Man, this fucking sucks. 52 years old is so young. Fuck cancer. May he rest in peace. He pioneered my favorite musical genre.

Terrible news. Poor guy. 😞
He is going to be missed, that is for certain!

Dude kept singing until the bitter end. What a trooper. RIP Gonna spin Slaughter today. Maybe Disfear too.

What a terrible year for metal music. R.I.P. Tompa.

Awful news, another musician taken too soon from this terrible disease. This has indeed been a tragic year for metal. RIP

So sad
RIP legend

This hits me hard. He was one of my childhood heroes, able to portray raw emotion in his vocals that was unmatched and still largely is.

His style was so distinct, you knew it was him wherever he popped up - Disfear, Nightrage, etc.

My top Tompa performances would be something like:

1. ATG - Terminal Spirit Disease
2. Disfear - Live The Storm
3. Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance.

Eve the "GO!" in Slaughter of the Soul is timeless.

RIP to a true legend.

A sad day. At The Gates inspired so many people to start making music (myself included), and his voice was a major part of their sound.

He will be missed but live forever through the incredible music he gave us.

I first encountered her voice with Disfear and then Lock Up. Incredible and unique, full of life. RIP Lindberg.

Nooooo swedish death metal has lost 2 icomuc pioneer front men. Petrov and him. Fuck cancer

Noooooooo

R.I.P. Thomas
Fuck cancer

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

Damn dude. Hugely influential for a lot of the modern metalcore and hardcore bands I love. Will certainly be spinning some ATG today.

At The Gates was one of my first death metal bands. In my first year of college, I went to a music store that had a big collection of used stuff and they had a battered copy of Gardens Of Grief on CD. I was with a Swedish friend who saw me looking at it and said, "Oh, that's a classic, you should definitely get that." I decided not to heed his advice, since I already had an armful of stuff and it was a bit pricey for a used EP, but that prompted me to check out At The Gates. Next time I went back to that store I bought myself a used copy of Slaughter Of The Soul, and then I quickly fished out the rest of their early albums so that by the time they announced At War With Reality I was firmly a fan. I could listen to any album of theirs and feel like I'm listening to some of the best that death metal has to offer. Slaughter Of The Soul and With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness are two of my favorites in the genre and overall.

Tompa had a killer voice: ragged, almost a screech, but strong, and very cold, instantly recognizable. It was a very hardcore way of singing death metal, which is why he also worked so well in Disfear and Skitsystem and the like. There was so much emotion in it; he could communicate pain and intensity and changes in mood you can detect only rarely in that kind of vocal setting, and with so much vicious conviction behind it. Truly one of the best extreme vocalists ever. And he was a great frontman, too; I can't believe it's already been a decade since I saw At The Gates, because that show feels so fresh in my mind. He always struck me as a person I could respect, just from the way he talked and carried himself and interacted with fans, and I remember reading interviews where he talked about his work as a teacher and how important it was to him to work with kids, especially immigrant kids. I liked him.

I read this news as soon as I opened my eyes this morning. First thing I did was put on The Great Deceiver's A Venom Well Designed, and then With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness on the way to work. It's been a while since I last listened to Lock Up or The Lurking Fear; he left such a strong body of work.

This is a big loss and I can feel how fans are gutted.

Very Sad News...RIP Tomas...

RIP Tompa ! and thanks for all

WTF!!! SO SO SAD!!!
RIP Buddy

RIP Thomas!

FUCK CANCER!

RIP to a legend, his influence will be felt forever

Fucking hell man, what the fuck is this year... And this one is completely out of the blue... I still feel like a kid, and he was just 16 years older.

ATG was a significant part of what felt like the best time of my life, and always will be. Not to even mention how much music I've ever been listening to they'd helped to define. I'll never forget when, I think in 2008, I'd put Suicide Nation (the opening part) as my main ringtone on my Nokia N82, and how it loudly rang in my pocket on a lecture with a very strict professor, and how I scrambled to silence it, and how we were laughing our asses off. Thank you for everything. Right now, it's hard to even comprehend for how much.

And with the new album situation - what a hero, truly. Vila i frid, Tompa.

What a fucked up year it has been, truly. May you rest in peace, Thomas. I'll be blasting At The Gates all day in your memory, brother!

Rest in Peace mate, You will be forever remembered through Your music

Rest in peace " Tompa"

Too young to die. R.I.P.

Wtf this year so bad for metalheads

Aw fuck. Tompa was such a nice, friendly person, not to mention his awesome vocal works.
I'm drinking to you right now, Tomas Lindberg, blasting Slaughter of the Soul. Thanks for everything, horns up, and I'm so, so glad to have seen you perform on stage! My, that 2018 HF show was beyond awesome

so Rest In Peace, thanks for the music and everything, and my condolences to your friends and loved ones

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one of Jeff's pics of their 'waow ' 2008 Hellfest show

RIP Tompa, forever a legend, forever will be an influence to upcoming bands and vocalists. Slaughter Of The Soul and Sweet Vengeance, two of my favorite melodic death metal records of all time, thanks for the music! You will be missed!

Too many early deaths this year. Really hurts to see. Definitely gonna give the band some more listens in the near future.

Daaaamn

RIP and thanks for all the metal