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title: "The Nightmare of Being by At the Gates"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/970aa5a8-c733-40ee-865e-f0b60efb7c04"
artist: "At the Gates"
year: 2021
label: "Century Media"
---

# The Nightmare of Being

**The Nightmare of Being** is an album by At the Gates, released in 2021 on Century Media.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | The Nightmare of Being |
| Artist | At the Gates |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 2021 |
| Label | Century Media |
| Catalog number | 19439864942 |
| Tracks | 10 |
| Place in discography | 10 of 11 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spectre of Extinction | 4:49 |
| 2 | The Paradox | 4:43 |
| 3 | The Nightmare of Being | 3:49 |
| 4 | Garden of Cyrus | 4:25 |
| 5 | Touched by the White Hands of Death | 4:09 |
| 6 | The Fall Into Time | 6:47 |
| 7 | Cult of Salvation | 4:24 |
| 8 | The Abstract Enthroned | 4:26 |
| 9 | Cosmic Pessimism | 4:31 |
| 10 | Eternal Winter of Reason | 3:37 |

## Genres

[Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Release tags

Melodic Death Metal · Death Metal · Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [With the Pantheons Blind (2019)](https://themetalnet.com/album/c720a0d3-d710-43f6-92ab-1b166f551832)
- Next release: [The Ghost of a Future Dead (2026)](https://themetalnet.com/album/717ffd39-881e-41d8-a8cc-1aa6dfec62ed)

## Artist

- [At the Gates](https://themetalnet.com/band/at-the-gates)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/970aa5a8-c733-40ee-865e-f0b60efb7c04](https://themetalnet.com/album/970aa5a8-c733-40ee-865e-f0b60efb7c04). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt