Written by Alex F on 09.04.2013 at 16:22

Written by bblitz on 09.04.2013 at 15:24

Very good album,very aggressive evil melodic death metal.But not even close to the greatness of Heartwork and Gallery.

Nothing At The Gates have made has been particularly evil (except maybe their debut EP), and this album is certainly not aggressive. If this comment was on one their earlier album's pages I would agree with it.

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Evil metal should be new genre in music...:devil:

Written by bblitz on 09.04.2013 at 20:26

Evil metal should be new genre in music...:devil:

Evil?...this?....................................

Indeed overrated album... i've listened to it many times and the i finally realized how average this album is... the only reason i rated it with 7 is cause i have respect for the band and especially for some of its members

Written by MichaelAngeloT on 11.08.2014 at 14:07

Indeed overrated album... i've listened to it many times and the i finally realized how average this album is... the only reason i rated it with 8 is cause i have respect for the band and especially for some of its members

You say you find it averaage (which would be a 6), you say you rated it 8, but it clearly says 7 under your name

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.08.2014 at 14:25

Written by MichaelAngeloT on 11.08.2014 at 14:07

Indeed overrated album... i've listened to it many times and the i finally realized how average this album is... the only reason i rated it with 8 is cause i have respect for the band and especially for some of its members

You say you find it averaage (which would be a 6), you say you rated it 8, but it clearly says 7 under your name

i made a mistake dude, i meant (7) !!!! average (6) + (1) for the respect i have for Bjorler brothers = (7)

Written by MichaelAngeloT on 11.08.2014 at 14:29

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.08.2014 at 14:25

Written by MichaelAngeloT on 11.08.2014 at 14:07

Indeed overrated album... i've listened to it many times and the i finally realized how average this album is... the only reason i rated it with 8 is cause i have respect for the band and especially for some of its members

You say you find it averaage (which would be a 6), you say you rated it 8, but it clearly says 7 under your name

i made a mistake dude, i meant (7) !!!! average (6) + (1) for the respect i have for Bjorler brothers = (7)

Aha that explains it
Respect for people don't gain them a bonus point in my books

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 11.08.2014 at 14:31

Aha that explains it
Respect for people don't gain them a bonus point in my books

yeh i get you, normally i dont rate albums by respect but this time i think it deserves it cause these two are big musicians

Near perfect album for me, though I could also see why it's a bit bland for some.
This and Heartwork are both 10s in my book.

One of the most overrated albums of all-time. An 'ok' album but The Gallery or The Jester Race are miles better.

Written by Hex_Omega on 27.12.2014 at 14:58

One of the most overrated albums of all-time. An 'ok' album but The Gallery or The Jester Race are miles better.

When you consider how influential this album is for modern day (melodic) metalcore it's safe to say this album isn't really overrated.

Written by [user id=4365] on 27.12.2014 at 15:02

Written by Hex_Omega on 27.12.2014 at 14:58

One of the most overrated albums of all-time. An 'ok' album but The Gallery or The Jester Race are miles better.

When you consider how influential this album is for modern day (melodic) metalcore it's safe to this album isn't really overrated.

Because of that fact I don't like this album even more.

Written by Hex_Omega on 27.12.2014 at 15:05


Because of that fact I don't like this album even more.

Well that's your prerogative, but that alone doesn't make it overrated =P I much prefer Jester Race and even more so, The Gallery, but it's not like those albums really inspired or influenced offshoot movements. In fact I can't think of any albums that really sound like The Gallery.

Written by [user id=4365] on 27.12.2014 at 15:07

Written by Hex_Omega on 27.12.2014 at 15:05


Because of that fact I don't like this album even more.

Well that's your prerogative, but that alone doesn't make it overrated =P I much prefer Jester Race and even more so, The Gallery, but it's not like those albums really inspired or influenced offshoot movements. In fact I can't think of any albums that really sound like The Gallery.

I get your point, but on the other hand we shouldn't give a higher rate to the album just because it is influential. We should rate it as it is - musically.

Written by Hex_Omega on 27.12.2014 at 15:18

I get your point, but on the other hand we shouldn't give a higher rate to the album just because it is influential. We should rate it as it is - musically.

Ratings are fine, but when you go down the "overrated" route it's sort of hard to justify it without comparing it to something at least vaguely measurable or observable, like influence. I would call Venom absolute dog shit musically but I wouldn't call them overrated (early works anyway) because of their influence.

Written by [user id=4365] on 27.12.2014 at 15:23

Written by Hex_Omega on 27.12.2014 at 15:18

I get your point, but on the other hand we shouldn't give a higher rate to the album just because it is influential. We should rate it as it is - musically.

Ratings are fine, but when you go down the "overrated" route it's sort of hard to justify it without comparing it to something at least vaguely measurable or observable, like influence. I would call Venom absolute dog shit musically but I wouldn't call them overrated (early works anyway) because of their influence.

Yes, Venom is a good example. Very influential, but it doesn't mean that it is also very good.

Written by Hex_Omega on 27.12.2014 at 15:28

Yes, Venom is a good example. Very influential, but it doesn't mean that it is also very good.

Indeed. I would say At The Gates are at least competent though, and manage some good variety across most of their albums.

I'd say the new AtG album is already overrated though. It's basically a poor man's rehash of this album in every way.

Written by [user id=4365] on 27.12.2014 at 15:31


I'd say the new AtG album is already overrated though. It's basically a poor man's rehash of this album in every way.

Compare that one to Carcass - Surgical Steel Totally in the same ballpark when it comes to overratedness and it being a poor man's rehash of other albums of theirs in every way

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 27.12.2014 at 16:16


Compare that one to Carcass - Surgical Steel Totally in the same ballpark when it comes to overratedness and it being a poor man's rehash of other albums of theirs in every way

Couldn't agree more. I find it hard to believe that in a few years time anyone will give a crap about those albums. Instead people will just go back to talking about said band's "classic" albums.

As a NOT huge fan of any ATG album I don't see this album much worse or better than their other highly appreciated albums. Sure this is different than the other stuff they've made, but many of the songs and the riffs still work here. Though why I wouldn't dare to rate this album any higher is due to the homogeneous nature that the majority of these songs have. Especially the beginning of the album sounds almost like same song over and over again.

The most overrated melodeath album ever. It's far from The Gallery or The Jester Race or even Amon Amarth debut album.

Don't know why I still couldn't get into this one. Melodic Death has been my top genre for years now, and there's not many "big" names in the scene that I don't listen to. But each time I tried At The Gates, I quit after two tracks, feeling bored .. I don't see much aggressivity in this, except the drum blasts at times, and the melodies don't catch me that much ..

But hey, it took me years to appreciate some bands, maybe it'll come one day for this one. I just thought I'd give it a rating cause I feel I gave it enough tries to know I don't like it now, that's a low 7 for me now.

The Slaughterlord cover on the re-release is great.

I hate this fucking album, such a disappointment from what previously came.

The music on this album is a close 9 to me however, the vocals ruin it. They are good when compared to other Melodeath bands however, I would definitely give this album a 9 if there was singer that uses the clean metal vocal style with only a few passages of growling in some songs. Personally I would give it a 9 if Russel Allen was singing on this one with his Iconoclast or kind of singing.

I have never been a big fan of ATG (never really liked Tompa's voice) but it's nice to see that the MS-majority seems to share my opinion that this is still their best album. "Blinded By Fear" is my favorite track.

Their debut remains their best. 🙂

Written by X-Ray Rod on 29.11.2018 at 15:39

Their debut remains their best. 🙂

Qft.

It used to be my favourite album, my gateway album to extreme metal. And its the reason why I became an ATG fan. But after I listened to it over and over again, I find out this is a simplified version of ATG, this band could do better than this (The Red In The Sky Is Ours). I never meant SotS is bad, its still one of my favorites. Though this album sounds cool, aggressive and demonic, it recycles the same idea during the whole album with standard rock music structure. Its relies on chorus to catch your ear. After hundreds times of listening, when I think of this album, the first thing come to my mind is (Slaughter of the soul! Suicidal final art!) or (Under a serpent sun! We shall all live as one!) or only the openning riffs of Blinded By Fear. Maybe some riffs and melody lines in different songs sound simmilar, chorus did more to make differences. The positive point of this is entirety of the album, but I prefer some different ideas. Song structure is basically the verse-chorus-solo formula. I dont want to admit it, but simple structure makes the music boring if you hear it a lot.
I like most of the things in this album, the vocal, the guitar tone, the drums, the riff style. Musically (if you listen it while driving or working), its a masterpiece. But to me, this is more like a commodity, not art, especially when I found out how good this band could be.

The album that defined melodic death metal for me. Nothing overrated or bland about it.