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At the Gates
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(1990 – 1996)
At the Gates are a Swedish melodic death metal band who are considered by many to have had a great influence upon the genre. Originally formed in 1990 after Grotesque broke up, the band began as a traditional death metal band, but soon combined the speed and anger of thrash metal with the burgeoning death metal scene in Gothenburg, Sweden, crafting a unique melodic sound, rich with dizzying tremolo harmonies. After releasing The Red in the Sky Is Ours in 1992, and With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness in 1993, At the Gates decided to cut a lot of the innovative aspects of their earlier material, and focus on writing catchier, less intricate songs for Slaughter of the Soul, released in 1995. This album, ironically, became arguably their most popular and influential work, especially in the Modern Metalcore scene, influencing acts such as Darkest Hour, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Himsa. At the Gates are considered one of the Pioneering Swedish Metal Bands which includes bands such as In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Hypocrisy and Soilwork among others.
Alf Svensson formed Oxiplegatz after At the Gates released With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness with unused material he had written for At the Gates. When At the Gates broke up in 1996, drummer Adrian Erlandsson, bassist Jonas Björler and guitarist Anders Björler formed The Haunted while vocalist Tomas Lindberg bounced around between many groups including Skitsystem, Disfear, The Crown, Lock Up, Nightrage and The Great Deceiver.
Alf Svensson formed Oxiplegatz after At the Gates released With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness with unused material he had written for At the Gates. When At the Gates broke up in 1996, drummer Adrian Erlandsson, bassist Jonas Björler and guitarist Anders Björler formed The Haunted while vocalist Tomas Lindberg bounced around between many groups including Skitsystem, Disfear, The Crown, Lock Up, Nightrage and The Great Deceiver.
Videos
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At The Gates - Bister Verklighet (No Security cover)
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At The Gates - Captor Of Sin (Slayer Cover)
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At the gates Legion (Slaughterlord cover)
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At The Gates - The Beautiful Wound
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Blinded By Fear
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Slaughter of the Soul
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Suicide Nation
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Cold
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Under a Serpent Sun
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Into the Dead Sky
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World of Lies
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Nausea
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Unto Others
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Need
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The Flames of the End
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The Swarm
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Terminal Spirit Disease
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Forever Blind
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The Beautiful Wound
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Shoutbox
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Daekirja wrote:
XD - Look at erikxcores profile before you reply :D
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erikxcore wrote:
why did this band rip off so many great deathcore acts
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GenesisRisen wrote:
The intro to the Swarm is godly. I wish I knew who actually played that, I'd listen to their music.
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ac196nataku wrote:
THE SWARM
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TranquilNight wrote:
The Red In The Sky Is Ours is the best.
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rcluque wrote:
listen my band. ouçam minha banda. www.myspace.com/midnightmaredmb rcluque@gmail.com
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Kvltman wrote:
Hoping for a reunion tour in 2020 anybody?
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DarkRadu wrote:
Their debut album rocks.
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PatrickFMLP wrote:
Unfortunately most of the riffs were watered down and stolen by shitty metalcore turds from this band, still great though. Probably the best MDM band.
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Zeleii wrote:
Stig... you hit that one the head. None of their albums were duds. Favorite Melo Death Band period
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Stigmatyze wrote:
Best melodic death band (for)ever. No one will even reach them a bit.
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WarWorldMusic wrote:
Ci potrete trovare QUI
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plelzibub wrote:
nice...
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aapopaapo wrote:
slaughter of the soul is awesome album!!!! www.last.fm/music/femalepenis
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kenpierce wrote:
We caught one of the ATG shows in NYC and while we couldn't take photos we did offer up commentary which is presented for you all. Enjoy. http://www.piercingmetal.com/concert_atthegates_070908.htm
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gephross100 wrote:
saw them live during the summer on the reunion tour amazing. im really disapointed in the fact that they said they wont record another alblum because they want to leave their run at the legacy of slaughter of the soul . its understandable because that alblum is still after 12+ years the standard for what a great melodic death metal alblum should be. just wish fucking anders would record =[
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Vermillion666 wrote:
Tagged as Screamo and Metalcore Faggotry
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Sliver7 wrote:
Last album is one of the best MDM albums ever.
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GenesisRisen wrote:
the black dahlia murder stole some atg riffs. stop being a sheep and blaming ATG for metalcore. whlie it didn't create the gothenburg sound (GoG + tritsio sure as hell had a huge part in it though), SoTS was one of the albums that brought it to the public and helped spread melodeath. And The Scar is totally 100% filler.
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Zerosnap wrote:
I dunno I think Tritsio and WFIKTBD are pretty damn even. On those albums they have 0 fillers.
News
[Sep 22, 2008] - Official Statement
22 Sep 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/atthegatesband
"The reunion shows for 2008 have come to an end.We want to thank everybody involved for making them happen.A massive "thank you" goes out to our partners inThe Haunted, Disfear, Nemhain, Slaktattack e. …
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26 Aug 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/atthegatesband
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