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“Melodic death metal didn’t exist when we wrote it. We were just a death metal band and we wanted to incorporate more classic songwriting into our sound”: The Swedish extreme metal anthem that sparked a whole new genre into life

By James Weaver Published

How At The Gates wrote melodeath landmark Blinded By Fear

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At The Gates have posted a moving new tribute to frontman Tomas Lindberg

By Merlin Alderslade Published

The melodic death metal innovators have also explained how they were able to record their new album following Lindberg's cancer diagnosis

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At The Gates have released an emotional new video paying tribute to Tomas Lindberg

By Merlin Alderslade Published

Watch the moving video for new At The Gates single The Fever Mask now

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At The Gates singer Tomas Lindberg onstage in 2014
At The Gates urge fans to donate to Swedish cancer charity following death of frontman Tomas Lindberg

By Matt Mills Published

Lindberg died in September after being diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare oral cancer

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Cannibal Corpse singer Corpsegrinder onstage in 2023, with a logo saying "Hammer Debate" in-set
Debate: who are the big four of death metal?

By Metal Hammer Published

From Florida and Sweden to world domination, death metal has spawned countless incredible bands – but which ones are on your Mount Rushmore?

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The world of metal pays tribute to At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg

By Fraser Lewry Published

Tributes to Tomas Lindberg have come from Opeth, Napalm Death, Cradle Of Filth, Avatar, Exodus and many more

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At The Gates posing for a photograph in the 1990s
The story of At The Gates' Slaughter Of The Soul - the album that revolutionised death metal

By Malcolm Dome Published

30 years ago, At The Gates would release an album that'd change metal forever and make melodeath one of the most influential metal movements of the 90s

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At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg dies aged 52 following cancer battle

By Matt Mills Published

The frontman, known for his existential lyrics and characteristic scream, revealed last month that he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in December 2023

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Tomas Lindberg, At the Gates, performs on stage at La Riviera on November 26, 2022 in Madrid, Spain.
At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg "being closely monitored around the clock" in hospital after setback with cancer

By Paul Brannigan Published

"t has been a very tough year." Tomas Lindberg

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Mikael Stanne's guide to death metal

By Rich Hobson Published

Mikael Stanne picks the ten death metal albums that put him on the path to making melodeath history

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