At the Gates

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Nazione:Svezia
Attività:dal 1990

Line up

  • Anders Björler: guitars
  • Jonas Björler: bass
  • Tomas Lindberg: vocals
  • Adrian Erlandsson: drums
  • Martin Larsson: guitars
One of the more melodic death metal bands to expand beyond Sweden and spread their sound across the world alongside peers such as Entombed, At the Gates played a significant role in the death metal genre before breaking up in 1996, leading to the formation of The Haunted. The group's first lineup -- Tomas Lindberg (vocals), Anders Bjorler (guitars), Adrian Erlandsson (drums), Jonas Bjorler (bass), and Alf Svensson (guitars) -- formed in late 1990, recording the Gardens of Grief EP for the Dolores label. They toured Sweden with well-known groups such as Bolt Thrower and Dismember before eventually signing to Peaceville Records, who released their The Red in the Sky Is Ours album. In 1993, they replaced Svensson with Martin Larsson on guitar, released their second album, With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness, and toured the U.K. with Anathema and Cradle of Filth. Next came their Terminal Spirit Disease album in May 1994, furthering the band's reputation with critics, who championed their fresh approach to death metal. This acclaim also led to their signing by Earache, who released their Slaughter for the Soul album, which seemed a more realized approach to the melodic style of death metal the group had alluded to on previous releases. Unfortunately, just as At the Gates began to win even more acclaim -- a nomination at the Swedish Grammys, heavy rotation on MTV's Headbanger's Ball, two successful U.S. tours with Morbid Angel and Napalm Death -- the group splintered, with the Bjorler twins and Erlandsson forming the Haunted and Lindberg forming Hide. After a live reunion in 2010, the band back in the studio to compose new material for a new album after 19 years of silence, the result is At War With Reality, released in 2014.

Discografia

Copertina 6,5
The Nightmare of Being (Century Media Records / 2021) 

1. SPECTRE OF EXTINCTION / 2. THE PARADOX / 3. THE NIGHTMARE OF BEING / 4. GARDEN OF CYRUS / 5. TOUCHED BY THE WHITE HANDS OF DEATH / 6. THE FALL INTO TIME / 7. CULT OF SALVATION ...

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To Drink from the Night Itself (Century Media / 2018) 

1. DER WIDERSTAND / 2. TO DRINK FROM THE NIGHT ITSELF / 3. A STARE BOUND IN STONE / 4. PALACE OF LEPERS / 5. DAGGERS OF BLACK HAZE / 6. THE CHASM / 7. IN NAMELESS SLEEP / 8. THE COLOURS OF THE BEAST ...

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At War With Reality (Century Media / 2014) 

1. EL ALTAR DEL DIOS DESCONOCIDO / 2. DEATH AND THE LABYRINTH / 3. AT WAR WITH REALITY / 4. THE CIRCULAR RUINS / 5. HEROES AND TOMBS / 6. THE CONSPIRACY OF THE BLIND ...

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Slaughter of the Soul (reissue) (Earache Records / 2011) 

1. BLINDED BY FEAR / 2. SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL / 3. COLD / 4. UNDER A SERPENT SUN / 5. INTO THE DEAD SKY / 6. SUICIDE NATION / 7. WORLD OF LIES / 8. UNTO OTHERS / 9. NAUSEA / 10. NEED ...

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Purgatory Unleashed (Earache Records / 2010) 

1. SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL / 2. COLD / 3. TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE / 4. RAPED BY THE LIGHT OF CHRIST / 5. UNDER A SERPENT SUN / 6. WINDOWS / 7. WORLD OF LIES / 8. THE BURNING DARKNESS / 9. THE SWARM ...

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Slaughter of the Soul (Earache Records / 1995)  Past

1. BLINDED BY FEAR / 2. SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL / 3. COLD / 4. UNDER A SERPENT SUN / 5. INTO THE DEAD SKY / 6. SUICIDE NATION / 7. WORLD OF LIES / 8. UNTO OTHERS / 9. NAUSEA / 10. NEED ...

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Terminal Spirit Disease (Peaceville / 1994) 

1. THE SWARM / 2. TERMINAL SPIRIT DISEASE / 3. AND THE WORLD RETURNED / 4. FOREVER BLIND / 5. THE FEVERED CIRCLE / 6. THE BEAUTIFUL WOUND / 7. ALL LIFE ENDS (LIVE) / 8. THE BURNING DARKNESS (LIVE) ...

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1. BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL / 2. RAPED BY THE LIGHT OF CHRIST / 3. BREAK OF AUTUMN / 4. NON-DIVINE / 5. PRIMAL BREATH / 6. THE ARCHITECTS / 7. STARDROWNED / 8. BLOOD OF THE SUNSETS ...

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The Red in the Sky Is Ours (Deaf Records / 1992) 

1. THE RED IN THE SKY IS OURS / THE SEASON TO COME / 2. KINGDOM GONE / 3. THROUGH GARDENS OF GRIEF / 4. WITHIN / 5. WINDOWS / 6. CLAWS OF LAUGHTER DEAD / 7. NEVERWHERE / 8. THE SCAR ...

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Gardens of Grief (Dolores Records / 1991) 

1. SOULS OF THE EVIL DEPARTED / 2. AT THE GATES / 3. ALL LIFE ENDS / 4. CITY OF SCREAMING STATUES

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