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At The Gates

Band, *1990 SE, Gothenburg
Rock
A.k.a. Snotrocket

A highly influential death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. Often considered as the pioneers of "Gothenburg metal", or melodic death metal style. At The Gates was founded in September 1990 by Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, Anders Björler, Jonas Björler and Adrian Erlandsson and it was very much an amalgamation of the bands Grotesque and Infestation. Band’s recording career started with the “Gardens of Grief" EP, which was released by their local label Dolores in 1991. After this they signed to Peaceville Records and released their debut album "The Red in the Sky Is Ours" in 1992. After the “With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness" album in 1993 Alf Svensson left the band in order to concentrate on his other careers as tattoo artist and comic illustrator. His replacement was found in former House Of Usher guitarist Martin Larsson. After the 1994’s "Terminal Spirit Disease” the band was signed to Earache Records and released “Slaughter of the Soul" in 1995. In the summer of 1996, shortly after touring for the album, Anders however decided to quit the band, which resulted in the whole group splitting apart at the height of their career. After the split-up Adrian, Jonas and Anders joined The Haunted. Later Adrian went on to join Cradle of Filth, Paradise Lost and Vallenfyre among others. Tomas Lindberg went on to make music with bands such as Skitsystem, Disfear, Lock Up, The Great Deveicer and The Crown. In 2008, after years of speculation and persuasion, At The Gates announced a reunion tour, which ended up lasting for five years and culminated in the announcement of a new studio album "At War With Reality”, which was released in October 2014. In March 2017 Anders Björler announced that he had left the band. He was later replaced by Jonas Stålhammar and band’s sixth full length album “To Drink From The Night Itself” was released in May 2018. Musicwise At The Gates’ first two albums were very progressive and complex death metal, mainly due to guitarist Alf Svensson’s very original and unorthodox composition style. Since Svensson left the group in 1993, the primary musical responsibility was on the Björler twins, which led to considerable streamlining of the music and the excessive “prog” or "art" elements of their earlier works were cut down. The focus was now more on writing good and catchy songs, which then culminated on the massively effective deaththrash attack of “Slaughter Of The Soul”. The comeback album “At War With Reality” continued very much in the vein of their “Terminal/Slaughter” style, whereas “To Drink From The Night Itself” showed somewhat clearer departure from this and brought back some of the more progressive elements and incorporated darker moods overall.

     
Members
PortraitAdrian Erlandsson
dr *1970 SE
PortraitAlf Svensson
g *1967 SE
PortraitAnders Björler
g *1973 SE
PortraitJonas Björler
b *1973 SE
PortraitTomas Lindberg
voc *1972 SE
PortraitMartin Larsson
g, acg
PortraitJonas Stålhammar
g SE
Popular Tracks   
Slaughter Of The Soul on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
Into The Dead Sky on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
Blinded By Fear on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
Cold on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
Suicide Nation on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
Under A Serpent Sun on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
World Of Lies on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
To Drink from the Night Itself on To Drink From The Night Itself by At The Gates
Bister Verklighet (No Security Cover) on Slaughter Of The Soul by At The Gates
At War with Reality on At War with Reality by At The Gates

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Discography


Title Artist Year Type
The Mirror BlackAt The Gates Featuring Rob Miller2019Single
With The Pantheons BlindAt The Gates2019Album
To Drink From The Night ItselfAt The Gates2018Album
Raped By The Light Of Christ (2018)At The Gates2018Single
We Are Connected / Language Of The DeadVoïvod / At The Gates2015Single
Captor Of Sin / Mandatory SuicideAt The Gates / Decapitated2014Single
At War With RealityAt The Gates2014Album
Purgatory Unleashed: Live At Wacken 2008At The Gates2011Album
Slaughter Of The Soul / Purgatory Unleashed: Live At WackenAt The Gates2010Compil.
Live In KrakowAt The Gates2010Album
The Flames Of The EndAt The Gates2010Album
Purgatory UnleashedAt The Gates2010Album
Коллекция Альбомов и Концертов MP3At The Gates2002Compil.
Suicidal Final ArtAt The Gates2001Compil.
Gardens Of Grief / In The Embrace Of EvilAt The Gates / Grotesque2001Compil.
Cursed To TourNapalm Death / At The Gates1996Album
The Red In The Sky Is Ours / With Fear I Kiss The Burning DarknessAt The Gates1995Album
Slaughter Of The SoulAt The Gates1995Album
Terminal Spirit DiseaseAt The Gates1994Album
With Fear I Kiss The Burning DarknessAt The Gates1993Album
The Red In The Sky Is OursAt The Gates1992Album
Gardens Of GriefAt The Gates1991Album
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