Slaughter of the Soul

Slaughter of the Soul
Studio album by At the Gates
Released	14 November 1995 (1995-11-14)
Recorded	May–July 1995
Studio	Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	34:10
Label	Earache
Producer	Fredrik Nordström
At the Gates chronology
Terminal Spirit Disease (1994) Slaughter of the Soul (1995) At War with Reality (2014)

Slaughter of the Soul is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released on 14 November 1995 by Earache Records. It was their last album before their eleven-year breakup from 1996 to 2007. Slaughter of the Soul is considered a landmark in melodic death metal and played a major role in popularizing the Gothenburg scene, alongside The Jester Race by In Flames and The Gallery by Dark Tranquillity.^[1] The album was recorded and mixed in Studio Fredman, early 1995.

Andy LaRocque's neo-classical guest solo on "Cold" was widely acclaimed as one of the greatest metal solos^{[citation needed]} and guitarist Anders Björler admitted in 2007 that he still could not play it properly.^[2]

"Blinded by Fear" was covered by The Haunted (composed largely of ex-At the Gates members) on their Japanese version of their live/double disc album Live Rounds in Tokyo and was also covered by Fleshgod Apocalypse on their Mafia EP. The song also appeared in the game Rock Band 2 as downloadable content.