Slaughter of the Soul is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released on 14 November 1995 by Earache Records.

Slaughter of the Soul is considered a landmark in melodic death metal and played a major role in popularizing the Gothenburg scene, alongside The Jester Race by In Flames and The Gallery by Dark Tranquillity.

Reviews for Slaughter of the Soul have been highly positive, acclaiming the album as a landmark record in the development of the Swedish death metal scene.

"[6] Rock Hard, however, thinks the band has become interchangeable with its many clones,[10] and Deathmetal.org labels it At the Gates' sellout album, sounding like "Metallica attempting ...And Justice For All in a stylistic mashup between Iron Maiden and Judas Priest during Painkiller.

[15] The same magazine later ranked the title track number eighty-seven on their list of "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time"[16] All lyrics are written by Lindberg; all music is composed by A. Björler and J. Björler, except where notedWriting, performance and production credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.