With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness

by At the Gates

With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness cover art

On their sophomore effort, At the Gates expanded their sonic palette with a notably more technical and progressive approach than their debut. The album is characterized by complex song structures, polyphonic guitar melodies, and the poetic, existential lyrics that would become a band trademark. It stands as a dark and ambitious work that pushed the boundaries of death metal and laid the groundwork for their influential later sound.

Genres

  • Melodic Death Metal
  • Death Metal
  • Progressive Metal

Tracklist

  1. Beyond Good and Evil
  2. Raped by the Light of Christ
  3. The Break of Autumn
  4. Non-Divine
  5. Primal Breath
  6. The Architects
  7. Stardrowned
  8. Blood of the Sunsets
  9. The Burning Darkness
  10. Ever-Opening Flower
  11. Through the Red