Gardens of Grief

Infobox Album | Name = Gardens of Grief
Type = EP
Artist = At the Gates


Released = 1991
Recorded = February 1991
Genre = Death metal
Length = 19:54
Label = Black Sun Records
Producer = At the Gates and Tomas Skogsberg
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Gardens of Grief (EP)"
(1991)
Next album = "The Red in the Sky is Ours"
(1992)

"Gardens of Grief" is an EP by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. This EP was later re-released as a split CD with Grotesque's "In the Embrace of Evil" album.

On the inlay of the rerelease you can find this line: "Tomas wants to dedicatethe lyrics in "At The Gates" to the memory of Per Ohlin ..R.I.P..." He was the vocalist of Mayhem and Morbid who committed suicide in April, 1991.

Background information

When the tracks were recorded at Sunlight Studio, At the Gates had been playing together for "roughly" four months. Björler accredits this period as the time when At the Gates developed their musicianship, songwriting, and ability to work together.cite web|title=“The Flames of the End”? - Guitarist Anders Björler wishes to pen the final chapter in the glorious history of Swedish legends At The Gates|author=Morgan, Anthony|publisher=Lucem Fero|date=2007-11|url=http://www.lucemfero.com/atthegates112007.php|accessdate=2008-03-08] In comparison to tracks which featured on later recordings, Björler believes the songs are less structured. Due to a modest studio budget combined with inexperience, the EP's production "suffered a lot". However, Björler has described "Gardens of Grief" as "an ok debut EP".

The opening lyrics to All Life Ends is nearly word for word identical to the opening lines of the monologue at the beginning of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Track listing

#"Souls of the Evil Departed" – 3:34
#"At the Gates" – 5:22
#"All Life Ends" – 6:10
#"City of Screaming Statues" – 4:46

Credits

*Anders Björler - Guitar
*Jonas Björler - Bass
*Adrian Erlandsson - drums
*Alf Svensson - Guitar
*Tomas Lindberg - vocals

References