare of Being
23. Garden of Cyrus
24. Touched by the White Hands of Death
25. The Fall into Time
26. Cult of Salvation
27. The Abstract Enthroned
28. Cosmic Pessimism
29. Eternal Winter of Reason
30. Red (Live at Roadburn)
31. The Scar (Live at Roadburn)
32. Koyaanisqatsi (Live at Roadburn)
33. The Burning Darkness (Live at Roadburn)
34. Daggers of Black Haze (Live in Stockholm)
35. Death and the Labyrinth (Live in San Francisco)
36. A Stare Bound in Stone (Live in San Francisco)
37. Heroes and Tombs (Live in San Francisco)
38. The Night Eternal (Live in San Francisco)
39. Spectre of Extinction (Instrumental)
40. The Paradox (Instrumental)
41. The Nightmare of Being (Instrumental)
42. Garden of Cyrus (Instrumental)
43. Touched by the White Hands of Death (Instrumental)
44. The Fall into Time (Instrumental)
45. Cult of Salvation (Instrumental)
46. The Abstract Enthroned (Instrumental)
47. Cosmic Pessimism (Instrumental)
48. Eternal Winter of Reason (Instrumental)