The Flames of the End
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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
. The set also includes their set from Wacken Open Air
2008 on the second disc, and a collection of songs from various venues, music videos and deleted scenes from the documentary on the third. The set is packaged in a digipak
with a 40-page booklet. Earache records has also made available a limited-edition set including an LP
, CD, shirt, belt buckle, keyring, patch and 4 plectrums. Bjorler has described the DVD as "a fine last document for the band".
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
set from Swedish metal band At The Gates
At the Gates
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 sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
. 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
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...
. The set also includes their set from 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...
2008 on the second disc, and a collection of songs from various venues, music videos and deleted scenes from the documentary on the third. The set is packaged in a digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
with a 40-page booklet. Earache records has also made available a limited-edition set including an LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
, CD, shirt, belt buckle, keyring, patch and 4 plectrums. Bjorler has described the DVD as "a fine last document for the band".
Disc One: "Under a Serpent Sun - The Story Of At The Gates"
- Introduction & Opening Titles
- Reunion: From Vision to Reality
- The Early Years Part 1: From Nursery Rhymes to Death Metal
- The Early Years Part 2: The Schillerska / Billdal Connection
- The Early Years Part 3: The Grotesque / At the Gates Transition
- The Early Years Part 4: Creativity Unbound
- Gardens of GriefGardens of GriefGardens 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...
- The Red in the Sky is OursThe 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:...
- Reunion: Sweden Rock 2008
- With Fear I Kiss the Burning DarknessWith Fear I Kiss the Burning DarknessThe 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...
- Exit Alf - Enter Martin
- Reunion: Graspop 2008
- Terminal Spirit DiseaseTerminal Spirit DiseaseTerminal 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...
- Reunion: Ruis Rock 2008
- Slaughter of the SoulSlaughter of the SoulSlaughter 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...
- Reunion: America re-visited
- Reunion: San Antonio, TX 2008
- Exit Anders
- Reunion: BloodstockBloodstockBloodstock was an annual metal music festival held from 2001 to 2006 over two days in The Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. The event featured big-name mainstream, underground and new bands split between two stages, as well as a 'Metal Market' offering general genre merchandise and CDs...
2008 - Reunion: The Past is Alive
- Beyond the Gates
- End Credits
- Interview with Tomas in Chicago 1996 (Deleted Scenes)
- Adrian, The Prankster (Deleted Scenes)
- The Tokyo Experience (Deleted Scenes)
- Elvis Has Left the Building (Deleted Scenes)
- European Mini-Tour with TherionTherion (band)Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
1992 (Deleted Scenes) - Gods of MetalGods of MetalGods 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...
, Italy 2008 (Deleted Scenes) - Tompa cleaning out the trailer (Deleted Scenes)
- Kingdom Gone (Music Video)
- The Burning Darkness (Music Video)
- Terminal Spirit Disease (Music Video)
- Blinded By Fear (Music Video)
Disc Two: "Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken"
- Intro (backstage)
- Slaughter of the Soul
- Cold
- Terminal Spirit Disease
- Raped By the Light of Christ
- Under A Serpent Sun
- Windows
- World Of Lies
- The Burning Darkness
- The Swarm
- Forever Blind
- Nausea
- The Beautiful Wound
- Unto Others
- All Life Ends
- Need
- Blinded By Fear
- Suicide Nation
- Kingdom Gone
Disc Three: "Only The Dead Are Smiling"
- Slaughter of the Soul (Wetlands, New York, USA March 7, 1996)
- Cold (Wetlands, New York, USA March 7, 1996)
- The Swarm (Wetlands, New York, USA March 7, 1996)
- Blinded by Fear (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, USA, March 10, 1996)
- Suicide Nation (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, USA, March 10, 1996)
- Under a Serpent Sun (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, USA, March 10, 1996)
- Suicide Nation (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, July 4, 2008)
- Raped by the Light of Christ (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, July 4, 2008)
- Windows (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, July 4, 2008)
- World of Lies (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, July 4, 2008)
- Nausea (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, July 4, 2008)
- Slaughter of the Soul (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, June 29, 2008)
- Cold (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, June 29, 2008)
- Terminal Spirit Disease (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, June 29, 2008)
- The Beautiful Wound (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, June 29, 2008)
- The Burning Darkness (Witchwood, Manchester UK, February 5, 1996)
- Through Gardens of Grief (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, April 20, 1991)
- All Life Ends (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, April 20, 1991)
- City of Screaming Statues (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, April 20, 1991)
- Slaughter of the Soul (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, May 11, 2008)
- Cold (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, May 11, 2008)
- Under a Serpent Sun (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, May 11, 2008)
- Slaughter of the Soul (Irving Plaza, New York, USA, July 9, 2008)
- Need (The Abyss, Houston, TX, USA, March 17, 1996)
- Neverwhere (Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece, September 21, 2008)
- Kingdom Gone (Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece, September 21, 2008)
Reunion tour 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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 ....
Former members (archive footage)
- Alf SvenssonAlf 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...
− guitar (1990–1993) - Tony Andersson − bass (1992)
- "Purgatory Unleashed" produced by Tue MadsenTue MadsenTue Madsen is a Danish music producer and sound engineer, who is well known in metal genre for his work with bands like The Haunted, Mnemic, Hatesphere, Ektomorf, Cataract, Exmortem, and Born from Pain. His first work as a producer was the album Embraced by the Absolute by Autumn Leaves in 1997...