Someone’s brain at Century Media wasn’t firing on all of its cylinders, because this music video didn’t quite make it out in time for the 20th anniversary of Slaughter of the Soul. “The Night Eternal” is the final track of At the Gates’ 2014 comeback, At War With Reality. We didn’t give the album a great deal of consideration when it released, except to say that it wasn’t quite as offensive and simplistic as the band had been in 1995. Instead, it took after the band’s mid-period for whatever reason, showcasing some efforts towards musical depth without really reaching the career and genre peak of The Red In The Sky Is Ours. The video showcases little to dispel that belief and is likely only really worth your time if you’re into the 2D graphics manipulation visuals it showcases… and if you are into that sort of thing, you should really learn 68000 assembly and write a scenedemo for the Commodore Amiga.
Tags: 2014, At the Gates, At War with Reality, Gothenburg Death Metal, mainstream metal, melodeath, music video, the night eternal
Damn Tompa sounds awful now.
It’s kind of funny how much this sounds like so much modern black metal. If you had told me that this was a new Ascension song, I’d have believed it.
Whaaat?
Lol, come on man
I’m not an expert on black metal, but I have listened to a good number of the classics, and the comparisons here on deathmetal.org.
This is clearly modern “melodic death metal”. Not black metal. :D
To be honest, I would probably say that this deserves the name. It doesn’t quite sound like metalcore, like a lot of melodic “death metal” does.