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To Drink from the Night Itself

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]

To Drink from the Night Itself
Studio album by
Released18 May 2018 (2018-05-18)
Recorded12 November − 17 December 2017
Studio
Various
GenreMelodic death metal
Length44:41
LabelCentury Media
ProducerRuss Russell
At the Gates chronology
At War with Reality
(2014)
To Drink from the Night Itself
(2018)
The Nightmare of Being
(2021)
Singles from To Drink from the Night Itself
  1. "To Drink from the Night Itself"
    Released: 2 March 2018[2]
  2. "A Stare Bound in Stone"
    Released: 30 March 2018[3]
  3. "Daggers of Black Haze"
    Released: 27 April 2018[4]
  4. "The Mirror Black (feat. Rob Miller)"
    Released: 11 January 2019[5]

Critical reception

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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

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

Track listing

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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

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Charts

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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

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  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.