Founding member of At the Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg passed on to the grey lands yesterday from complications of cancer treatment. History will remember him for their epic first album, The Red in the Sky is Ours, which created the atmospheric metal genre in a new form.
His final act was to record the new At the Gates album despite having part of his mouth removed:
“The last version of the vocals, the ones that will end up on the album, were recorded in ONE day, mostly one takes, the DAY before the surgery, just to make sure we HAD the album, so to speak,” the statement said. “So the vocals were actually recorded BEFORE the rest of the album…. a bit different, but it felt good to have it done.”
He went out in a metal way, and will be remembered well.
Tags: At the Gates, death metal
It’s better to leave this life than to enter it.
RIP to a legend.
Lindberg, Nodtveidt, Helmkamp, Varg. Most evocative extreme vokillists ever \m/
Lindberg and varg I can see but the other two? Mid
Death metal….
RAPES THE SHIT OUT RAP…
RIP TOM
FUCK THE HOOD FUCK HIPHOP HAHAHA
I don’t think anyone cares about hiphop here, we’re mostly whites that don’t live in ghettos, I’m assuming.
I can’t believe I’m responding to the same shitty sockpuppet/bot you see in every other comment section, but it looks too stupid to be here (maybe that’s the point?), so someone had to step up.
At least you named yourself honestly.
Fedora vibes
I’m housebroken too.. well sort of.
Little did he know we are in fact all rappers here; No gold, no fame, only iron law,
nature commands, perfection without flaw.
The dead sing louder than the charts ever could,
this is war in rhythm, not your neighborhood.
Recommending a lot Necro’s “Death Rap” from 2002 IIRC. That record has the Extreme Metal vibe. Super powerful stuff.
Good luck in the afterlife
Brett, regarding the Red in the Sky is ours the production is awful. How do you feel about it? The overall sound is weak, with a frail guitar tone. The instruments, though badly mixed, are each too prominent to even give the album an atmospheric feel. The Gardens of Grief mini album nailed the production that the band should have had. Do you believe we should use AI to improve the production? Similar albums such as Breeding the Spawn and Battles in the North can also benefit from an improved mastering. I do not believe bands will waste the effort on older releases, so it is up to fans to breathe new life into older albums to showcase forgotten quality. Or should we keep using AI to simply generate cartoon porn instead?
Also, for fucks sake, kindly remove Emperor from the death metal section of the Best Of page. It triggers my autism.
I’m not Brett, but I disagree with this completely. Every instrument on TRitSiO is immediately clear, and the timbre of the guitar works well for an album that wants to use it more as a bowed instrument.
Completely agree with the sound aspects in “The Red…” and “Gardens”. Regarding “Breeding”, a very competent friend of mine told he loved such a demo-like sound. Not me, but you know, tastes…
Rest in the Glory of the Lord, Tomas. That Gardens MLP was magnificent in all aspects, including artwork.
All the legends are leaving us. Damn.
I always loved At the Drive In. Thom had a nice, thick, heavy, uncircumcised longship. Good girth with nice weight in the balls too. Tom Tom’s Wigwam, we used to call it. He hated the nickname; because, as he often used to say, Wigwam was one of his least favourite prog rock bands. He also liked Greenslade, or at least heard them once and then said that to impress people. He’d get a build up of “Lindberg” (along with barnacles) in his foreskin (foredeck?) if he neglected to wash, a frequent enough occurrence thanks to his band’s constant world tours. This reservoir of smegma somehow endeared Thom to groupies, while serving as a handy ersatz breakfast spread when the tour bus’s supply of loganberry jam ran out, like it always did, after the second day. We wondered what would take poor Thom first, whether smegma or cancer. The answer in the end was smegma, spreading throughout his body, and yet we loved Thom all the more for it. RIP, Thom.
Don’t be a retard. They all said I’m the most beautiful woman life, something that that’s been established here… O geez, I need a [insert favorite ethnic slur here] repelent now…!
Baldie Buzzwords actually thinks he’s kewl because he name checks some hipster band while squeezing three “smegma” drops in one comment. FYI I did some research and turns out the minimum smegma drop count to achieve kewlness is five per 150 words, or four if “ersatz” also appears somewhere in the comment. So close Baldie! Back to the drawing board and better luck next time.
Doug, I’ve told you already: you’re a dumb cunt, mate. Either born that way or an acquired brain injury. Or too much of the malt-slop. Keep your fucking Kaeckhole shut, Doug, and you mightn’t look so fucking dumb all the time.
Are you Baldie or someone else? To be completely honest I would’ve thought Señor Buzzwords would’ve come up with a better attack than that tired lazy mess. Confirm you are in fact Baldie and I will dignify you with a swift takedown, “mate.”
Hi Brett, what do you mean by “atmospheric metal genre”? I’m fairly familiar with that album… do you mean the violins ‘n shit?
Still the greatest death metal album ever created. RIP king.
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
And the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on, when in bed, I slumber
Brett, any thoughts on a re-appraisal of Slaughter of the Soul? I mean, Varg made those faggy jail albums but at least this has some balls.
In all fairness Varg didn’t have access to recording equipment he would have probably otherwise used for those albums.
ATG chose to streamline (e.g. dumb down) their music for what was probably some combination of craving mainstream acceptance, not quite understanding what originally made them revered, and artistic laziness or lack of creativity.
It isn’t a terrible album, but it lacks genuine character and direction…and soul.
Terminal Spirit Disease is a much better version of the streamlined approach they went for on SoT, overall more fluid sound and less overtly “emo” lyrics
Also, I don’t think it was so much a conscious effort to dumb down their music as it was the one guy who wrote all the complex parts leaving the band
It may also be a case of unique talents coming together and being of more power in the collaboration. Oxiplegatz was a bit too far into the odd, both surface weird and musical experimentation (“how far can I push this before it falls apart”), and early ATG was about the right balance for me. I used to talk about the other albums until I realized that I listen frequently to the first one but not the other material.
I had forgotten about Alf’s solo project until now. I agree that it was a letdown, which does make for a decent case that, despite him being the primary song writer, maybe his ideas couldn’t really flourish without input from more conventional takes to keep things a bit more coherent.
I’m not trashing Lindberg in any way (his vocals were a great fit for the music) but I was really surprised to hear that he had dismissed the debut as being pretentious. It briefly comes up in a documentary Earache produced about ten years ago (“Under a Serpent Sun”).
When they came to town about 7 years ago I chose not to attend upon learning the set list on that tour didn’t include any songs off the debut. That sucked, but most people were probably there to hear stuff off Slaughter of the Soul anyway. Oh well.
The debut wanted to be progressive metal, and it was, which includes the pretentious aspects to a degree. It is hard to look at Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, et al and not see some rather self-involved and self-important assertions, but these are somewhat necessary to get out of the blue jeans and french fries nature of rock music.
I think ignoring With Fear… is a mistake, and you will probably come back to it at some point, especially the first 5 songs. It’s less consistent, but nothing on TRITSIO (other than the Within/Windows combo) reaches the heights of Raped, Break of Autumn, Primal Breath and Nondivine. I agree that Oxiplegatz was too weird for its own good, and Alf probably needed the more simplistic songwriting tendencies of the Bjorlers to moderate his wackiness.
At different times, I enjoy Gardens, Red, With Fear and Terminal Spirit Disease. Also, the fan remasters of the first two full lengths that can be found on Youtube are worth hearing, especially With Fear gains in power from a better mastering job.
Look, I love Alf Svensson era At The Gates but lets not lie to ourselves, most metalheads know them for Slaughter of The Soul and thats what history will “remember them” the most.
First of all Brett
Please ban the following FAGGOTS
Gay Faggot
Bela Lugosi is Undead
Herpetic Corpus
Quizmaster excuse me jizzmaster
Nuclearjewgaybitchasswhore
As a matter of fact you wanna go bitches?
Meet me at the Taco Bell at del paso Blvd GAY ASSES any time faggot asses
Rap sucks whites suck Jews suck spicks suck
I HOPE JAPAN KILLS US ALL With MOTHRA YOU GAY BASTARDS
HEY BRETT WHAT KIND OF Kaiju WOULD U BE TO DESTROY YOUR Enemies HUH?
FUCK HITLER FUCK METAL
Fuck a sellout
FUCK EVERYONE
AS A MATTER IF FACT IM THINKING of GOING ON A MASS SHOOTING
YOU BITCHES WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE HUH?
Fuck you all
More mulatto lesbian rap metal rock too you white trash ass motherfuckers
Urban life sucks
Brady bunch life sucks
FUCK YOU
IM TURING THE WHITE RACE INTO TRANNIES TOO HUH YOU THINK NOT? Keep it up assholes…
Fuck men too ..
I HATE AMERICA I HATE YOU
Hey SUGGEST TO THE BLACKS BRETT HOW WE CAN WIN THE RACE WAR
ANY SUGGESTIONS huh?
Other than the creating the African superman article ok?
And is it possible to become a god huh? Voltron maybe?
How can I obtain leadership in my community to send my race home from this shitty country…
I do not know, but if Tim Walz can get elected, your chances are very good!
“I do not know, but if Tim Walz can get elected, your chances are very good!”
The latest debate between prospective mayors for the city of Minneapolis is further proof of this. It can be viewed on most streaming services along with the official website of the Special Olympics. Pornhub decided to pull it down due to the alarmingly cruel exploitation of vulnerable adults given that they were put on stage and made to speak about city policy in front of a large audience.
Democracy has revealed that (1) no one intelligent wants to be involved and (2) it has run itself off the rails like a crazy train.
May this legendary vokillist R.I.P \m/
Hahaha
Thaijewwaiian shemale cops about one hundred
Fucking Lisa Gonzalez Edie Lambert Melanie wingo Tamera berg Tori abidaca sac mixed cunt ECT haha
I love it! May you man chicks drain your balls in real chicks..for my personal enjoyment of course….
The zarafasaura God zombie raprockzilla evil zebra police
The leviathan
Leptocliedus prime raprockzilla
Lioplerodon death metal
Evil leprechaun police
The grimreaperceratops
Gnathomortis prime raprockzilla
Ghost rider metal
Gods of sorcery
Hahaha Adrian got no hoes niggggaz
What da fuq brah diz niaggaz got no hoes yizzallll sheet
Look fuck hypergamy Brett can I kidnap a jap a celeb and just fuck them
Do I have to FUCKING ACT LIKE SNOOP TI ICP OR MAC Drew DAWG Sheet DAWG
HAHAHA
JESUS GAVE WOMEN GAVE TOO MANY Rights AGREED?
AND AM I BROKEN SOO IM GUNNA ACT RAPPISH USNT THAT KINDA GAY NA AHH MEAN?
Nigga what the fuck are you talking about?
Assholes like you nyasshole….
Anyways Brett
Do you have to be a thug to get a bitch dude?
Seems like only Denzel’s and brad pitts get bitches
I find that unfair…
The k9kutioners
Kronosaurus prime raprockzilla
Kawenectes earwig metal
Kourisodon martian police
The
Vulcanidon vomitzilla
Viking death metal
RAPPERS
The
Shastasaurus prime surfrockzilla
Swedish death metal
Gangsta rap scorpions
Police
The grimreaperceratops
Gnathomortis prime raprockzilla
Ghost rider metal
Gods of sorcery
I’m more creative than whites don’t you agree Brett hahaha
Got any swedish jokes anyone huh? Not that you can diss the greatest death metal scene ever but let’s try ….
Q: How many Swedes does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, because the light will not bring back early Swedish death metal.
I would have also accepted: None, because a migrant will do it for you and then proceed to rape your wife and burn your house down…and steal the light bulb.
Q: How many Norwegians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Beware of the light, it may take you away, to where no evil dwells. It will take you away, for all eternity. Night is so beautiful (we need her as much as we need Day).