At the Gates
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At the Gates is an extreme metal
band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal
sound, but later albums (especially Slaughter of the Soul
) sound more like melodic death metal
.
Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a reunion tour before breaking up once again in 2008. In December 2010, they reunited again, but have no plans to tour extensively or record new material.
/black metal
band Grotesque
. They recorded a debut EP
, Gardens of Grief
, for the Dolores
record label, and sold cassettes, vinyl, and XL t-shirts to promote the recording. The EP led seminal metal label Peaceville Records
to sign the band, and they released their debut full-length album, The Red in the Sky Is Ours
, in 1992, an album with an eclectic sound, featuring neo-classical arrangements including a string solo.
After the recording of their second studio album, With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
, founding member and guitarist Alf Svensson
left the band in 1993 to pursue tattoo artistry, comic illustration and his solo electronic-opera-black metal project Oxiplegatz. He was soon replaced by former House of Usher guitarist Martin Larsson
, who the band knew from their early tours. The band continued touring Europe, and were filmed for a Headbangers Ball
special featuring a tour date in the United Kingdom in July 1994.
, which was hailed as a breakthrough album. It contained only six new songs, but showed that the band's sound had progressed immensely in only one year, in terms of playing and production.
The band continued touring and in 1995 released their most commercially and critically successful album: Slaughter of the Soul
, on Earache Records
. The album is known as their most melodic death metal sound, compared to previous albums. This album firmly rooted the band as one of the leaders of the Swedish metal scene and was labelled as a benchmark album in the Gothenburg sound
by AMG.
The band received international attention for the album, gaining them a U.S. tour and heavy rotation of the music video
for Blinded by Fear on MTV
in America, but despite this international success, the Björler brothers departed in 1996. The remaining members decided it would be impossible to continue without them, so the band broke up.
, bassist Jonas Björler
, and guitarist Anders Björler
formed The Haunted
. Tomas Lindberg
has worked with many bands including Skitsystem
, The Crown
, Lock Up
, and Nightrage
and is currently in The Great Deceiver
and Disfear
. Adrian Erlandsson
left The Haunted
to join Cradle of Filth
. In 2001, Peaceville Records
released an At the Gates retrospective called Suicidal Final Art
.
, Ruisrock
, Wacken Open Air
, Graspop Metal Meeting
, Sweden Rock Festival
, Gods of Metal
, Hellfest Summer Open Air
, Castle Festival, and Bloodstock Open Air
, as well as a tour of Japan with The Dillinger Escape Plan
, Into Eternity, Pig Destroyer
, and Mayhem
in May 2008.
Anders Björler commented on the reunion:
On the band's official website, Björler declared that "it would be pointless to release something more than ten years after Slaughter of the Soul" and "would just disappoint people."
When asked in October 2007 if the band was planning on writing a new album, Lindberg replied:
Throughout July 2008, they toured the US and Canada on what was dubbed the "Suicidal Final Tour", and played their final UK show at Bloodstock Open Air on Sunday on 17 August 2008. They finished their last show in Athens, Greece
, with guest The Ocean
on 21 September 2008.
The band's performance at Wacken Open Air in 2008 is available on The Flames of the End
, which also includes clips of songs from other venues and a documentary that covers the reunion in its entirety.
In December 2010, the band announced a second reunion in their hometown (Gothenburg, Sweden), with plans to perform at Metaltown 2011. Later that month, they announced that they would perform at Bloodstock Open Air
in Derbyshire, England.
for Slaughter of the Soul
in 1995 along with Fireside's
Do Not Tailgate, Meshuggah
's Destroy Erase Improve
and Yngwie Malmsteen's Magnum Opus.
Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...
band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
sound, but later albums (especially Slaughter of the Soul
Slaughter of the Soul
Slaughter of the Soul is the fourth and final studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates before their reunion in 2011. It is considered a genre classic by many fans, and was largely responsible for establishing the Gothenburg scene...
) sound more like melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
.
Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a reunion tour before breaking up once again in 2008. In December 2010, they reunited again, but have no plans to tour extensively or record new material.
Early career (1990-1994)
At the Gates was formed in 1990 by former members of the deathDeath metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
/black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Grotesque
Grotesque (band)
Grotesque was a Swedish death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in September 1988 from the remains of Conquest by Wåhlin and Nordgren with the addition of Lindberg . The band was however short-lived and recorded a few demos and an EP...
. They recorded a debut EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Gardens of Grief
Gardens of Grief
Gardens of Grief is an EP by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. This EP was later re-released as a split CD with Grotesque's In the Embrace of Evil album.On the inlay of the rerelease you can find this line: "Tomas wants to dedicate...
, for the Dolores
Dolores Recordings
Dolores Recordings is a Swedish record label owned by Virgin Records, whose roster includes I'm from Barcelona, Swingfly , Caesars and some releases by The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Dungen....
record label, and sold cassettes, vinyl, and XL t-shirts to promote the recording. The EP led seminal metal label Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in 1987, in Dewsbury, England...
to sign the band, and they released their debut full-length album, The Red in the Sky Is Ours
The Red in the Sky Is Ours
-Credits:At The Gates*Tony – bass *Tomas – vocals*Anders – guitars*Adrian – drums*Jonas - bass *Jesper – violin & session musician*Alf - guitars-References:...
, in 1992, an album with an eclectic sound, featuring neo-classical arrangements including a string solo.
After the recording of their second studio album, With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
The final track contains a hidden cover of "The Nightmare Continues" by Discharge.-Band members:*Anders Björler - guitar*Jonas Björler - bass*Adrian Erlandsson - drums*Alf Svensson - guitar*Tomas Lindberg - vocals...
, founding member and guitarist Alf Svensson
Alf Svensson (guitarist)
Alf Svensson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He initially played in Oral from 1984 to 1989. He temporarily entered Grotesque and Liers in Wait before joining At the Gates in 1990. He was their guitarist until 1993. In 1994, he reformed Oral to record an EP. He then formed Oxiplegatz, and went...
left the band in 1993 to pursue tattoo artistry, comic illustration and his solo electronic-opera-black metal project Oxiplegatz. He was soon replaced by former House of Usher guitarist Martin Larsson
Martin Larsson (guitarist)
Martin Larsson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He initially played in House of Usher from 1990 to 1993. After the band split up, he joined At the Gates, and was their guitarist until they broke up in 1996, and again when they reunited in 2007....
, who the band knew from their early tours. The band continued touring Europe, and were filmed for a Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...
special featuring a tour date in the United Kingdom in July 1994.
Success and breakthrough (1994-1996)
In 1994, At the Gates released their third album, Terminal Spirit DiseaseTerminal Spirit Disease
Terminal Spirit Disease is the third album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. It was released in 1994 and re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks...
, which was hailed as a breakthrough album. It contained only six new songs, but showed that the band's sound had progressed immensely in only one year, in terms of playing and production.
The band continued touring and in 1995 released their most commercially and critically successful album: Slaughter of the Soul
Slaughter of the Soul
Slaughter of the Soul is the fourth and final studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates before their reunion in 2011. It is considered a genre classic by many fans, and was largely responsible for establishing the Gothenburg scene...
, on Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
. The album is known as their most melodic death metal sound, compared to previous albums. This album firmly rooted the band as one of the leaders of the Swedish metal scene and was labelled as a benchmark album in the Gothenburg sound
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
by AMG.
The band received international attention for the album, gaining them a U.S. tour and heavy rotation of the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for Blinded by Fear on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
in America, but despite this international success, the Björler brothers departed in 1996. The remaining members decided it would be impossible to continue without them, so the band broke up.
Post-breakup (1996-2007)
When At the Gates broke up in 1996, drummer Adrian ErlandssonAdrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
, bassist Jonas Björler
Jonas Björler
Jonas Björler is the bassist and one of the founding members of the melodic death metal band At the Gates, along with his twin brother Anders Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson....
, and guitarist Anders Björler
Anders Björler
Anders Björler is a musician from Sweden. He is the current lead guitarist for heavy metal bands The Haunted and the well-known melodic death metal band At the Gates. He joined them in his former position on a reunion tour in 2007...
formed The Haunted
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996.The original members were Anders & Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen...
. Tomas Lindberg
Tomas Lindberg
Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg is a Swedish musician who has fronted many heavy metal bands. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He teaches at a high school.-Career:...
has worked with many bands including Skitsystem
Skitsystem
Skitsystem is a Swedish crust punk band formed in early 1994. Their sound was heavily influenced by death metal and d-beat. In actuality, band members originally came from different death metal bands, bonding over a common interest in d-beat. The band announced in December 2007 that they were on...
, The Crown
The Crown (band)
The Crown is a death / thrash metal band from Trollhättan, Sweden. Originally, they used the name Crown of Thorns but were forced to change their name due to another band already using that name. Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious themes and rebellion. They are known to...
, Lock Up
Lock Up (UK band)
Lock Up is a deathgrind side project originally formed by Shane Embury , Nicholas Barker and Jesse Pintado...
, and Nightrage
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
and is currently in The Great Deceiver
The Great Deceiver (band)
The Great Deceiver is a band featuring former At The Gates Frontman Tomas Lindberg. Their music is a mixture of hardcore and metal.-Current line-up:* Tomas Lindberg * Matti Lundell * Johan Österberg * Ulf Scott...
and Disfear
Disfear
Disfear is a Swedish D-beat band that formed in the early 1990s. They have only recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums Soul Scars in 1995 and Everyday Slaughter in 1997, the group did not release an album until 2003 with a 12 track album, Misanthropic Generation, featuring...
. Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
left The Haunted
The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996.The original members were Anders & Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen...
to join Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
. In 2001, Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in 1987, in Dewsbury, England...
released an At the Gates retrospective called Suicidal Final Art
Suicidal Final Art
Suicidal Final Art is a 2001 compilation album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. The name is taken from a line in the title track of the Slaughter of the Soul album.-Track listing:-Credits:*Anders Björler - guitar...
.
Reunion (2007-2011)
On October 18, 2007, At the Gates announced several reunion shows for mid-2008, including Getafe Electric Festival, Roskilde FestivalRoskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
, Ruisrock
Ruisrock
Ruisrock is a rock festival held annually on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, Finland.Ruisrock, founded in 1970, is the second oldest rock festival in Europe and the oldest in Finland. The festival has attracted world-famous artists throughout its lifetime except in the turn of the 2000s, due to...
, Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany...
, Graspop Metal Meeting
Graspop Metal Meeting
Graspop Metal Meeting is an annual metal festival in Dessel, Belgium that has taken place each year since 1996. Despite the small size of the festival grounds the festival draws a large number of international spectators, with a total of 142,000 visitors in the course of the 2011 edition...
, Sweden Rock Festival
Sweden Rock Festival
Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock/metal festival held in Sweden since 6 June 1992. While having a clear rock/metal focus, the festival is noted for its diversity across these genres, having featured southern rock bands such as Molly Hatchet to death metal legends like Obituary.The first...
, Gods of Metal
Gods of Metal
Gods of Metal is the biggest Italian metal festival, held annually since 1997. It takes place in early summer, usually on the first or second weekend of June...
, Hellfest Summer Open Air
Hellfest Summer Open Air
Hellfest is an annual music festival which takes place in Clisson, France in mid-June. It is held within the Val de Moine sport complex in Clisson, approximately 35 km south-east of the city of Nantes, and approximately 400 km south-west of the nation's capital Paris. Billed as an "extreme music...
, Castle Festival, and Bloodstock Open Air
Bloodstock Open Air
Bloodstock Open Air is a heavy metal festival held annually at Catton Hall in Walton-upon-Trent, England, since 2005. Previous line-ups have included bands such as Opeth , Children of Bodom , Nightwish , Cradle of Filth , Testament , Arch Enemy , Europe and Twisted Sister .Originally on one stage...
, as well as a tour of Japan with The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American mathcore band from Morris Plains, New Jersey. The group originated in 1997 after the disbanding of Arcane, a hardcore punk trio consisting of Ben Weinman, Dimitri Minakakis, and Chris Pennie. The band's current line-up consists of guitarist Ben Weinman,...
, Into Eternity, Pig Destroyer
Pig Destroyer
-Biography:The band formed in 1997 with vocalist J. R. Hayes , guitarist Scott Hull , and drummer John Evans. Evans was later replaced by Brian Harvey...
, and Mayhem
Mayhem (band)
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
in May 2008.
Anders Björler commented on the reunion:
On the band's official website, Björler declared that "it would be pointless to release something more than ten years after Slaughter of the Soul" and "would just disappoint people."
When asked in October 2007 if the band was planning on writing a new album, Lindberg replied:
Throughout July 2008, they toured the US and Canada on what was dubbed the "Suicidal Final Tour", and played their final UK show at Bloodstock Open Air on Sunday on 17 August 2008. They finished their last show in Athens, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, with guest The Ocean
The Ocean Collective
The Ocean is an experimental metal band from Berlin, Germany. Their work combines elements of progressive metal and electronic soundscapes, occasionally incorporating strings to create their aggressive post-metal sound. The band often describes its sound as "ambient soundtrack doomrock".- History...
on 21 September 2008.
The band's performance at Wacken Open Air in 2008 is available on The Flames of the End
The Flames of the End
The Flames of the End is a three-disc DVD set from Swedish metal band At The Gates. Its main feature is a 2-hour+ documentary detailing the history of the band and their successful reunion tour, directed by guitarist and founding member Anders Bjorler...
, which also includes clips of songs from other venues and a documentary that covers the reunion in its entirety.
In December 2010, the band announced a second reunion in their hometown (Gothenburg, Sweden), with plans to perform at Metaltown 2011. Later that month, they announced that they would perform at Bloodstock Open Air
Bloodstock Open Air
Bloodstock Open Air is a heavy metal festival held annually at Catton Hall in Walton-upon-Trent, England, since 2005. Previous line-ups have included bands such as Opeth , Children of Bodom , Nightwish , Cradle of Filth , Testament , Arch Enemy , Europe and Twisted Sister .Originally on one stage...
in Derbyshire, England.
Awards
At the Gates were nominated for a GrammisGrammis
The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....
for Slaughter of the Soul
Slaughter of the Soul
Slaughter of the Soul is the fourth and final studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates before their reunion in 2011. It is considered a genre classic by many fans, and was largely responsible for establishing the Gothenburg scene...
in 1995 along with Fireside's
Fireside (band)
- Members :* Per Nordmark - drums* Pelle Gunnerfeldt - Guitar* Kristofer Åström - Guitar, vocals* Frans Johansson - Bass- Discography :* 2003 - Get Shot* 2000 - Elite* 1999 - Fantastic Four - Remixed* 1998 - Hello Kids* 1997 - Uomini D'onore...
Do Not Tailgate, Meshuggah
Meshuggah
Meshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992...
's Destroy Erase Improve
Destroy Erase Improve
-Personnel:Meshuggah* Jens Kidman – lead vocals* Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizers * Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar* Tomas Haake – drums, voices...
and Yngwie Malmsteen's Magnum Opus.
Last line-up
- Tomas LindbergTomas LindbergTomas "Tompa" Lindberg is a Swedish musician who has fronted many heavy metal bands. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He teaches at a high school.-Career:...
− vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
(1990–1996, 2007–2011) - Anders BjörlerAnders BjörlerAnders Björler is a musician from Sweden. He is the current lead guitarist for heavy metal bands The Haunted and the well-known melodic death metal band At the Gates. He joined them in his former position on a reunion tour in 2007...
− guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(1990–1996, 2007–2011) - Martin LarssonMartin Larsson (guitarist)Martin Larsson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He initially played in House of Usher from 1990 to 1993. After the band split up, he joined At the Gates, and was their guitarist until they broke up in 1996, and again when they reunited in 2007....
− guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(1993–1996, 2007–2011) - Jonas BjörlerJonas BjörlerJonas Björler is the bassist and one of the founding members of the melodic death metal band At the Gates, along with his twin brother Anders Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson....
− bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(1990–1992, 1993–1996, 2007–2011) - Adrian ErlandssonAdrian ErlandssonAdrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Brujeria, Netherbird, with his wife in Nemhain and in Yorkshire doom metal band Paradise Lost...
− drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(1990–1996, 2007–2011)
Studio albums
| Title | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| The Red in the Sky Is Ours The Red in the Sky Is Ours -Credits:At The Gates*Tony – bass *Tomas – vocals*Anders – guitars*Adrian – drums*Jonas - bass *Jesper – violin & session musician*Alf - guitars-References:... |
July 27, 1992 | Peaceville Peaceville Records Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw in 1987, in Dewsbury, England... |
| With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness The final track contains a hidden cover of "The Nightmare Continues" by Discharge.-Band members:*Anders Björler - guitar*Jonas Björler - bass*Adrian Erlandsson - drums*Alf Svensson - guitar*Tomas Lindberg - vocals... |
May 7, 1993 | Peaceville |
| Terminal Spirit Disease Terminal Spirit Disease Terminal Spirit Disease is the third album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. It was released in 1994 and re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks... |
July 18, 1994 | Peaceville |
| Slaughter of the Soul Slaughter of the Soul Slaughter of the Soul is the fourth and final studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates before their reunion in 2011. It is considered a genre classic by many fans, and was largely responsible for establishing the Gothenburg scene... |
November 14, 1995 | Earache Earache Records Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:... |
Compilation albums
- Suicidal Final ArtSuicidal Final ArtSuicidal Final Art is a 2001 compilation album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. The name is taken from a line in the title track of the Slaughter of the Soul album.-Track listing:-Credits:*Anders Björler - guitar...
(2001) - Metal A Headbanger's Companion (2007)
Other albums
- Cursed to Tour (1996, SplitSplit albumA split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
live EP with Napalm DeathNapalm DeathNapalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
) - Purgatory Unleashed - Live at Wacken (2010)
Singles
- "Kingdom Gone" (1992)
- "The Burning Darkness" (1993)
- "Terminal Spirit Disease" (1994)
- "Blinded By Fear" (1995)