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{{Infobox album

Name = The Red in the Sky is Ours |

| name Type = [[Album]]The |Red in the Sky Is Ours

| type Artist = [[At the= Gates]] |studio

| artist = [[At the Gates]]

Cover = AtTheGates_TheRedInTheSkyIsOurs.jpg |

| cover = AtTheGates_TheRedInTheSkyIsOurs.jpg

Released = [[July 27]], [[1992]] |

| alt Recorded = November, 1991 | =

| Genre released = [[Melodic27 deathJuly metal]] |1992

| Length recorded = 45:46November |1991

| venue Label = [[Peaceville Records]] |

| studio Producer = [[At the= Gates]] |

| genre = [[Death metal]]

Reviews = *[[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5lkbikvhbbo9 link] |

| length = 45:46

Last album = ''[[Gardens of Grief|Gardens of Grief (EP)]]''<br />(1991) |

| label = [[Peaceville Records|Peaceville]]

This album = '''''The Red in the Sky is Ours'''''<br />(1992) |

| producer = [[At the Gates]]

Next album = ''[[With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness]]''<br />(1993) |

| prev_title = [[Gardens of Grief]]

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = [[With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness]]

| next_year = 1993

}}

'''''The Red in the Sky isIs Ours''''' is the firstdebut [[album]] by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[melodic death metal]] band [[At the Gates]] released inon 27 July 1992. It was re-released in 1993 along with ''[[With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness]]'' and then in 2003 with bonus tracks.

==Background information==

When At the Gates began recording ''The Red in the Sky Is Ours'', the group had been together for a mere year.<ref name="AtTheGatesLucemFero">{{cite web|title="The Flames of the End"? - Guitarist Anders Björler wishes to pen the final chapter in the glorious history of Swedish legends At The Gates|author=Morgan, Anthony|publisher=Lucem Fero|date=November 2007|url=http://www.lucemfero.com/atthegates112007.php|accessdate=21 March 2008}}</ref> In comparison to 1991 EP ''[[Gardens of Grief]]'', guitarist [[Anders Björler]] feels that ''The Red in the Sky Is Ours'' is more structured. In certain instances, Björler deems the record "experimental" nonetheless.<ref name="AtTheGatesLucemFero"/> At this time, the group's members started to learn about one another musically. Björler was at the time very inspired by guitarist [[Alf Svensson (guitarist)|Alf Svensson]]'s ideas, and called them "over the top" and "extremely challenging". However, Björler went on to comment that the group "tried too hard to impress people with too many riffs and weird songwriting".<ref name="AtTheGatesLucemFero"/>

Björler has criticised the production also, dubbing it "weird" and "very weak-sounding".<ref name="AtTheGatesLucemFero"/>

==Reception==

[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] awarded the album an induction into the Decibel Magazine Hall of Fame in September 2014, becoming the second [[At the Gates]] album to receive such award.<ref name="dB HoF">{{cite web|last1=Dick|first1=Chris|title=At the Gates – "The Red in the Sky is Ours"|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2014/09/02/at-the-gates-the-red-in-the-sky-is-ours/|website=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]|accessdate=11 May 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{track listing

#"The Red in the Sky Is Ours/The Season to Come" – 4:41

| total_length = 45:46

#"Kingdom Gone" – 4:40

| title1 = The Red in the Sky Is Ours/The Season to Come

#"Through Gardens of Grief" – 4:02

| length1 = 4:41

#"Within" – 6:54

| title2 = Kingdom Gone

#"Windows" – 3:53

| length2 = 4:40

#"Claws of Laughter Dead" – 4:02

| title3 = Through Gardens of Grief

#"Neverwhere" – 5:41

| length3 = 4:02

#"The Scar" – 2:00

| title4 = Within

#"Night Comes, Blood-Black" – 5:16

| length4 = 6:54

#"City of Screaming Statues" – 4:37

| title5 = Windows

| length5 = 3:53

| title6 = Claws of Laughter Dead

| length6 = 4:02

| title7 = Neverwhere

| length7 = 5:41

| title8 = The Scar

| length8 = 2:00

| title9 = Night Comes, Blood Black

| length9 = 5:16

| title10 = City of Screaming Statues <small>(excluded from vinyl pressings)</small>

| length10 = 4:37

}}

{{track listing

2003 re-release bonus tracks:

| headline = 2003 re-release bonus tracks

#"All Life Ends (Live)"

| title11 = All Life Ends

#"Kingdom Gone (Live)"

| length11 =

#"Ever-Opening Flower (Demo)"

| note11 = Live

| title12 = Kingdom Gone

| length12 =

| note12 = Live

| title13 = Ever-Opening Flower

| length13 =

| note13 = Demo

}}

==Credits==

;At the Gates<ref>[http://www.freecovers.net/preview/1/ea8a2832bbddb2b61b3c96114e2610af/big.jpg The Red in the Sky Is Ours back cover]. Freecovers.net. Retrieved 18 October 2011.</ref>

*[[Anders Björler]] - [[Guitar]]

*[[Jonas Björler]] - [[Bass guitar|Bass]]

Songwriting Credits:

*[[Adrian Erlandsson]] - [[Drums]]

*1. The Red in the Sky Is Ours/The Season to Come - (Björler/Lindberg)/(Traditional)

*[[Alf Svensson (guitarist)|Alf Svensson]] - [[Guitar]]

*2. Kingdom Gone - (Björler, A./Svensson/Lindberg)

*[[Tomas Lindberg]] - [[Vocals]]

*3. Through Gardens of Grief - (Svensson/Björler, A./Lindberg)

*[[Gesper Jarold]] - [[Violin]]

*4. Within - (Svensson/Björler/Lindberg)

*5. Windows - (Björler, A./Lindberg)

*6. Claws of Laughter Dead - (Svensson/Björler/Lindberg)

*7. Neverwhere - (Svensson/Lindberg)

*8. The Scar - (Björler, A./Lindberg)

*9. Night Comes, Blood Black - (Svensson/Björler, A./Lindberg)

*10. City of Screaming Statues - (Svensson/Björler, A./Lindberg)

Recording Line-Up:

*[[Tomas Lindberg]] – vocals

*[[Anders Björler]] – [[guitars]]

*[[Alf Svensson (guitarist)|Alf Svensson]] - guitars

*[[Adrian Erlandsson]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]

*[[Jonas Björler]] - [[Bass (guitar)|bass]]

*Tony Andersson - bass guitar (credited but does not perform on the album)

Guest musician:

*Jesper Jarold – [[violin]] on "The Season to Come", "Through Gardens of Grief", "Within" and "Neverwhere"

Photography:

*Göran Björler - front and back cover

*Lisa Hillström (former Haggren) - live photos

==References==

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