To Drink from the Night Itself is the sixth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released on 18 May 2018 via Century Media.[6][7] The album is the first to feature guitarist Jonas Stålhammar and the first without co-founding guitarist Anders Björler, who had departed from the band in March 2017.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!8/10[10]
Pitchfork7.3/10[11]
Rolling Stone[12]

Upon its release, To Drink from the Night Itself received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78 based on 6 reviews.[9]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Decibel Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018
11
[13]
Revolver Revolver's Top 30 Albums of 2018
30
[14]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tomas Lindberg; all music is composed by Jonas Björler

No.TitleLength
1."Der Widerstand" (instrumental)1:28
2."To Drink from the Night Itself"3:23
3."A Stare Bound in Stone"4:08
4."Palace of Lepers"4:05
5."Daggers of Black Haze"4:42
6."The Chasm"3:21
7."In Nameless Sleep"3:37
8."The Colours of the Beast"3:50
9."A Labyrinth of Tombs"3:30
10."Seas of Starvation"3:56
11."In Death They Shall Burn"3:59
12."The Mirror Black"4:42
Total length:44:41
Limited mediabook edition bonus CD[15]
No.TitleLength
1."Daggers of Black Haze" (feat. Rob Miller)4:47
2."The Chasm" (feat. Per Boder)3:21
3."A Labyrinth of Tombs" (feat. Mikael Nox Pettersson)3:32
4."The Chasm" (demo)3:21
5."The Mirror Black" (feat. Rob Miller)4:38
Total length:19:39
Japanese edition bonus CD
No.TitleLength
1."Daggers of Black Haze" (feat. Rob Miller)4:47
2."The Chasm" (feat. Per Boder)3:21
3."A Labyrinth of Tombs" (feat. Mikael Nox Pettersson)3:32
4."Raped by the Light of Christ (2018)" (re-recorded from With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness)2:57
5."The Chasm" (demo)3:21
6."The Mirror Black" (feat. Rob Miller)4:38
Total length:22:36

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16]
[17] 		22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 132
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 61
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 13
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 25
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[25] 8
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[26] 18

References

  1. ^ a b c "To Drink From The Night Itself 01 : CDME : Century Media". Century Media. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "AT THE GATES: DEBUT SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR "TO DRINK FROM THE NIGHT ITSELF" TITLE-TRACK; ALBUM PRE-ORDER STARTING; TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA ANNOUNCED!". Century Media. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ Joe Divita (30 March 2018). "At the Gates Will Obliterate You With 'A Stare Bound in Stone'". Loudwire. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Video Premiere: AT THE GATES' 'Daggers Of Black Haze'". Blabbermouth.net. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "AT THE GATES Releases Video For 'The Mirror Black' Feat. ROB MILLER". Blabbermouth.net. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ^ "AT THE GATES: - UNVEIL ARTWORK AND FIRST DETAILS FOR "TO DRINK FROM THE NIGHT ITSELF" ALBUM!". Century Media. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ^ Greg Kennelty (26 February 2018). "AT THE GATES Unveil Artwork & Release Date For To Drink From The Night Itself". Metal Injection. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  8. ^ "AT THE GATES Announces New Guitarist; Next Album To Be Recorded This Winter". Blabbermouth.net. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. ^ a b "To Drink from the Night Itself by At the Gates Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  10. ^ Zorgdrager, Bradley (15 May 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  11. ^ O'Connor, Andy (17 May 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  12. ^ Grow, Kory (30 May 2018). "Recent Metal Releases Show a Segmented Scene, But Its Core Power Remains the Same". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  13. ^ Mudrian, Albert (15 November 2018). "SPOILER: Here Are Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018". Decibel. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  14. ^ Epstein, Dan (26 November 2018). "30 Best Albums of 2018". Revolver. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  15. ^ a b "To Drink From The Night Itself - Limited Mediabook Edition (2CD) (CD)". CDON.COM. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Austriancharts.at – At the Gates – To Drink from the Night Itself" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3 Charts". 8 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Ultratop.be – At the Gates – To Drink from the Night Itself" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – At the Gates – To Drink from the Night Itself" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  20. ^ "At the Gates: To Drink from the Night Itself" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  21. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – At the Gates – To Drink from the Night Itself" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  22. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  23. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 25 May 2018. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
  24. ^ "Swisscharts.com – At the Gates – To Drink from the Night Itself". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  25. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  26. ^ "At the Gates Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 June 2020.


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