At The Gates - Reveal New Track & Video
At The Gates are debuting the second single/video off their upcoming album The Nightmare Of Being, to be released July 2nd via Century Media Records. Check out "The Paradox" track in a video clip directed by Patric Ullaeus.
At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg commented about "The Paradox" and its video: "Humanity is the biggest paradox. We as humans always want justification for the big things: death, the meaning of life, etc. Our knowledge of being mortals drives us away from being human, hence the paradox. We invent defense mechanisms to protect us from the thought of death, religion, different-isms, etc.
"This first time our producer Jens Bogren heard this song, he said "This is a monster!". It touches on some core parts of the At The Gates sound, but builds further, on top of that, some classic NWOBHM/Mercyful Fate vibes thrown in for good measure. It is a death metal song, but has its progressive moments. Enjoy!
"This was a very fun video to record, as we tried to create most of the "special effects" in an analog way, and not just to be added in the editing. Hence we were drenched in tons of crushed coal and soil, which took over a week and a lot of showers to get out of our hair, haha. We really wanted an oppressive, apocalyptic emotion for this video. And Patric Ullaeus, being the master that he is, went all the way to make that happen!"
At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg commented about "The Paradox" and its video: "Humanity is the biggest paradox. We as humans always want justification for the big things: death, the meaning of life, etc. Our knowledge of being mortals drives us away from being human, hence the paradox. We invent defense mechanisms to protect us from the thought of death, religion, different-isms, etc.
"This first time our producer Jens Bogren heard this song, he said "This is a monster!". It touches on some core parts of the At The Gates sound, but builds further, on top of that, some classic NWOBHM/Mercyful Fate vibes thrown in for good measure. It is a death metal song, but has its progressive moments. Enjoy!
"This was a very fun video to record, as we tried to create most of the "special effects" in an analog way, and not just to be added in the editing. Hence we were drenched in tons of crushed coal and soil, which took over a week and a lot of showers to get out of our hair, haha. We really wanted an oppressive, apocalyptic emotion for this video. And Patric Ullaeus, being the master that he is, went all the way to make that happen!"
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Written by Pablo on 29.05.2021 at 02:52 I agree, a bit groove death metal to me, even in lyrics, they could do Pantera cover
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''  apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Aries Rising Posts: 560  |
His voice is not aging well. Tomas is starting to sound like an emphysema ridden senior.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by Aries Rising on 29.05.2021 at 23:23 Hard agree. The weird staggered and hoarse shouting just felt so jarring. Not that the musicianship is anything to write home about, but no amount of brilliant instrumentation could make me enjoy this with that odd barking vocal delivery.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Aries Rising Posts: 560 |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 30.05.2021 at 02:23 The vocals sound so strained that its almost physically unpleasant to listen to, I can't fathom many people wanted to put up with that delivery for a full LPs worth of material. If Tomas is a smoker, he needs to stop.
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