Open the Gates is the third record by free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements.

It was released through Don Giovanni Records and International Anthem in November 2021.

[1] Musically, Open the Gates sees the quintet merge their free jazz roots with "mutant" funk and "angular" post-punk.

On Metacritic, it holds a score of 86 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on five reviews.

[4] Dustin Krcatovich for The Quietus called it "righteous music", seeing it as "an exciting dilation of [the quintet's] sonic universe".