The Nightmare of Being is the seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released on 2 June 2021 by Century Media. It continues the band’s second era following their 2007 reunion. While the album remains rooted in the Gothenburg metal tradition, it incorporates a wider range of musical styles and influences, with lyrical ideas influenced by the writings of horror philosophers such as Thomas Ligotti and Eugene Thacker.
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Tracklist10 tracks · 45:41 · no community favorites yet
- 1Spectre of Extinction4:49
- 2The Paradox4:43
- 3The Nightmare of Being3:49
- 4Garden of Cyrus4:25
- 5Touched by the White Hands of Death4:07
- 6The Fall Into Time6:45
- 7Cult of Salvation4:24
- 8The Abstract Enthroned4:26
- 9Cosmic Pessimism4:31
- 10Eternal Winter of Reason3:38
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