Re-issue on black vinyl

At the Gates rose from the ashes of Grotesque, a Satanic SwedishBlack / Death Metal band from the late 80s. With the ‘Gardens ofGrief‘ E.P. the band already showed a definitive shift from thesound of Grotesque and the bottom-heavy sound was more related toother bands of the time. The vocals were much deeper, for the mostpart, but the release showed promise. ‘The Red In the Sky Is Ours’is the debut full-length from Sweden’s At the Gates. This is trulya masterpiece of an album, and far surpasses anything the bandwould go on to release. The spirit of Grotesque lives on here, butin much different form. This is not typical Swedish Death Metal, atall. It is actually much more reminiscent of early Burzum. In manyaspects, this album possesses a similar feel and the structures arequite more complicated than most Death Metal. However, it doesfeature some of the rhythmic structures of that subgenre. Vocally,Tomas Lindberg’s style is a terrible shriek, that fits alongsidethat of Varg Vikernes. It works brilliantly with the hauntinglymiserable melodies of this album. It sounds much less controlledthan on later releases and is one of the best aspects of thisalbum. To many, this album is an impenetrable wall of noise, atypical debut album in which the then-inexperienced band couldn’trealize their songwriting ideas fully, where the songs did not havethe strength or identity to stand out or capture the listener’sattention for too long. A whole lot of people dismiss this as AtThe Gates weakest album and leave it to gather dust in the recordrack while listening to ‘Slaughter Of The Soul’ for the umpteenthtime. Well its their loss. To me, the music and lyrics contained onthis album represent At The Gates highest achievements, songs withan otherworldly, pitch black atmosphere and at times unsettlinglyrics screamed with unparalleled emotion by Tomas Lindberg, who atthe time had not developed his raspy shriek fully yet, but reliedon singing in a lower pitch and sometimes, intentionally or not,allowing his voice to crack slightly to reveal the desperate howlbeneath the raspy surface. The songs are highly technical, and thedozens of riffs in any given song glued together with unorthodoxsong structures, drum patterns and time signatures contribute tothe considerable difficulty most—especially ‘Slaughter Of The Soul’nuts—will have in attempting to comprehend the album fully. While‘The Red In The Sky Is Ours’ will demand some time and effort putinto understanding it, what it gives in return is ten timesgreater. This is a true classic, and At The Gates greatest and mostsignificant contribution to metal music.

Track listing:
1. Red In The Sky Is Ours/The Season To Come
2. Kingdom Gone
3. Through Gardens Of Grief
4. Within
5. Windows
6. Claws Of Laughter Dead
7. Neverwhere
8. The Scar
9. Night Comes, Blood Black

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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