#Slaughter of the Soul

[formulas-fatal-to-your-mom]

[fiercd]

[guerrilla-operator]

At The Gates // Blinded By Fear

The face of all your fears All your fears, unleashed The face of all your fears

[majestativa]

To rid your heart of all lies their poison tongues, poison hearts.

[crepuscularpete]

[rafaganistao]

At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul (tentativa de resenha)

Carnificina dos seus ouvidos!

Existem bandas que mudaram muito seu estilo musical durante sua carreira. Muitas das bandas ditas "cult" suecas de Melodic Death Metal estão nessa lista e o At The Gates é provavelmente um dos melhores exemplos. Eles foram os precursores de um movimento que explodiu alguns anos depois através de Dark Tranquillity ou In Flames. Como estes dois discípulos e muitos outros, eles começaram tocando Melodic Death Metal e foram mudando progressivamente para uma sonoridade mais orientada pro Hardcore/Metalcore.

Sabendo-se que Slaughter of the Soul foi o último lançamento da banda antes dela se separar, este álbum é o que mais tem raízes Metalcore. Mesmo quem não goste do gênero deve reconhecer que no caso do At The Gates, eles são uma exceção e que eles pintaram como a melhor banda nesta evolução musical. Ao contrário de alguns compatriotas seus, que apenas se perderam ou se limitaram a tocar qualquer merda sem variação ou riffs interessantes, eles conseguem espancar nossos crânios sem dó e fazer um trabalho digno de prêmio com essa "carnificina da alma" [tradução aproximada do título do álbum Slaughter of the Soul] e é extremamente recomendado pras horas de maior instiga.

Só achei que o baixo poderia aparecer mais, pois é o instrumento que é o menos audível neste álbum. Mesmo assim, isso não afeta em nada a qualidade do disco e o baixo já é presente o suficiente pra reforçar o poder e a atmosfera criados pelas guitarras, cujos riffs são todos excelentes e cuja coesão é inegável. A bateria também é muito boa, alternando perfeitamente entre partes rápidas e partes mais pesadas. Os vocais estão muito intensos, talvez até melhores do que no álbum anterior, o Terminal Spirit Disease. Apesar da intensidade do seu som, o At The Gates não se preocupou muito em tocar o mais pesado ou o mais violento possível, realmente tem muito de melodia e a qualidade de muitos refrões é incrível. Se você tiver a oportunidade de ouvi-lo, você entenderá o quão inesquecíveis são os refrões de músicas como Unto Others, World of Lies”, Suicide Nation ou Blinded By Fear.

Concluindo, se tem um CD que marca uma exceção em todos os álbuns de bandas que começaram tocando Melodic Death Metal e que tiveram influências de Metalcore nos seus últimos lançamentos, sem dúvida é Slaughter of the Soul. O At The Gates é uma das melhores bandas que eu já ouvi, este álbum é fenomenal e não deve ser comparado a esse monte de álbuns recentes que não passam de lixo, que ficam no meio termo entre o Melodic Death Metal e o Metalcore. Eles foram mestres e permaneceram assim até o seu hiato. A diferença principal entre este álbum e os discos dessas outras bandas que vieram depois é que, simplesmente, o At The Gates tem uma habilidade maior de criar uma música variada com riffs matadores e refrões incríveis. 

Não perca este clássico do Death Metal sueco, pois seria um sacrilégio imperdoável.

[exquisiteagony]

here it is @junkyardromeo i hope you like it!

[franksongofthemoment]

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today was a VERY good mail day! #dinnermuzac

playlist link

[sha666y]

XXX

AS A MUSIC FAN, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED RECORD STORE DAY

The thrill of queueing and the anticipation reminds me of the Monday after school rush to pick up limited edition 7” singles on their day of release when we all descended on Lotus Records in Stafford.

Why didn’t I pick up Korn’s “Blind” single when I had the chance?! I still rue that poor choice to this day.

Record Store Day for me is a chance to keep up my collecting habit of my favourite artists and to get immersed in special, one off releases of titles old and new.

We are all collectors - it's in our DNA.

And it’s that collector’s mindset and the excitement of getting something unique that I always try to bring to our RSD releases.

I always ask: what would make a release special to me? It's always something never seen before, something beautiful and something personal.

This April it’s the turn of At The Gates’ hugely influential “Slaughter Of The Soul’ – the record that birthed the guitars we hear in all modern day metal core.

We worked with the band to provide exclusive new liner notes on a special insert with classic photos from the era and we have made three amazing special effect editions which compliment the album’s sleeve – the first time we’ve had editions like this available in both the US and Germany.

I used to love importing Japanese special edition CDs with OBI Strips, so we’ve crafted a special OBI Strip to lean into that nostalgia of importing rarities. It’s a chance for our design team to really craft something beautiful, too.

We’re not reinventing the wheel here of course.

But what I hope to do is make a special vinyl edition that has true value for fans and collectors worldwide which I think we’ve done.

[minnaci]

dreamy sigh... being hypnotized and trained until their commands are well and truly written in your subconscious... being so thoroughly corrupted that all it takes is a certain look or a specific word to make you weak at the knees... but best of all, seeing the love grow in their gaze as they shape and remake you into an object worthy of their affections <3

[formulas-fatal-to-your-mom]

[see-arcane]

Faustus: "I've simply never been given a Sign that there are everlasting consequences for this decision"

Mephistopheles:

Mephistopheles, banging pots and pans together the second he appears: "I am a demon fresh out of Hell, and while all existence outside of Heaven is metaphorical Hell, I cannot express clearly or loudly enough that I am from the real literal not shitting you Actual Inferno and that if you make this soul-selling deal for magic party tricks you will regret it immensely!"

Faustus: "Mannn you're chatty for a figment of my imagination. Anyway, let's get that blood document signed, I want to do sorceries for fun and profit via the powers of Hell. Which is not real :)"

Mephistopheles, aside to Satan: "Hey I know it's ahead of schedule but can I conjure just. A fuckton of aspirin? Yes right now."

[totallynotgoat]

Aw hell no they dun turnt Coyle ourple 😭😭😔🔥

[skyrigel]

[bonefall]

I can't see how the writers still think Skystar's a good person. Like, twelve year old me liked him and thought he was interesting, but I was like twelve. And even I knew he was an irredeemable asshole after Moth Flight's Vision. If a twelve year old can figure this stuff out I have no idea what these grown ass writers were doing.

DOTC has a thesis, stated in The First Battle, that really explains everything.

"Fear and Greed" is just a fake-deep way to reinvent a Good and Evil dichotomy. Because Clear Sky's abuse comes from a place of fear, it means it's not malicious, unlike a "greedy" cat.

He can be "soothed," ergo, he's a fundamentally good person.

Post-First Battle, the books are focusing constantly on his feelings, how sad it makes him to not be trusted, how happy he is when people are on his side. All while he continues to screech at people who tell him what to do, manipulate and mistreat his son, and even still beats and mauls those who offend him.

But because it's "fear," that doesn't matter. That's a justification, an excuse. The writers don't seem to believe in good and bad actions as much as they do good and bad people. True 'evil' comes from a person who hurts others for the wrong reasons, like 'revenge' or malice.

It's abuse apologia. Plain and simple.

The truth is that abusers don't think of themselves as evil people, and everyone, even you and me, is capable of being toxic or abusive. Talk to those who have been abused and we'll tell you; we often stayed because we "saw the good," or even felt responsible for them. Abuse can be passed down through generations because the kids come to believe the way they were treated was normal and okay.

If you go through life thinking that abuse only comes from evil/greedy people, you won't see it when it happens right in front of you. Fundamental good and evil is childish. Abuse comes from fear all the time.

Abuse is about power and control. Fear of rejection, of losing someone, of pain, those are all very common motivators as the abuser tries to stop them from happening before they even begin. It doesn't MATTER that your abuser is in pain too, you NEVER "deserved" what they did in an attempt to break your legs so you wouldn't run.

But... we can all change. Even the worst of us. It's never too late to stop hurting others, move on to a better life, but some people never will. Skystar loves his power, and he keeps that power no matter how many times he misuses it.

He has no reason to change as long as his cruelty rewards him with status and authority.

But the writers are incapable of recognizing that, because for this entire arc, they were stuck in an absurd view of the world in terms of Fear and Greed. Abuse can be excused if he did it for the "right reason," and that makes him "fundamentally different" from the truly evil villains, Slash and One Eye.

Hopefully, it now makes more sense to you.