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At The Gates — Gardens Of Grief
€23.5 (Discogs: €25)
Red Transparent Vinyl, 10", 33 ⅓ RPM, Demo, Reissue, Ltd. Ed., Gatefold
“Gardens of Grief” is the **AT THE GATES** record I come back to more than any other. Nothing else in their catalog holds this exact mix of ambition and rawness. It belongs with the essential early '90s Swedish death metal EPs, but it never fits the template. My first listens were difficult —…
── TRACKLIST
Side Side A
1Souls of the Evil Departed03:33
2At the Gates05:22
Side Side B
3All Life Ends06:09
4City of Screaming Statues04:46
── LINE-UP
Anders BjörlerGuitars
Tomas Lindberg (R.I.P. 2025)Vocals, Lyrics
Jonas BjörlerBass
Adrian ErlandssonDrums
Alf SvenssonArtwork (logo)
Tomas SkogsbergEngineering, Producer
Alf SvenssonGuitars, Lyrics
Adrian ErlandssonDrums
Tomas Lindberg dedicated the lyrics of "At the Gates" to Per Ohlin (a.k.a. Dead). The lyrics to "All Life Ends" are paraphrased from the opening speech in the movie "Mad Max II: The Road Warrior". Recorded and mixed in Studio Sunlight, Stockholm, Sweden, in February 1991.
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