What did you think of the new ATG? I have posted a couple of quick comments in the new releases thread...
I've never listened to At The Gates before, but it was on a list of new releases that I check out every week. It was okay. Nothing really stood out to me on the first listen, but it wasn't bad either. Serviceable melodeath, but again, nothing grabbed me by the shoulders and hooked me in. I might give it a couple more spins over the weekend, or check out some of their other albums. I enjoyed the Felled album more; blackened folk metally stuff, the production is more raw than the ATG record, but it has more elements that I personally enjoy, along the lines of, say, Agalloch.
I thought the new At the Gates was fine. I wasn't giving it my full attention but nothing particularly stood out. I've been spinning At War with Reality a bit more recently and I think it's probably my second favourite album of theirs. No need to say what my #1 is.
Would that be Slaughter of the Soul? That's mine too, but if you are really old-school you might actually go back to the Red in the Sky/With Fear I Kiss... period
That was almost a different band anyway, as one main songwriter from back then left after the 2nd album...
For me, as much as SotS famously spawned a whole subgenre that got waaay overcrowded, it's hard to deny how much of a blast it still is. It shouldn't be "punished" for what it did
So many good riffs. The first 5-song run is insane. Although I always felt the seeds for that were already in Terminal Spirit Disease. Plus, TSD still had a little more of that melancholy that I really enjoy in my music. For my money, if it was more than an EP + live songs, it could even be better than SotS...