At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul
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Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 27th 2025


115502 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Good rating Futures!!!

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

hearing this after being a huge metalcore guy first was such a revelation lol. literally all these riffs got repackaged and ripped off 1000x over.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 27th 2025


115502 Comments

Album Rating: 4.8

Yeah I had to re-5 it hard. I always come back to it and it had a strong impact on my music journey as a whole tbh.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

hell yeah. wish i heard it earlier before all the core haha. and i appreciate that it's so tight, not a wasted second here. also def points for how much this inspired. the blueprint for so much great metalcore. you can trace so much back to this album.

DaveyMonsoon
May 27th 2025


1660 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

This is probably my definitive album in terms of appreciating it more for its influence than actually liking the material itself. Albums like Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation and The Whispered Lies of Angels do what SOTS does much better.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

idk how you can separate that those albums really kind of rip this off

Kusangii
May 27th 2025


8435 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Probably because their first two albums exists

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

that has nothing to do with what i said lol

Kusangii
May 27th 2025


8435 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

oh yeah nvm I read that wrong lel

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i should definitely listen to their other stuff sometime tho haha

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


11971 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Idk if he's necessarily even insinuating that they didn't rip from this

Just that they're improvements on a form

Idk if I quite agree but I've jammed too little of those albums to make a good honest statement

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

sure but for me at least hearing this and then hearing darkest hour it's hard to separate that. darkest hour is some of the most pure sots worship core down to the raw throat shredy vocals. it just makes me want to listen to this even if darkest hour rule.

DaveyMonsoon
May 27th 2025


1660 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Ehh I've never really had trouble separating the SOTS influence from most albums that have them. I've certainly acknowledged the influence but I've never really listened to any albums and thought nothing but it. I also usually like to observe and see what little things some bands might do differently.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

definitely fair just since this is a favorite of mine it's always top of mind. especially darkest hour in particular i find the similarities standout a lot. i'm just more surprised you don't really dig this lol

Dedes
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


11971 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Futures you should jam Gates of Ishtar-At the Dusk and Forever

It's not really like this

But it is melodeath

And it is tha best

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
May 27th 2025


17210 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

intriguing! black metal ish too? right up my ally.

DaveyMonsoon
May 27th 2025


1660 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

I wouldn't really think about it too hard lol. Dedes just about nails my opinion on this in that I think SOTS is... fine, for the most part, but a lot of albums influenced by it just happened to improve on it imo.

Of course, on the other hand, there is plenty of stuff that more shamelessly rips this off and yeah, at that point it's a lot harder to differentiate from it, but for the most part, I've found the stuff that subtly has different ideas a lot more neat. That's about it, really.

Jurtz
May 28th 2025


5261 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's killer Gothenburg melodeath, enough said!

StormChaser
May 28th 2025


3148 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

To Drink From the Night itself > this

jemaiseyeti
May 28th 2025


378 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks for the bumps, made me relisten today. Still sounds fresh tbh



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