With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness


With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness is the second studio album by Swedish death metal band At the Gates. It was re-released in 1993 with The Red in the Sky Is Ours and again in 2003 with bonus tracks. This would be the last album with guitarist Alf Svensson who left the band after its release.

Background information

Guitarist Anders Björler described With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness as the band's "darkest album", and deemed its production "heavier" than the group's previous work.
Vocalist Tomas Lindberg said of the album cover: "The cover is probably my favorite. It is a piece of art made by Swedish author/artist/composer Åke Hodell. The piece is called 220 Volt Buddha. Åke approved for us to use it for free, after inquiring about the music of the band and our approach, as soon as he understood that we were a non-commercial act. He has composed several pieces of abstract music, written radio plays and novels. You could consider him a modernist along the lines of Vladimir Mayakovsky. It was an honour for me to work with him and I think the blue tone matches the abstract music on the album perfectly. Åke died in 2000. He is greatly missed."

Personnel

At the Gates

Additional personnel

  • Matti Kärki − vocals on "Ever-Opening Flower"
  • Åke Hodell − artwork
  • Noel Summerville − mastering
  • Eric Gunewall − photography
  • Tomas Skogsberg − production
  • Fred Estby, Lars Linden, Tomas Skogsberg − recording