Released February 1991 Length 19:54 Release date May 1991 Label Dolores Recordings | Recorded 1990 Artist At the Gates Producer Tomas Skogsberg | |
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Gardens of Grief
(1991) The Red in the Sky Is Ours
(1992) Genres Death metal, Melodic death metal | ||
At the gates souls of the evil departed
Gardens of Grief is an EP by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. This EP was later re-released as a split CD with Grotesque's In the Embrace of Evil album.
Contents
- At the gates souls of the evil departed
- Background information
- Track listing
- At the Gates
- Grotesque
- Additional personnel
- Songs
- References
On the inlay of the rerelease you can find this line: "Tomas wants to dedicate the lyrics in 'At the Gates' to the memory of Per Ohlin ..R.I.P..." He was the vocalist of Mayhem and Morbid who committed suicide in April 1991.
Background information
When the tracks were recorded at Sunlight Studio, At the Gates had been playing together for "roughly" four months. Björler accredits this period as the time when At the Gates developed their musicianship, songwriting, and ability to work together. In comparison to tracks which featured on later recordings, Björler believes the songs are less structured. Due to a modest studio budget combined with inexperience, the EP's production "suffered a lot". However, Björler has described Gardens of Grief as "an ok debut EP".
The opening lyrics to "All Life Ends" is nearly word for word identical to the opening lines of the monologue at the beginning of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
Track listing
At the Gates
Grotesque
Additional personnel
Songs
1Souls of the Evil Departed3:34
2At the Gates5:23
3All Life Ends6:10