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At The Gates - At War With Reality



8 | 472 votes |
Release date: 24 October 2014
Style: Gothenburg metal

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Disc I
01. El Altar Del Dios Desconocido
02. Death And The Labyrinth
03. At War With Reality
04. The Circular Ruins
05. Heroes And Tombs
06. The Conspiracy Of The Blind
07. Order From Chaos
08. The Book Of Sand (The Abomination)
09. The Language Of The Dead [Limited Mediabook and Digipak edition bonus]
10. The Skin Of Fire [Limited Mediabook and Digipak edition bonus]
11. The Head Of The Hydra
12. City Of Mirrors
13. Eater Of Gods
14. Upon Pillars Of Dust
15. The Night Eternal

Disc II [Artbook edition bonus]
01. Language Of The Dead
02. The Skin Of A Fire
03. Re-Animation
04. Eater Of Gods

Disc III [DVD] [Artbook edition bonus] [5.1 Surrounded Mix]
01. El Altar Del Dios Desconocido
02. Death And The Labyrinth
03. At War With Reality
04. The Circular Ruins
05. Heroes And Tombs
06. The Conspiracy Of The Blind
07. Order From Chaos
08. The Book Of Sand (The Abomination)
09. The Head Of The Hydra
10. City Of Mirrors
11. Eater Of Gods
12. Upon Pillars Of Dust
13. The Night Eternal

Additional info
Music by Anders Björler and Jonas Björler
Lyrics by Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg except El Altar Del Dios Desconocido which is taken from Ernesto Sabato's novel, Sobre héroes y tumbas (On Heroes and Tombs).
Recorded and Engineered by Fredrik Nordström, Henrik Udd
Recorded and Edited by Johan Henriksson
Mixed by Charlie Storm
Mastered by MK
Recorded (El Altar Del Dios Desconocido) by Danny Biggin
Mixed and Mastered by Jens Bogren
Produced by Fredrik Nordström
Artwork and Design by Costin Chioreanu


Release dates:
  • October 24: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland
  • October 27: North America, UK, Benelux, France, Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Portugal, Norway
  • October 29: Italy, Spain, Poland
  • October 24: Sweden, Japan

Formats:
  • Jewel Case CD (20 pages Booklet)
  • Limited Mediabook CD (40 pages booklet, 2 bonustracks & patch, CM Europe)
  • * Digipak CD (20 pages booklet, 2 bonustracks & patch, CM USA)
  • Limited 3-Disc Artbook (48 pages booklet, 4 bonustracks, 5.1 surround mix DVD & patch) / Limited to 3,000 copies
  • Cassette (Limited to 500 copies)
  • Digital Download
  • 2×10" Boxset (20 pages booklet & poster) / Limited to 1,000x copies worldwide from CM Distro
  • 12″ Gatefold 180gr LP (20 pages booklet & poster)

The 12" LP format coloured vinyl editions:
  • Black (Unlimited)
  • Transparent Red (Limited to 300x copies from CM Webshop Europe)
  • Dark Green (Limited to 500x copies from CM Distro Europe)
  • Clear (Limited to 500x copies for Sweden originally, but was distributed all over EU)
  • Solid Red (Limited to 500x copies for Sweden)
  • Lilac Marble (Limited to 100x copies from CM Distro USA)
  • Blue Marble (Limited to 200x copies from CM Distro USA)
  • Magenta Marble (Limited to 200x copies from CM Distro USA)
  • Ash Grey Marble (Limited to 500x copies from CM Distro USA)
  • Silver (Limited to 400x copies from CM USA)
  • Gold (Limited to 1,500x copies from CM USA)
  • White (Limited to 100x copies, exclusive MDF edition in the USA)

Staff review by
Mattybu
Rating:
N/A
Full disclosure: At The Gates is one of my favourite bands. And when I say that, I don't mean in my top 50. They are in the running for #1. It's been almost 20 years since the release of Slaughter Of The Soul, an album considered by many (myself included) to be one of the finest melodic death metal recordings ever. At last, they are back with a new album - At War With Reality.

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published 10.11.2014 | Comments (11)

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29.04.2015 - 21:31
Rating: 8
Deadmeat
Necrobutcher
Nothing special.. they have done it so much better int he past...
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Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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11.08.2015 - 14:57
Rating: 8
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Written by deadone on 21.07.2015 at 02:27

It just doesn't really grow on one. It's boring and bland. What a waste!


It's okay if you don't get it - we won't hold it against you. I think this is a solid comeback album.
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The sun shines over The Fool...
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02.03.2016 - 12:59
Rating: 5
Uldreth

I like how they put the best song on the album as a bonus track...
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29.08.2018 - 03:17
Rating: 7
Dum-Grishnahk

Not bad but not very good either. But very overrated IMO.
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29.01.2021 - 09:44
Rating: 6
BennyMetGer

Written by Dum-Grishnahk on 29.08.2018 at 03:17

Not bad but not very good either. But very overrated IMO.


Truth. Ithink its okay, but thats it
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03.03.2021 - 02:01
Rating: 9
Blindearth

Amazing comeback! You wont hear such a solid melodic death metal album nowdays!
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12.04.2021 - 02:11
Rating: 7
Vonpire

Can't stand those vocals. Would have been a great album with other.
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Beware the Shadows of Dusk
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24.06.2021 - 12:15
Rating: 9
ElYam

Its a brilliant album! its not that different from their usual work but its for people who what more from the same good things instead of new happy stuff
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21.09.2022 - 14:26
Rating: 8
nonZero

The first half of this album is much stronger than the second IMO. The first 2 songs are especially great.

Check out my cover of the title track from 2014

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