Gateways to Annihilation

Gateways to Annihilation
Studio album by Morbid Angel
Released	October 17, 2000
Genre	Death metal,[1] death-doom[2]
Length	44:25
Label	Earache
Producer	Morbid Angel and Jim Morris
Morbid Angel chronology
Formulas Fatal to the Flesh (1998) Gateways To Annihilation (2000) Heretic (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Gateways to Annihilation is the sixth studio album by the death metal band Morbid Angel.

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

Dan Seagrave painted the album cover. This marks the first Morbid Angel album cover he had painted since Altars of Madness.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Kawazu"		Azagthoth	0:35
2.	"Summoning Redemption"	Tucker	Azagthoth	7:16
3.	"Ageless, Still I Am"	Tucker	Azagthoth	5:18
4.	"He Who Sleeps"	Tucker	Tucker	4:04
5.	"To the Victor the Spoils"	Tucker	Azagthoth, Tucker	3:43
6.	"At One with Nothing"	Tucker	Azagthoth, Tucker	4:33
7.	"Opening of the Gates"	Tucker	Azagthoth	5:15
8.	"Secured Limitations"	Azagthoth	Azagthoth	4:39
9.	"Awakening"		Erik Rutan	1:21
10.	"I"	Tucker	Azagthoth, Tucker	3:50
11.	"God of the Forsaken"	Tucker	Rutan	3:49

Personnel

• Steve Tucker – bass guitar, vocals
• Trey Azagthoth – guitar, additional vocals on "Secured Limitations"
• Erik Rutan – guitar, keyboards
• Pete Sandoval – drums

References

1. "Morbid Angel "Gateways to Annihilation". Metal Storm.
2. "Morbid Angel "Gateways to Annihilation". Servile Insurrection.
3. Kantor, Matt. "Gateways to Annihilation - Morbid Angel". Allmusic. Retrieved December 20, 2011.