Gateways to Annihilation

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Gateways To Annihilation
Studio album by Morbid Angel
Released	2000
Genre	Death metal
Length	44:25
Label	Earache Records
Producer(s)	Morbid Angel and Jim Morris
Morbid Angel chronology
Formulas Fatal to the Flesh (1998)	Gateways To Annihilation (2000)	Heretic (2003)

Gateways To Annihilation is a studio album by the death metal band Morbid Angel.

This album saw a bit of a dramatic change in musical climate as much of the speed-laden intensity of the previous album Formulas Fatal to the Flesh was abandoned for more of a slower, droning style more reminiscent to Blessed are the Sick. This is also the first album in which Steve Tucker contributed lyrics and music to the band.

Dan Seagrave is the painter of the album cover. He has also painted album covers for Suffocation, and similarities can be found between the album cover of this album and Suffocation's Souls to Deny cover. Whereas the picture shown for this cover is the upper right section of the full picture, the Suffocation cover is a picture of the lower left section.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Kawazu" (Azagthoth) – 0:35
2. "Summoning Redemption" (Azagthoth, Tucker) – 7:16
3. "Ageless, Still I Am" (Azagthoth, Tucker) – 5:18
4. "He Who Sleeps" (Tucker) – 4:04
5. "To the Victor the Spoils" (Tucker, Azagthoth) – 3:43
6. "At One with Nothing" (Azagthoth, Tucker) – 4:33
7. "Opening of the Gates" (Tucker, Azagthoth) – 5:15
8. "Secured Limitations" (Azagthoth) – 4:39
9. "Awakening" (Rutan) – 1:21
10. "I" (Azagthoth, Tucker) – 3:50
11. "God of the Forsaken" (Rutan, Tucker) – 6:21

[edit] Credits

• Trey Azagthoth - Guitars, Vocals
• Erik Rutan - Guitars, Keyboards
• Pete Sandoval - Drums
• Steve Tucker - Bass, Vocals