At The Gates With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness. CD

 one of the greatest melodic death metal albums
i am not a big fan of melodic death bands like soilwork, in flames, and arch enemy as i feel none of these bands maintain the raw energy and sheer beauty of at the gates second album, with fear i kiss the burning darkness. this album surpasses their first release the red sky is ours in terms of musician-ship and strength. while their first album was very technical this album helped to pioneer the gothenburg sound, with its well thought out melodies and truely harrowing vocals. the drums are pretty basic with some nice rhythms and a few blastbeats here and there, but what stands out on this album is the guitar and vocal work. the guitars have a lot of melodies but unlike the aforementioned bands, at the gates use their melodies to retain the heavyness found in death metal, listen to the break of autumn and primal breath for some hair raising guitar work. i listen to various forms of metal ranging from grincore, deathgrind, noisecore,and metalcore and i have pretty much heard all the best vocal work metal has to offer and although tomas lindberg from ATG is nowhere near the most extreme, i feel he is one of the best due to the chilling emotionally drained shriek he uses which raises hairs on the back of your neck. and if your wonderng why am reviewing this album NOW its because i cant believe nobody else has reviewed one of the greatest extreme metal albums of all time. and remember NO album could ever be perfect hence the four stars
Submitted by criminall_insane (london UK)
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