With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness

With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness is the second studio album by the 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.

With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
Studio album by At the Gates
Released	7 May 1993
Recorded	April 1993
Genre	Death metal
Length	45:29
Label	Peaceville
Producer	At the Gates
At the Gates chronology
The Red in the Sky Is Ours (1992) With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness (1993) Terminal Spirit Disease (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10[2]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[3]

Background information

Anders Björler, the guitarist, described With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness as At the Gates' "darkest album", and deemed the album's production as "heavier" than the group's previous work.^[4]

Tomas Lindberg, the vocalist, 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."^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tomas Lindberg, except where noted; all music is composed by Alf Svensson and Anders Björler, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Beyond Good and Evil"		Svensson, A. Björler, Adrian Erlandsson	2:42
2.	"Raped by the Light of Christ"		A. Björler	2:58
3.	"The Break of Autumn"	Svensson, Lindberg		4:59
4.	"Non-Divine"			4:44
5.	"Primal Breath"	Svensson	Svensson	7:22
6.	"The Architects"	A. Björler, Lindberg	A. Björler	3:30
7.	"Stardrowned"			4:02
8.	"Blood of the Sunsets"			4:33
9.	"The Burning Darkness"			2:16
10.	"Ever-Opening Flower"			4:59
11.	"Through the Red" (contains a hidden cover of "The Nightmare Continues" by Discharge)			3:26
Total length:				45:29

2003 re-release bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Neverwhere" (Live)	6:04
13.	"Beyond Good and Evil" (Live)	2:42
14.	"The Architects" (Demo)	3:29
15.	"The Nightmare Continues ("Discharge" cover) (Hidden Track)" (Demo)	1:15

Personnel

At the Gates

• Anders Björler − guitar
• Jonas Björler − bass guitar
• Adrian Erlandsson − drums
• Alf Svensson − guitar
• Tomas Lindberg − vocals

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