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1992 studio album by At the Gates

The Red in the Sky Is Ours
Studio album by At the Gates
Released 27 July 1992
Recorded November 1991
Genre Death metal
Length 45:46
Label Peaceville
Producer At the Gates
At the Gates chronology
Gardens of Grief(1991) The Red in the Sky Is Ours(1992) With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness(1993)

The Red in the Sky Is Ours is the debut album by the Swedish death metal band At the Gates released on 27 July 1992. It was re-released in 1993 along with With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness and then in 2003 with bonus tracks.

Background information

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When At the Gates began recording The Red in the Sky Is Ours, the group had been together for a mere year.[1] In comparison to 1991 EP Gardens of Grief, guitarist Anders Björler feels that The Red in the Sky Is Ours is more structured. In certain instances, Björler deems the record "experimental" nonetheless.[1] At this time, the group's members started to learn about one another musically. Björler was at the time very inspired by guitarist Alf Svensson's ideas, and called them "over the top" and "extremely challenging". However, Björler went on to comment that the group "tried too hard to impress people with too many riffs and weird songwriting".[1]

Björler has criticised the production also, dubbing it "weird" and "very weak-sounding".[1]

Decibel awarded the album an induction into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame in September 2014, becoming the second At the Gates album to receive such award.[2]

No. Title Length
1. "The Red in the Sky Is Ours/The Season to Come" 4:41
2. "Kingdom Gone" 4:40
3. "Through Gardens of Grief" 4:02
4. "Within" 6:54
5. "Windows" 3:53
6. "Claws of Laughter Dead" 4:02
7. "Neverwhere" 5:41
8. "The Scar" 2:00
9. "Night Comes, Blood Black" 5:16
10. "City of Screaming Statues (excluded from vinyl pressings)" 4:37
Total length: 45:46

2003 re-release bonus tracks

No. Title Length
11. "All Life Ends" (Live)
12. "Kingdom Gone" (Live)
13. "Ever-Opening Flower" (Demo)

At the Gates[3]

Songwriting Credits:

Recording Line-Up:

Guest musician:

Photography:

  1. ^ a b c d Morgan, Anthony (November 2007). ""The Flames of the End"? - Guitarist Anders Björler wishes to pen the final chapter in the glorious history of Swedish legends At The Gates". Lucem Fero. Retrieved 21 March 2008.
  2. ^ Dick, Chris. "At the Gates – "The Red in the Sky is Ours"". Decibel. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ^ The Red in the Sky Is Ours back cover. Freecovers.net. Retrieved 18 October 2011.