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 | ||||
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| Studio album by At the Gates | ||||
| Released | 18 May 2018 (2018-05-18) | |||
| Recorded | 12 November − 17 December 2017 | |||
| Studio | ||||
| Genre | Melodic death metal | |||
| Length | 44:41 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Russ Russell | |||
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| Singles from To Drink from the Night Itself | ||||
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[9] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[10] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[11] |
| Rolling Stone | |
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]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Decibel | Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018 | 11 |
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| Revolver | Revolver's Top 30 Albums of 2018 | 30 |
All lyrics are written by Tomas Lindberg; all music is composed by Jonas Björler.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| 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 |
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