At Doom's Gate
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At Doom's Gate was one of the first heavy metal tracks that Bobby Prince composed for Doom (DOS), and it is also the first level music you'll hear since the song is played in E1M1: Hangar. The title is a play on words, meaning that you are at the gates of the concept of doom, while also at the gates of the game itself. The song starts a trend with the game using a heavy metal genre. The song consists mostly of electric guitars and drums. Like much of Doom's music, fans have compared this track to other heavy metal tunes Prince may have used for inspiration including the work of Metallica's Master of Puppets and No Remorse, King Diamond's The Family Ghost, and D.R.I.'s Hooked (Slayer's Behind the Crooked Cross is very similar to Hooked).
Prince used Sequencer Plus Gold to compose this track. It's internal name is "D_E1M1". This track appears on the Doom Music album.
Bobby Prince had this to say about the track: