Σήμερα, οι IN FLAMES κυκλοφορούν το πέμπτο single από το Foregone: Το “Meet Your Maker” είναι ένα grooveάτο κομμάτι με υπνωτιστική δύναμη και οργισμένο θυμό. Σαν ένα ζωντανό νεύρο που εκτίθεται, το τραγούδι μιλάει για την απελπισία και την απογοήτευση που φέρνει η χαοτική δυστοπία της μετα-πανδημικής κοινωνίας.

Ο frontman Anders Fridén δηλώνει: “Όταν αρχίσαμε να γράφουμε για το Foregone, το Meet Your Maker έγινε το τραγούδι που έδωσε τον τόνο όσον αφορά το τι επιδιώκαμε τόσο ηχητικά όσο και θεματικά. Θα δείτε ότι είναι όλα όσα έχετε συνηθίσει να περιμένετε από τους In flames και μερικά ακόμα. Απολαύστε το και τα λέμε στο δρόμο το 2023!”

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The clock is ticking: On February 10th, Swedish modern metal visionaries IN FLAMES release their fourteenth studio album Foregone – the new masterpiece from a band whose artistry and influence on modern metal is undeniable.

Today, IN FLAMES release the fifth single from Foregone: “Meet Your Maker” is a pulsating track with hypnotizing power and furious anger. Like a raw nerve exposed, the song speaks of the desperation and frustration brought on by the chaotic dystopia of post-pandemic society.

Frontman Anders Fridén states, “When we started to write for Foregone, Meet Your Maker became the song that set the tone in terms of what we were aiming for sonically as well as thematically. You’ll see it’s everything you’ve come to expect from In flames and some. Enjoy and see you on the road in 2023!”

Η μπάντα παρουσιάζει σήμερα το Spectre Of Extinction από το επερχόμενο “The Nightmare Of Being” που κυκλοφορεί 2 Ιουλίου από τη Century Media Records και μπορούμε να προπαραγγείλουμε από σήμερα. Σχολιάζοντας ο Tomas Lindberg Redant για το “Spectre of Extinction”, που περιέχει μια guest εμφάνιση στην lead-guitar από τον κιθαρίστα του King Diamond Andy La Rocque στο βίντεο που δημιούργησε ο Patric Ullaeus / www.rEvolver.se (Arch Enemy, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, κλπ. αναφέρει: 

“Είναι πάντα όμορφο να επιλέξεις πιο τραγούδι να κυκλοφορήσεις πρώτο στο κοινό, ειδικά για ένα άλμπουμ που είναι τόσο πολυεπίπεδο και έχει τόσες υφές. Έχει το μουσικό βάθος που περιμένεις από τους ΑΤ THE GATES αλλά ενσωματώνει και την ένταση και την αγωνία που πάντα θέλαμε να περάσουμε με τη μουσική μας.

Για το βίντεο ήθελα να πω ότι ήταν υπέροχο το ότι μπορέσαμε να συνεχίσουμε τη συνεργασία μας με τον περίφημο Patric Ullaeus, καθώς αντιλαμβάνεται το όραμά μας για τη μουσική και είναι πρόθυμος να πάει μέχρι το τέρμα για να αναδείξει τις εσωτερικές διαστάσεις του τραγουδιού. Νομίζω ότι το έκανε αυτό εξαιρετικά και είμαι πολύ περήφανος για το αποτέλεσμα. Οι στίχοι έχουν να κάνουν με τη θέληση της ανθρωπότητας και πως αυτό συνθλίβει την συνειδητότητά μας και την επίγνωση της θνητότητας. Enjoy!”

Ακούστε το “Spectre of Extinction” στο pre-order link εδώ: https://atthegates.lnk.to/TheNightmareOfBeing 

The tracklisting of “The Nightmare Of Being” will be as follows:
1. Spectre of Extinction
2. The Paradox
3. The Nightmare of Being
4. Garden of Cyrus
5. Touched by the White Hands of Death
6. The Fall into Time
7. Cult of Salvation
8. The Abstract Enthroned
9. Cosmic Pessimism
10. Eternal Winter of Reason

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Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES are now launching the first single off their upcoming album “The Nightmare Of Being” (Out July 2nd, 2021 via Century Media Records) to enhance today’s album pre-order start.

Tomas Lindberg Redant commented about “Spectre of Extinction”, a track which features a guest lead-guitar appearance by King Diamond guitarist Andy La Rocque, and its video clip, which was directed by Patric Ullaeus / www.rEvolver.se (Arch Enemy, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, etc.), as follows: 

“It is always very hard to choose which song to release to the public first, especially with this album having so many layers and textures. We did feel, however, that this, the opening track of the record, represented the overall feel of the album. It has the musical depths that you would expect from an AT THE GATES track, and still carries that intensity and urgency that we have always tried to get across with our music. 

For the video, it was wonderful to be able to continue the work with the mighty Patric Ullaeus, as he understands our vision with the music and is willing to go all the way to portray the song’s inner dimensions. I think he did that excellently with this one and I’m very proud of the result. The lyrics deal with humanity’s will and how that clashes with our consciousness, and our knowledge of our mortality. Enjoy!”

The tracklisting of “The Nightmare Of Being” will be as follows:
1. Spectre of Extinction
2. The Paradox
3. The Nightmare of Being
4. Garden of Cyrus
5. Touched by the White Hands of Death
6. The Fall into Time
7. Cult of Salvation
8. The Abstract Enthroned
9. Cosmic Pessimism
10. Eternal Winter of Reason

Check out the album’s epic opening track “Spectre of Extinction” via the album’s pre-order link here: https://atthegates.lnk.to/TheNightmareOfBeing 

Το νέο άλμπουμ των AT THE GATES κυκλοφορεί 2 Ιουλίου 2021 από την Century Media Records. Οι ηχογραφήσεις του “The Nightmare Of Being” έγιναν σε διάφορα studios της Σουηδίας – Drums στα Studio Gröndal με τον Jens Bogren, κιθάρες και μπάσο με τον Andy La Rocque στα Sonic Train Studio και τα φωνητικά στα Welfare Sounds με τον Per Stålberg. Μίξη και master έγινε στα Fascination Street Studios (Amon Amarth, Opeth, Kreator, etc.) από τον Jens Bogren, που έχει ξανασυνεργαστεί με τη μπάντα στο άλμπουμ του 2014  “At War With Reality”. Το οπτικό μέρος του άλμπουμ έχει επιμεληθεί η Eva Nahon.

Η tracklisting θα είναι:

1. Spectre of Extinction
2. The Paradox
3. The Nightmare of Being
4. Garden of Cyrus
5. Touched by the White Hands of Death
6. The Fall into Time
7. Cult of Salvation
8. The Abstract Enthroned
9. Cosmic Pessimism
10. Eternal Winter of Reason

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Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have recently completed the recordings and preparations for their upcoming new studio album and can now reveal that it will be entitled “The Nightmare Of Being” and that it will be released on July 2nd, 2021 via Century Media Records.

While main parts for “The Nightmare Of Being” were recorded in several different Swedish studios – Drums at Studio Gröndal with Jens Bogren, guitars and bass with Andy La Rocque at Sonic Train Studio and vocals at Welfare Sounds with Per Stålberg –, the album was mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios (Amon Amarth, Opeth, Kreator, etc.) by Jens Bogren, who has previously worked with AT THE GATES on their “At War With Reality” comeback album in 2014. The album’s visual concept (The frontcover is to be seen above!) was developed by artist Eva Nahon.

AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas Lindberg Redant checked in with the following comment about the album’s concept: “The overall theme deals with the topic of pessimism, and I have been diving deep down in pessimistic philosophers. Trying to understand this way of looking at the world. It is not a negative album, more a gateway into new ideas for me personally, trying out different perspectives. You could call the album an introduction to pessimism as a concept, I guess. It is a very dark album, but not negative…”

And musically, while “The Nightmare Of Being” unveils a newly liberated and adventurous AT THE GATES via some of the bravest and most mesmerising material they have ever written, Lindberg Redant adds: “It still sounds like AT THE GATES, 100 percent. It is just more of everything….”

The album’s standard tracklisting will be as follows:
1. Spectre of Extinction
2. The Paradox
3. The Nightmare of Being
4. Garden of Cyrus
5. Touched by the White Hands of Death
6. The Fall into Time
7. Cult of Salvation
8. The Abstract Enthroned
9. Cosmic Pessimism
10. Eternal Winter of Reason