At The Gates originated from the roots of Death Metal and Black Metal at the beginning of the 90s and played an important role in the shaping the "Gothenburg Sound" of Melodic Death Metal. With "Slaughter of the Soul" in 1995, they delivered a masterpiece of Death Metal, which caught the attention of many at the same time as In Flames' "The Jester Race". The new album "The Nightmare Of Being" is an extraordinarily complete and cohesive piece of work from one of the truly great metal bands of the modern era.