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The definitive Melodic Death album, without any doubt! 
A lot of new bands try to make an album like this, but they only copy it...
Great review man!  |
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Written by Katatronik on 20.01.2007 at 15:22
The definitive Melodic Death album, without any doubt!
A lot of new bands try to make an album like this, but they only copy it...
Great review man!
I would rather say that they MAKE albums like this one but only TRY TO COPY it  A fine epitaph for a defunct legend. |
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Jesus_Puncher - 20.01.2007 at 21:12
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| Yeah...this album definately is special to me....and yeah...you see alot of these generic fashioncore bands like bleeding through,and Trivium...thinking they're special because they can pull a few Solos off of Slaughter of the Soul out of their asses |
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I like this album alot, but personally 9.8 is a bit high, I would give it a 8.0 right now, but during its context and its definition its a definite 10.
@Cradle of Bodom,
It defined the gothenburg direction IMO, Melodic DM was years earlier defined. |
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Written by Sunioj on 21.01.2007 at 17:23
I like this album alot, but personally 9.8 is a bit high, I would give it a 8.0 right now, but during its context and its definition its a definite 10.
@Cradle of Bodom,
It defined the gothenburg direction IMO, Melodic DM was years earlier defined.
I agree with you, this album is Gothenburg... but gothenburg is similar to melodeath in my opinion (I think it melodeath as a larger style which contains gothenburg) |
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| I see Gothenburg also very close to Melodeath too, I hate that term though. |
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-MeTaLlIc-OwL- - 23.01.2007 at 03:48
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What the hell is wrong with u people? the term "Gothenburg Metal" has like 3 or 4 years old, it's just to make reference to the city were most of the first MeloDeath bands were born. its only use is to name some bands that are a little more melodic than the first bands. Like new DT or Edge of Sanity.
The review is more of a monography about sweden's melodeath at the time than a review itself. But anyway. This album was in need of a review, and i cant give it a lower score.
ATG rules. |
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Written by Guest on 23.01.2007 at 03:48
What the hell is wrong with u people? the term "Gothenburg Metal" has like 3 or 4 years old, it's just to make reference to the city were most of the first MeloDeath bands were born. its only use is to name some bands that are a little more melodic than the first bands. Like new DT or Edge of Sanity.
The review is more of a monography about sweden's melodeath at the time than a review itself. But anyway. This album was in need of a review, and i cant give it a lower score.
ATG rules.
Whats so death metal about this album? And this album IS alittle more melodic then At the gates first few. So why doesnt the term Gothenburg apply to this? |
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-MeTaLlIc-OwL- - 23.01.2007 at 20:19
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It's still Death Metal, even if its "so melodic" 
you can use the term yes, but it doesnt take out the DM from the album.  |
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Sonic Titan - 18.07.2007 at 03:21
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| Good review for a great album. Short one, but still good... |
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One hell of a review, One hell of an album and one HELL OF A YEAR!!
i actually hadn't realised that the gallery, the jester race AND this album came the sam year!
Man i wish i was 5 years old again!  |
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| anyway, what's the diference between gothenburg and melodic death metal anyway? |
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| wtf there's not a single girl who's written here :O. Anyway, this album is really one of the greates. one of my favs and HELL if I won't be able to see them live!! |
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Mad Laughter - 04.11.2007 at 19:54
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| I used to love this... but now I've realised that it's the most overrated album EVER. It didn't define anything and the songwriting is crap. It's disgraceful that people call this the best Swedish death album! |
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Written by Guest on 04.11.2007 at 19:54
At the Gayest
What are you getting at? I doubt anyone actually reads that and thinks it's funny, i'm sure people would view you as some kind of moron.......anyway, this is an excellent album, and that review certainly depicted that. |
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Opium - 23.12.2007 at 06:30
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Written by Desecrator on 23.12.2007 at 06:22
Written by Guest on 04.11.2007 at 19:54
At the Gayest
What are you getting at? I doubt anyone actually reads that and thinks it's funny, i'm sure people would view you as some kind of moron.......anyway, this is an excellent album, and that review certainly depicted that.
Mad Laughter was banned, for being a moron, incidentally (Check his profile)
I still love this album, no matter how basic the sound structures might be |
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I believe that "the slaugther of the soul" is the most important album in the Gottenburg genre...
But I can't understand why te general rate is only 9.0???? this album is worth of a 9.8-10...
PD: great review...:banger: |
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Written by Stille Haer on 17.01.2008 at 03:54
I believe that "the slaugther of the soul" is the most important album in the Gottenburg genre...
But I can't understand why te general rate is only 9.0???? this album is worth of a 9.8-10...
PD: great review...:banger:
ahum  what I see is a 9.8 here (which IMO is waaaayyyyy to high) |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.01.2008 at 04:17
ahum what I see is a 9.8 here (which IMO is waaaayyyyy to high)
Agreed, I'd probably give it something around a 2. If you take The Red in the Sky Is Ours, castrate it and give it a lobotomy you get Slaughter of the Soul. To be fair I do recall a moment or two of near-listenability on "Unto Others", but otherwise it's so painfully obvious, predictable and downright tedious. Once you've heard the first thirty seconds there really isn't much reason to continue. I mean it isn't even ballsy enough to be good for some drunk headbanging at a party, and it lacks the aggressive fun of, say, Pantera or Lamb Of God. I guess it might be a decent gateway album in theory, wasn't for me personally. |
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| ^^^ A 2? Goddamn, everyone either severely overrates or underrates this album. I love it btw, along with their older stuff. |
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Opium - 17.01.2008 at 06:18
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Written by totaliteraliter on 17.01.2008 at 06:00
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.01.2008 at 04:17
ahum what I see is a 9.8 here (which IMO is waaaayyyyy to high)
Agreed, I'd probably give it something around a 2. If you take The Red in the Sky Is Ours, castrate it and give it a lobotomy you get Slaughter of the Soul. To be fair I do recall a moment or two of near-listenability on "Unto Others", but otherwise it's so painfully obvious, predictable and downright tedious. Once you've heard the first thirty seconds there really isn't much reason to continue. I mean it isn't even ballsy enough to be good for some drunk headbanging at a party, and it lacks the aggressive fun of, say, Pantera or Lamb Of God. I guess it might be a decent gateway album in theory, wasn't for me personally.
It's all totally subjective here. Pantera put me to sleep (literally) after trying to listen to Cowboys From Hell, whereas I can listen to Slaughter of the Soul and actually enjoy it. Although if it's aggressive fun you're after, try Exhorder, the band Pantera copied their template from
Furthermore, my ears needed to be adjusted to at least tolerate the vocals at first, then they grew on me (again, everyone's different, this is just how it worked for me). Not exactly what I'd outright claim to be an accessible album, despite being simplistic  |
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Written by Guest on 17.01.2008 at 06:18
Although if it's aggressive fun you're after, try Exhorder, the band Pantera copied their template from
I am familiar with the works of Exhorder. I should note that I personally find Pantera to be quite a shit band, I only mention them and Lamb Of God because I was seeking to compare Slaughter Of The Soul with material on a similar artistic level. And while Pantera is at least fun when you're drunk, SotS lacks even this redeeming quality. |
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Opium - 17.01.2008 at 06:37
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Written by totaliteraliter on 17.01.2008 at 06:28
Written by Guest on 17.01.2008 at 06:18
Although if it's aggressive fun you're after, try Exhorder, the band Pantera copied their template from
I am familiar with the works of Exhorder. I should note that I personally find Pantera to be quite a shit band, I only mention them and Lamb Of God because I was seeking to compare Slaughter Of The Soul with material on a similar artistic level. And while Pantera is at least fun when you're drunk, SotS lacks even this redeeming quality.
Ah, I see. I'd still say At The Gates and Pantera are on slightly different plateaus, but close enough, I suppose, with regards to artistic levels. Slayer might be a more appropriate comparison, since they were an influence on At The Gate's music, while maintaining very similar structures to them.
P.S. Pantera just isn't fun for me at all |
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Written by Guest on 17.01.2008 at 06:37
Slayer might be a more appropriate comparison, since they were an influence on At The Gate's music, while maintaining very similar structures to them.
Um, if we're talking about Christ Agony or God Hates Us All I might agree.  Definitely it falls somewhat below South of Heaven-Seasons In The Abyss era, and isn't in the same galaxy as their earlier works. And we should certainly be talking about more than structures, although I'll tell you right now I'm not enthusiastic about the prospect of studying SotS enough to engage in a more in-depth analysis. |
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liamlw - 01.03.2008 at 05:58
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 Aebsi - 20.07.2008 at 08:16
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| Man, I guess that's how metal (any genre any band) works, you either love it or hate it nothing in between, and that exactly seems to be case with Slaughter of the Soul, you either like or dislike it. When I listened to this album for the first time I absolutely loved it, now I feel like it's a bit overrated album, but don't get me wrong I still love it. About that this album defined "gothenburg" metal, I don't agree with that this album alone defined this genre but was one of others, In Flames and Dark Tranquillity had their own influence on this sub-genre to melodic death to be born. I think those 3 combined forces made people feel like they needed to label them more exact, if one agrees or disagrees with this sub-genres name is a topic of its own, for me gothenburg says nothing (before you know the music behind it) Death Metal is almost spot on, Black Metal to, Power, British New Wave, Industrial.....and so on, most of them seem to be spot on....and then you get gothenburg.....but as i said it's a topic of its own. At The Gates is and always will be one of my favorites |
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| This album is great but I'd give it a 9. The only reason is that there are 3-4 songs which make me feel that they are the same thing. I feel that album lacks a bit in variety. |
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One of my fav Extreme Metal albums  |
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| Review talks it up a bit but the album speaks for itself. Id say it beats the Jester Race and The Gallery, but the latter not by much. |
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| Your review just stole the words right out of my head. Great review and awesome album. I've so far listened to this album twice in a row (which I haven't really done with an album in awhile, non the less a metal one). I find it interesting that when I listen to this and DT's Damage Done, I can't help but think of the crappy metalcore bands that are out their, and how, despite having an influence on the scene, the music is just so sub-par compared to these albums. |
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| Good review |
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Wishmaster - 01.09.2010 at 14:07
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| Good review, I agree with it. |
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| It's a fantastic album, it was a breath of fresh air when it came out and I would say it has a place in the top10 most influential Metal albums ever. |
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