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. It arrived four years after At War With Reality, the record that followed the band's long gap after Slaughter of the Soul in 1995.
It marks a change in the line-up. Co-founding guitarist Anders Björler left in March 2017, and this is the first At the Gates album without him. In his place comes Jonas Stålhammar, who makes his debut on the record. For anyone following the band's story, it is the point where a founding voice steps aside and the group carries on regardless, and it leads straight into The Nightmare of Being in 2021.
To Drink From the Night Itself: tracklist, credits and charts
12 tracks · 44:42Tracklist
- 1Der WiderstandJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg1:28
- 2To Drink From the Night ItselfJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg3:23
- 3A Stare Bound in StoneJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg4:08
- 4Palace of LepersJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg4:05
- 5Daggers of Black HazeJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg4:42
- 6The ChasmJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg3:22
- 7In Nameless SleepJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg3:37
- 8The Colours of the BeastJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg3:50
- 9A Labyrinth of TombsJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg3:30
- 10Seas of StarvationJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg3:56
- 11In Death They Shall BurnJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg3:59
- 12The Mirror BlackJonas Björler and Tomas Lindberg4:42
- Produced by
- Jonas Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Russ Russell
- Recorded at
- Parlour Studios, Rovljud Studios, Welfare Sounds, Parlour Studios (Kettering, England), Welfare Studios (Gothenburg, Sweden), Rovljud Studios (Örebro, Sweden)
- Recorded
- 12 November − 17 December 2017
- Mixed by
- Russ Russell
- Mixed at
- Parlour Studios
- Engineered by
- Russ Russell, Martin Jacobson, Olle Björk, Per Stålberg
- Labels
- Фоно, Century Media
- Length
- 44:42
Line-up
- Jonas Björler · keyboard, electric bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Adrian Erlandsson · drums (drum set)
- Martin Larsson · electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Jonas Stålhammar · mellotron, electric guitar, vocals
- Tomas Lindberg · lead vocals
- Andy LaRocque · electric guitar · guest
Singles
- “To Drink from the Night Itself” · 2 March 2018
- “A Stare Bound in Stone” · 30 March 2018
- “Daggers of Black Haze” · 27 April 2018
- “The Mirror Black (feat. Rob Miller)” · 11 January 2019
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2018 | 8 |
| German Albums · 2018 | 10 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) · 2018 | 13 |
| Finnish Albums · 2018 | 18 |
| US Hard Rock · 2018 | 18 |
| Austrian Albums · 2018 | 22 |
| Swiss Albums · 2018 | 25 |
| Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 2018 | 39 |
| Scottish Albums · 2018 | 61 |
| Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 2018 | 132 |
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Released the same week
Also released on 18 May
Every year →More from At the Gates
Full discography →The best of 2018
All of 2018 →More on Фоно
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 18 May 2018 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 18 May 2018 | |
| Wikidata | 18 May 2018 | |
| Deezer | 18 May 2018 | |
| US release | 18 May 2018 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 18 May 2018 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | RU | Фоно | 4632000136128 | other |
| 18 May 2018 | US | Century Media | 190758510224 | original |
| 18 May 2018 | XW | Century Media | original | |
| 18 May 2018 | XE | Century Media | 190758463728 | original |
| 18 May 2018 | JP | Trooper Entertainment | 4582352382103 | original |
| 18 May 2018 | XE | Century Media | 190758463827 | original |
| 18 May 2018 | XW | Century Media | 886447001219 | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 1500x1500
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1500×1500 | native: native 1500x1500 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |