At The Gates - At War With Reality Lyrics






A howling wind of nightmares
Howling through barren streets
Frozen in time
The city woke up - paralyzed

Where is the splendor?
All our ambitions decay
Among the ruins
Covered forever in dust

War

The sound of beating winds
Chaotic dreams asleep
As phantoms we answer
At war with reality

Where is the hunger?
With eyes of sadness it stares
The air it hangs dying
Dressed in the nightmares of old

Abandoned in panic - fortifications decayed
From our own indulgence - the golden age dead

War

The sound of beating winds
Chaotic dreams asleep
As phantoms we answer
At war with reality

As phantoms we answer
At war with reality





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  1. I.... C....

    Goddamn they still got it . 1992 till now and still crushing it

  2. D.... T....

    This sounds like Lamb of God from the early 2000s.

  3. B.... ....

    A howling wind of nightmares
    Howling through barren streets
    Frozen in time
    The city woke up, paralyzed
    Where is the splendor?
    All our ambitions decay
    Among the ruins
    Covered forever in dust
    War
    The sound of beating winds
    Chaotic dreams asleep
    As phantoms we answer
    At war with reality
    Where is the hunger?
    With eyes of sadness it stares
    The air it hangs dying
    Dressed in the nightmares of old
    Abandoned in panic, fortifications decayed
    From our own indulgence, the golden age dead
    War
    The sound of beating winds
    Chaotic dreams asleep
    As phantoms we answer
    At war with reality
    As phantoms we answer
    At war with reality

  4. S.... T....

    This is one of my favorite songs

  5. T.... R....

    A howling wind of nightmares
    Howling through barren streets
    Frozen in time
    The city woke up paralyzed

    Where is the splendor?
    All our ambitions decay
    Among the ruins
    Covered forever in dust

    War

    The sound of beating winds
    Chaotic dreams asleep
    As phantoms we answer
    At war with reality

    Where is the hunger?
    With eyes of sadness it stares
    The air it hangs dying
    Dressed in the nightmares of old

    Abandoned in panic
    Fortifications decayed
    From our own indulgence
    The golden age dead

  6. S.... ....

    The album cover is you getting ready to eat ass

  7. J.... B....

    Sweet ass thrash metal

  8. S.... ....

    2:12 They should have used this melody more in the song.

    S.... ....

    Strayy Maybe. Maybe it wouldn’t have the same impact.

  9. V.... 1....

    Hail to At the Gates \m/

  10. C.... D....

    Banda sueca muito boa! 03/ 07/ 2018...

  11. C.... D....

    Good everning! 03/ 07/ 2018...

  12. E.... ....

    Hillary Clinton is at war with reality.

  13. m.... c....

    greatttttttttt

  14. A.... L....

    The riff from 1:20 is actualy fking brutal and godlike definetly on my top 10 riffs ever.
    The best part is that is not even the only good riff from this track.
    There is life after Slaughter of the soul.

  15. N.... S....

    Tienen el sello de un estilo que los marco e inmortalizó en los 90.

  16. P.... M....

    Three years later, still killer.

  17. N.... P....

    3 years later and the quality of the lyrics on this album still haven't been topped by any other band.

  18. N.... ....

    how come ive only found this just now? also 1000th comment, hurray! :P

  19. A.... ....

    As an old school death metal fan, it's my first time to listen to "melodic death metal" it's a good song but I don't know why I get that "metal-core" feel or is it just melodic death sounds like that?

    A.... ....

    AliGamingPC metal core comes from melodic death metal. The only difference is the clearer vocals and less growls.

  20. P.... ....

    Workout album. Try it.

    P.... ....

    Did it yesterday, definitely man.

  21. V.... D....

    The tiny bug crawling under the right thumb tripped me out for a second.

  22. R.... B....

    Great band still playing with purpose. If it's not turning you on, turn it up

  23. T.... ....

    Not bad №1000

  24. P.... m....

    A howling wind of nightmares
    Howling through barren streets
    Frozen in time
    The city woke up - paralyzed

    Where is the splendor?
    All our ambitions decay
    Among the ruins
    Covered forever in dust

    War

    The sound of beating winds
    Chaotic dreams asleep
    As phantoms we answer
    At war with reality

    Where is the hunger?
    With eyes of sadness it stares
    The air it hangs dying
    Dressed in the nightmares of old

    Abandoned in panic - fortifications decayed
    From our own indulgence - the golden age dead

    War

    The sound of beating winds
    Chaotic dreams asleep
    As phantoms we answer
    At war with reality

    As phantoms we answer
    At war with reality

  25. J.... J....

    Too late into the party. Now then I realize they've returned, well, for an album's worth as of now. I just can't control my body from shivering

  26. F.... V....

    definitely my favorite song from the album

  27. M.... ....

    Guitarists!!! This son is the cure to alternate picking too!! Learn it I promise you will succeed

  28. M.... ....

    1000th mf

  29. m.... p....

    02:28 what does he say?

    m.... p....

    +murderer's pact "Realitys not always probable, or likely." Thats what I hear.

  30. D.... S....

    Love the consistency in their style.

  31. C.... ....

    The little dot that moves around behind the hands gets me every time.

  32. s.... k....

    It's just like listening "slaughter of the soul"album song

  33. C.... B....

    They still motherfuckin' got it. It's great to see so many old metal bands releasing new (amazing) stuff.

  34. L.... A....

    At The Gates outrightly kicks the dark tranquility's ass xD

  35. E.... ....

    How to do melodeath right. Listen to At the Gates, Carcass and Dark Tranquillity.

    E.... ....

    hypocrisy

    E.... ....

    Edits Of Great Britain children of bodom

    E.... ....

    Carcass melodeath? oO

    E.... ....

    of course (?)

    E.... ....

    Plagues Dreamshade?
    Really.......

  36. S.... B....

    I fired up this song, and damn! Feels like a full frontal attack on my ear drums! \m/

  37. B.... J....

    I've been listening to this band for half of my life but I don't keep up with music news so I only just found out they recorded a new album. Holy shit this is mind blowing!

  38. C.... ....

    You guys were the band that got me into heavy metal when i was a kid in the 90's and i have to say you've never sounded better, keep it up!

  39. E.... N....

    About 500 000 wiews..I can't believe my eyes. This music deserves much more. This album is the best thing that happened with the metal scene for the last few years. I hope, that many other great bands will see that metal is still can be true..

  40. D.... e....

    Thanks guys for this 25 years of emotions.

  41. J.... T....

    Those clings at the beginning sound like drafting an Arena deck in Hearthstone.

    J.... T....

    +Josh Teixeira Haha damn truth!

    J.... T....

    +Josh Teixeira generic hammer on molten metal sound. not exclusive to hearthstone.

    J.... T....

    Yeah, no shit. Still sounds like it though douchebag, doesn't it?

  42. d.... ....

    I just can´t stop litening to this track!! Fuck! It´s amazing!!!

  43. E.... G....

    If you stare at the artwork there's a little bug walking around between the two thumbs. I started to think I had insects in my monitor...

    E.... G....

    @Eric Goodman LOL

  44. D.... S....

    Yeah! My old classmate recommend this band to me. And I'm here jumping out of nowhere! Fuck yeah!

  45. g.... ....

    Love how tortured the screams sound here.

  46. c.... ....

    Playing here in MTL next week w/ Converge, Can't wait.

  47. M.... ....

    I feel like everybody stroking this song off has never listened to terminal spirit disease. This doesnt sound like at the gates, not even slaughter of the soul. To me it sounds like generic bro metal written for a generic bro audience.

  48. D.... ....

    Love this song so much had to do a youtube cover of it check it out!

  49. R.... V....

    I only really got into it this one after I paid more attention to what the background synths were doing, especially in that first section.   The whole thing is subtly written and harmonized, and beautifully arranged.  Maybe not quite a masterpiece, but close enough to not matter much.

  50. A.... B....

    perfect song

  51. r.... s....

    Brutal great group,, but melodic, great,, one of the best album of 2014 MDM good

  52. a.... f....

    good metal. \m/

  53. R.... R....

    Great guitar work, but the vocalist...meh.

  54. S.... ....

    This is one of those albums that grows on you. But it starts from Fucking amazing and keeps getting better each listen. I thank you very much At The Gates for another example of perfection

  55. P.... ....

    The only thing i feel for this song is that its just very mmeeehhhh to me

  56. S.... 7....

    the madness of making an album after 19 fucking years.

  57. M.... ....

    Did anyone notice the tiny bug crawling in between the hands?

  58. C.... K....

    Long time no see

  59. h.... k....

    i fucking love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  60. i.... ....

    absolutely brilliant!

  61. o.... P....

    Awesome.One word and period.

  62. J.... P....

    In Flames, At the Gates, Arch Enemy, and Dark Tranquillity are all putting out generic and unlistenable material.

  63. R.... J....

    I got into At The Gates earlier this year, and they have been the missing link in my life. I love this. ;_;

  64. A.... G....

    Instrumentally and musically awesome, not sure what I think of the singer though, maybe he will grow on me. Easily one of the best things ive heard lately though, good job!!

  65. S.... V....

    Thanks! At the gates for this disc 

  66. M.... M....

    Been a long time since I've listened to At The Gates, glad to see them back on the scene and just as brutal as ever!

  67. �.... �....

    It's an ok album, nothing amazing though. It's kind of generic and unremarkable. The epicness of the Slaughter of the Soul riffage  is definitely missing.

    �.... �....

    Definitely, and the vocals are not as hellish as they used to be. And honestly, these guys still haven't learned how to play a decent lead in two decades I guess.

    �.... �....

    @BER2ERKER I like the vocals, it's natural for his voice to change after so many years of screaming. As for the solos, I don't mind if they don't exist, as long as the riffs are great enough to support the song by themselves. Which is not the case in this album. I like a couple of songs though.

    �.... �....

    @Είρων Δηκτικός The shock that supposed the release of Slaughter of The Soul is something a band can do only once or twice in a lifetime. I agree that this album does not cause the same impression (simply because we have had time to listen to 200 more bands continue their style), but I strongly believe they remained true to that style and I find it more than a decent album

    �.... �....

    @Είρων Δηκτικός my point is that for it to be such an epic album as Slaughter of the Soul, it should have been a completly new style

    �.... �....

    @Tupelo Onfire I agree. Although, I don't think it wasn't so impressive because we've been listening to this music for the last 20 years. I think it could have been better simply by having better riffs, not by having a new style (which I wouldn't like). For example Dark Tranquillity may have gone to different directions overtime, but when they returned to 'straightforward' Gothenburg sound, they did quite well actually.

  68. I.... H....

    that riff at 1:18

  69. A.... S....

    At The Gates still kick ass!!!!

  70. P.... M....

    they were so much better before

  71. S.... A....

    Am I the only one here or did anyone else notice in the video image a tiny person swinging from the left face to wards the right hand , look very closely ......

  72. j.... ....

    Yeeahh! Finally . ..And this is so good!! Metal album of the year! Thanks guys! 

  73. A.... J....

    New in flames sucks. They used to be incredible, now they just churn out generic metal. I'm a massive in flames fan as well.

    A.... J....

    I said new in flames sucks. As in their latest album. It's totally average. Doesn't not make me a fan. I don't like the direction they've taken.

    A.... J....

    @Andre Jankowski Well, you have two choices: Man up and force yourself to appreciate a more broad range of musical talent, or stop pretending to be a fan and run along to the next band that will inevitably change their sound and evolve.

    A.... J....

    @OopsRuMad I think it's implied that he has moved on to listen to other bands who make music he enjoys as opposed to In Flames, which no longer does.

    Further, "force yourself to appreciate a more broad range of musical talent" makes it sound like he is some narrow-minded jerk for not liking the new In Flames. I could say the exact same statement about the new Taylor Swift record or latest Nicki Minaj. Does that make him a narrow-minded jerk for not appreciating their musical talent, as well? How do you like those two albums?

    A.... J....

    @vergilkilla1 The difference is that there is nothing wrong with new or old In Flames. Pop is in a completely different boat because Pop music was an elaborate plan forged and created by Satan in the deepest depths of molten hell to sell the bodies of under aged boys and girls to under aged, insecure teenagers that will throw money at them because their rampaging hormones told them to.

    A.... J....

    The new In Flames isn't as removed from Pop Music as many would like 

  74. G.... ....

    I can't help but feel that the modern mechanical production they used here has taken away some of the power of this album.  If this was recorded to sound like SOTS or something more organic and analog, this would be so much better.  The music is awesome, but I'm so sick of this modern sterile metal production.  Everything sounds exactly the same, the drums are quantized digitally, and it loses its atmosphere and humanity.  I want pulsing, organic brutality, not this over-corrected, vibe-less sterility.  SOTS and Terminal Spirit Disease are special because of their production, it gives life to the music.  This production has no life to it, and could really elevate this record had it been done more "retro" if you want to say that. 

    G.... ....

    You can still quantize live drums and the music will seem pretty vibrant, so long as you don't go too overboard with sample replacement.

    I see what you're saying, though,

  75. D.... ....

    Kick fucking ass - rock on brothers and sisters!~

  76. S.... ....

    this album is everything I could've hoped for and fucking more very well might be album of the year

  77. D.... ....

    Well, I don't care what the rest of the superficial, unpleasant metal community says, I honestly love At the Gates, I admit, not their best, I expected more I suppose.  But fuck it if it isn't fucking core metal, it still manages to retain the influence and sound of the At the Gates I know, never got why people get on to whine around but that's life, can't win em all.

  78. T.... U....

    Holy shit! I thought this band was dead years ago! This is amazing and an audio orgasm. Hail At the Gates!

  79. A.... P....

    what's up guys? any reviews from anyone who got the album?

  80. M.... ....

    This is my second favorite ATG album behind Terminal Spirit Disease

    M.... ....

    this is too much man!
    are you sure? how long have you been listening to it? should i order it?

    M.... ....

    @Akis Petropoulos Yea I'm sure man! Like I pre-ordered it and it came in last wednesday and I've been listening to it since I love the damn album. This isn't the first time a pre-order has come in early for me too it also happened with a CD from Earache.

  81. J.... L....

    The beast has awakened!!!! 

  82. L.... O....

    Magya a zene atom metal, de az ének olyan erőtlennek tűnik, vagy kissé nyers.

    His Magy the music atom metal, but the song appears so weak, you are slightly raw.

  83. W.... H....

    real metal lives

  84. P.... P....

    HOT DAYUM THIS IS THE SHIT!!!!

  85. b.... m....

    This is great! OMG.......LOVE.

  86. N.... M....

    This is part of the magic of music, what might not be appealing to me it can be appealing to someone else, I'm a huge at the gates fan and I think their songs are awesone, they were part of something huge like the gothenburg sound, it helped re shape metal music in the past and this I think is just one more step to immortality.

  87. S.... ....

    Fuck, this song is epic.

  88. G.... ....

    Wow. Compare this with the new In Flames. Not a hard decision on who's album to purchase. Welcome back ATG.

  89. C.... C....

    clever way to incorporate goatse into your album cover guys.   8)

  90. �.... �....

    Didn't expect anything less.Fucktastic !!!

  91. J.... B....

    Awesome

  92. O.... ....

    They havent lost a goddamn step

  93. s.... ....

    Whoever got the random person's upload of the full album taken down: Fuck You. 

    Someone upload it again. I will buy it when I see them live, you zealous, copyright-fascist dipshits. 

    s.... ....

    So, about 20 minutes later - I'm back where I started - except this time I have a high quality MP3 from the Deluxe Edition of At War With Reality. Simply type the name of the band and the album into a decent torrent search site. 123 MB in 2 minutes. Slow clap for the failure of censorship lamely claiming absolute moral authority in its redundant application of false copyright law. 

    Ok, onto the next track - The Circular Ruins... thrash time cunts! 

  94. T.... X....

    that guitar tone is pure evil.

  95. T.... 9....

    First time, ever listening to this band. Instant thumbs up 👍

    T.... 9....

    Damn dude listen to Slaughter Of The Soul as soon as possible

    T.... 9....

    I will do that

    T.... 9....

    +Stricken 7th No seriously you have to. It's one of the best albums ever made.

    T.... 9....

    +Colin Bell I listened to them two days ago, you were right it was intense.