At Doom's Gate first appeared as the music for E1M1, Hangar, in id Software's Doom, released in 1993, with music composed by Bobby Prince. The track became closely associated with the game's fast, aggressive combat and its early first-person shooter identity. Over the following decades it was shared in gameplay videos, remixes, covers and speedrun streams, keeping it familiar to players who never played the original. Its short, recognisable riff also made it easy to reuse as a punchline for sudden action in short-form video.