Album
At War With Reality
At War With Reality is the fifth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released in October 2014 on Century Media. It was their first record since Slaughter of the Soul in 1995, the longest gap between studio albums in their career. It is a concept album built around magic realism, the literary genre, and it was received warmly by critics.
For anyone who knew the band only through their mid-nineties run, this is the comeback record, and it set the stage for To Drink From the Night Itself in 2018. Videos were made for "Death and the Labyrinth", "Heroes and Tombs", "The Book of Sand (The Abomination)" and "The Night Eternal", which makes a handy starting point. It was also the last album to feature co-founding guitarist Anders Björler until The Ghost of a Future Dead in 2026, following his departure in 2017 and return in 2022.
At War With Reality: tracklist, credits and charts
13 tracks · 44:15Tracklist
- 1El altar del Dios desconocido1:05
- 2Death and the LabyrinthBjörler, Björler, Lindberg2:32
- 3At War with RealityBjörler, Björler, Lindberg3:08
- 4The Circular RuinsBjörler, Björler, Lindberg4:27
- 5Heroes and TombsBjörler, Björler, Lindberg3:59
- 6The Conspiracy of the BlindBjörler, Björler, Lindberg3:18
- 7Order from ChaosBjörler, Björler, Lindberg3:25
- 8The Book of Sand (The Abomination)Björler, Björler, Lindberg4:27
- 9The Head of the HydraBjörler, Björler, Lindberg3:38
- 10City of MirrorsAnders Björler and Jonas Björler2:05
- 11Eater of GodsBjörler, Björler, Lindberg3:50
- 12Upon Pillars of DustBjörler, Björler, Lindberg2:39
- 13The Night EternalBjörler, Björler, Lindberg5:42
- Produced by
- At the Gates, Fredrik Nordström
- Recorded at
- HVR Recording Studio ("El Altar del Dios Desconocido"), Studio Fredman (Gothenburg)
- Recorded
- 24 June – 18 July 2014
- Mixed by
- Charlie Storm, Jens Bogren
- Engineered by
- Danny Biggin, Fredrik Nordström, Johan Henriksson
- Labels
- Century Media, Century Media Records
- Length
- 44:15
Line-up
- Anton Reisenegger · spoken vocals · guest
- Anders Björler · electric guitar
- Jonas Björler · bass guitar
- Adrian Erlandsson · drums (drum set)
- Martin Larsson · electric guitar
- Tomas Lindberg · lead vocals
Singles
- “We Are Connected / Language of the Dead” · 31 March 2015
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| Swedish Albums · 2014–2015 | 3 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2014–2015 | 13 |
| Finnish Albums · 2014–2015 | 15 |
| German Albums · 2014–2015 | 25 |
| Austrian Albums · 2014–2015 | 39 |
| Swiss Albums · 2014–2015 | 51 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2014–2015 | 78 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2014–2015 | 162 |
| French Albums · 2014–2015 | 175 |
From MusicBrainz, Wikipedia and Wikidata. Only what the sources record is shown.
50.4
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
1.2k
ListenBrainz listeners
14k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
3.3k
Deezer fans (all editions)
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2014-10-28 vs 2014-10-24 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 24 October 2014 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 28 October 2014 | |
| Wikidata | 2014 | |
| Deezer | 27 October 2014 | |
| US release | 27 October 2014 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 27 October 2014 | earliest UK or European date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 October 2014 | DE | Century Media | 5051099843899 | original |
| 27 October 2014 | DE | Century Media | 5051099843806 | other |
| 27 October 2014 | XE | Century Media | other | |
| 27 October 2014 | US | Century Media | 727701913889 | other |
| 27 October 2014 | US | Century Media | 727701913827 | other |
| 28 October 2014 | XE | Century Media | 5051099843820 | other |
| 29 October 2014 | JP | Trooper Entertainment | 4582352381656 | other |
| 26 January 2015 | XW | Century Media | 886444845670 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 800×800 | upscaled |