Gateways to Annihilation

Gateways to Annihilation is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Morbid Angel, released on October 17, 2000 by Earache Records. This album saw a change in musical style from the speed-laden intensity of the previous album, Formulas Fatal to the Flesh, to a slower, more droning style reminiscent of Blessed Are the Sick. This is the first album in which Steve Tucker contributed lyrics and music to the band. It is also the second and last album to feature guitarist and keyboardist Erik Rutan. Dan Seagrave painted the album cover. This marks the first Morbid Angel album cover he painted since Altars of Madness. The intro track's title, "Kawazu", is an archaic Japanese word meaning "frog", which explains the sounds of frogs croaking on the track. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)