At The Gates Album: “Terminal Spirit Disease”

This album is so painfully beautiful. Don't let tags like NWSDM put it down. It is unique and doesn't need the reference of a genre for its appreciation. Tomas Lindberg lets out such an anguished heart-rending scream that I believe he feels the same inside. For some reason, he reminds me of Ricky Fitz in American Beauty who sees all `the beauty in this world' and feels `like he can't take it.' To provide a further masochistic twist to the experience, the guitars are also incredibly beautiful and sing like tortured angels. This is one album that makes me foolishly believe in an eternity- of space, time or melancholic beauty. Terminal Spirit Disease, the song, numbs me every single time I hear it and makes me a spectator of things. I feel wise, cursed and beyond redemption every time I hear it. Again, Lindberg's soaring scream sears my heart and I suspect I actually bleed inside on hearing it. This music is as dangerous as mind-bending drugs.

I'd recommend putting it on a spaceship for Extra-Terrestrial life

At the gates is ALWAYS good.And this album is one of the best album they have recorded.Every songs are beautiful in this album.In my opinion if you haven't this album you must buy it immediately.

If you havn not purchased this yet, and you are an At The Gates fan then SHAME ON YOU!!! Must own cd for your collection. "Terminal Spirit Disease" was when At the Gates changed their tune and became more melodic with their riffs. This was a turning point leading to the great "Slaughter of the Soul"!

If you're not a death metal connoiseur or an At the Gates purist, then this is most likely the album at which you feel At the Gates really hit their stride. I have to assert that sentiment myself; all the elements that trademarked early At the Gates come together to form the album that I would recommend as the first buy for anyone looking to get into At the Gates or Gothenburg metal in general. The first track fades in which some violins playing a rather melancholic melody, this is cross-faded into guitars and that's where the assault begins. At this point in their development, the band was still highly progressive, playing unorthodox riffs with an uncanny knack for combining catchiness with technicality and odd rhythms. Track three, "And the World Returned" is a refreshing clean guitar piece. Tomas Lindberg screams with fierce abandon throughout the rest. The production is not as polished as it is on "Slaughter of the Soul" but it is still good. The drums sound a bit airy and the guitars could use a bit more punch, but there is little, if any, to ask for here.

if you havent heard at the gates then you havent heard nothin. this band will take you there and back! this disc is a great example of how all death music should be! if you like the dark brooding stuff then this is the one to buy!