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  • Broken Base: To Drink from the Night Itself. Was it a good follow up to At War with Reality or even Slaughter of the Soul? Or was it a disappointing mess that just so happened to be tampered by Century Medianote ?
  • Fandom Rivalry: With Dark Tranquillity and, to a lesser degree, In Flames, depending on who you ask. Unfounded, as all three bands have toured together, were once signed to the same label - Century Media Records, and helped each other from time to time.
  • It's Popular, Now It Sucks!: Considering it's one of the greatest metal albums of all time, Slaughter of the Soul is bound to get some hate. It's even their lowest rated pre-breakup album on Encyclopedia Metallum due to some metal purists resenting it for being a major influence on melodic metalcore.
  • Once Original, Now Common: Tons of Metalcore bands have copied the sound displayed on Slaughter of the Soul, therefore it can be hard for first-time listeners to figure out what was so special about it.
  • Signature Song: "Blinded by Fear", the opening track of Slaughter of the Soul.
  • Tough Act to Follow: At the Gates released Slaughter of the Soul in 1995. Then they disbanded on a good note. Oh, wait! 2014 brought us At War with Reality, and although it was critically acclaimed it's not on par with Slaughter. Their next two albums, To Drink from the Night Itself and The Nightmare of Being would, unfortunately, suffer a similar fate.
  • Vindicated by History: As with Once Original, Now Common; the huge influence of Slaughter of the Soul towards the melodic metalcore subgenre, coupled with the fact that Metalcore itself has become a Dead Horse Genre leads to Slaughter becoming a significant album in heavy metal history. It is now seen as one of the four highly-influential Melodic Death Metal albums along with Heartwork, The Gallery, and The Jester Race.

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