If you wanted to hear new music from At The Gates, today is your lucky day! The Swedish melodeath legends are back with a new album after four years. To Drink From The Night Itself is due out on May 18th, 2018 via Century Media Records and is available for pre-order now. As for the music, the first single and video clip showcases the album's title track. If you're curious about it, watch it below. The video clip was directed by the prolific Patric Ullaeus/Revolver.se (In Flames, Arch Enemy, Dimmu Borgir).





Frontman Tomas Lindberg commented about the track as follows: "So, for the first song to present to the public, we chose the title track of the album. Which is also the opening track of the record. To us, this gives a presentation of the attitude of the album: raw, hungry and desperate. It also gives an introduction to the whole concept of the record. We live through our art, and the whole album deals with the concept of art. Art as a tool either for revolution, or suppression. To drink from the night itself is just that, a metaphor for living and breathing through art. Of course the concept goes deeper than that, but this song is the heart of the concept, the fierce call to arms so to say. We are still at war, but this time we are fighting the abyss, the abyss of apathy and oppression. It is an aggressive song, but also contains a lot of the other elements of the band´s sound on this record. Melancholia, desperation and struggle. For the first video we chose to use Patric Ullaeus again, as he is good at capturing the raw energy of the band playing live. In the video you can also see glimpses of the art used for the cover, so it binds it all together nicely. Enjoy."





In related news, At The Gates have been announced to be part of the Flexi Series by U.S. magazine Decibel, which features a special new rendition of "Raped By The Light Of Christ (2018)" alongside their next issue.

Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	At The Gates