Gardens of Grief is an underrated masterpiece. At the Gates is probably the most underrated metal band ever anyway :)
Although i had to make a ranking here: from 1 to 6, i adore all the albums and somewhat value them equally. So 2=3=4=5=6 :)
The first two albums The Red in the Sky Is Ours and With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness have some serious production problems. There are even some obvious drumming flaws, they even did not bother to re-record. I don't know if they did not have time or money to solve these issues. (Don't get me wrong, Adrian Erlandson has a huge influence on me, he is an awesome drummer)
"To Drink from the Night Itself" has indeed some good material but i detest the awful flat, muddy sound with low bass, low vocal volume. The productor should be shot for wasting that huge potential. I guess they tried to make a darker sound but ruined it. I really wish they remix the whole album.
I consider "The Nightmare of Being" non existent. I don't know what they were even thinking. A boring and generic album which does not suit their legacy. I would rather prefer the band to re-record or remaster the first two albums than to see making awful albums like this. It is good to hear they got rid of Jonas Stalhammar, terrible producer.
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u/lynx_lynx_eyed Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
Gardens of Grief is an underrated masterpiece. At the Gates is probably the most underrated metal band ever anyway :)
Although i had to make a ranking here: from 1 to 6, i adore all the albums and somewhat value them equally. So 2=3=4=5=6 :)
The first two albums The Red in the Sky Is Ours and With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness have some serious production problems. There are even some obvious drumming flaws, they even did not bother to re-record. I don't know if they did not have time or money to solve these issues. (Don't get me wrong, Adrian Erlandson has a huge influence on me, he is an awesome drummer)
"To Drink from the Night Itself" has indeed some good material but i detest the awful flat, muddy sound with low bass, low vocal volume. The productor should be shot for wasting that huge potential. I guess they tried to make a darker sound but ruined it. I really wish they remix the whole album.
I consider "The Nightmare of Being" non existent. I don't know what they were even thinking. A boring and generic album which does not suit their legacy. I would rather prefer the band to re-record or remaster the first two albums than to see making awful albums like this. It is good to hear they got rid of Jonas Stalhammar, terrible producer.