At The Gates The Ghost of a Future Dead
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Wildcardbitchesss
May 15th 2026


21824 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I don’t think any of them are bad at all but it’s definitely the most throwaway. Tbh melodeath in general is kinda hard for me to appreciate. Theres a lot of good riffs but so many bands do absolutely nothing to separate themselves from the pack.



The most important thing that we should all be able to agree on is this band has always been better than In Flames.

Futures
Staff Reviewer
May 15th 2026


18908 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

check out reeking aura for some bdm inspired melodeath m/



something a bit different

Eakflanderyof
May 15th 2026


7017 Comments


"The most important thing that we should all be able to agree on is this band has always been better than In Flames"

Welp I cant agree lol

Wildcardbitchesss
May 15th 2026


21824 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Will do futures 👍

XingKing
May 15th 2026


16475 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Wildcard how do you feel about earlier At The Gates? I noticed you don't have any pre-Slaughter albums rated and that's their best material in my opinion.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
May 15th 2026


127530 Comments

Album Rating: 3.4

Melodeath friggin rules when done correctly imo.

Kusangii
May 15th 2026


9052 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Melodeath is best when done correctly

Dreamflight
May 16th 2026


2506 Comments


This does feel a bit samey at first, nonetheless it gets better and better on subsequent listens.

Det Oerkorda is one hell of a riff fest.

arthropod
May 17th 2026


3510 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

"The most important thing that we should all be able to agree on is this band has always been better than In Flames"

That's not exceedingly hard to achieve.

metalphil
May 21st 2026


1485 Comments


I would put peak In Flames a bit ahead of ATG... but yeah average wise, ATG comes out ahead

Wildcardbitchesss
May 21st 2026


21824 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Personally think Slaughter of the Soul is the best melodeath album I’ve heard but I’m more than happy to be proven wrong… none of the classic In Flames records match up to me

Wildcardbitchesss
May 21st 2026


21824 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

(And I was just mostly being an asshole)



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