With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness

by At the Gates

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 May 1993
  • Label: Peaceville Records
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 44:45
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Alf Svensson, Tomas Lindberg, Anders Bj枚rler, Matti K盲rki, Jonas Bj枚rler, Tomas Skogsberg, Adrian Erlandsson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

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

Descriptors: technical, melodic, male-vocalist, complex, existential, polyphonic, progressive, harsh-vocals, antireligious

Tracklist

  1. Beyond Good and Evil (2:37)
  2. Raped by the Light of Christ (2:54)
  3. The Break of Autumn (4:52)
  4. Non-Divine (4:38)
  5. Primal Breath (7:18)
  6. The Architects (3:25)
  7. Stardrowned (3:55)
  8. Blood of the Sunsets (4:29)
  9. The Burning Darkness (2:11)
  10. Ever-Opening Flower (4:55)
  11. Through the Red (3:28)

Credits

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