At The Gates Announce Reunion Show

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At The Gates have been confirmed for next year's edition of the Metaltown festival, set to take place June 17-18, 2011 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

* System Of A Down
* At The Gates
* Cradle Of Filth
* Parkway Drive
* Raubtier

Commented At The Gates in a statement: "At The Gates will do a limited run of select shows in 2011. Simply put, we had the time of our lives during the 2008 reunion and have decided to do a couple of more shows. Although we won't be touring extensively, and we stick to the initial promise of not making any more music."

At The Gates' "The Flames Of The End" DVD was released on April 6 in the U.S. through Earache Records.

At The Gates released its definitive album, "Slaughter Of The Soul" — often regarded as one of the all-time greatest metal albums — on Earache in 1995, before touring the world and abruptly disbanding. Members of the band went on to play major roles in other notorious metal acts such as The Haunted and Cradle Of Filth, before reforming for a one-off tour in 2008 to rapturous response.

Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[thenewguy2]

o yea i just came
thats gonna be ****ing awesome

[llanafreak44]

Awesome. I bet you anything when they play, they'll end up loving it so much they'll do a world tour again. And I will be there, again.

[eetfuk58]

YES. epic.

[krvolok]

Great,even more so for since this is the only melodeath band that I like.

[SkepsisMetal]

llanafreak44 wrote:

Awesome. I bet you anything when they play, they'll end up loving it so much they'll do a world tour again . And I will be there, again.

brb, gone to pray.

[krvolok]

krvolok wrote:

Great,even more so for since this is the only melodeath band that I like.

even more so for me...

[Good_Lord]

Nice finally some good news !

[ichnusa]

I had already booked a ticket to Metaltown when SOAD was confirmed and I thought that was going to be awesome. But this made the whole festival so much better!

soad AND at the gates reuniting to play at Metaltown! Fuck that's good!

[FrauVfromPoB]

Fuck you ATG for tempting me. You are my favorite band ever who can still tour, and to only plan a one-off in Gothenburg is unforgivable heresy.

[JY-Rasputin]

This made my day

[lyonk55]

Hopefully they'll decided to come to Scotland. Don't expect them to, but would be cool...

[The_Jayroh]

I got so excited for a minute, until I read that this will only take place in Gothenburg. This needs to come to somewhere in the Southeastern US so I can see it

[EpiExplorer]

I'm getting mixed emotions cuz of the Judas priest article and the fact they have Parkway Drive on the bill... DX

[Press_reset]

Oh God, I really hope they do a world tour so I can see them in the States!

[StevieXIII]

Holy
FUCKING SHIT OMG I JUST CAME EVERYHWERE

[lanceuppercut3]

omg i just came everywhere...what? oh yeah thats cool at the gates is back together

[StevieXIII]

Oh FUCK Sweden? And here's me playing Blinded by fear again on my bass

[Andragon]

North American tour. Nao.

[Riffmast]

Now all they need to do is ditch the pop metal shows,and exclusively play stuff from "The Red In The Sky is Ours",come to Canada, and things will be great.

[Echoplex]

It's too bad that the other bands in the line-up are some sort of fake metal. Maybe Raubitier isn't, but I've never heard of them.

[andyscoot]

Saw them on the last time they played the UK and they were simply amazing. Heres hoping for another Bloodstock show!

[jetfuel495]

Echoplex wrote:

It's too bad that the other bands in the line-up are some sort of fake metal. Maybe Raubitier isn't, but I've never heard of them.

They're playing Tuska next year as well, I think that evens it out.

[voodoochile000]

holy fish paste. this makes me want to go out into the misty forests of old in a black robe with a lantern and a wooden staff until I reach a small brook where I can dance with the village dwarfs where we recite incantations and spells to the mighty tyr. then we proceed to dance around a burning fire while playing pan flutes, large drums and lutes. then we will probably sacrifice something as an offering to the gods and we shall proceed back to village square in which everyone gathers to participate in some sort of black magic ritual. so yea, like i said.... holy fish paste.

[Abacus11]

Amazing. Why play with System of a Down though?

[4stringedMetal]

i came.

[Eclectic Lizard]

Sounds awesome but I thought they said they were done?...I hope this isn't a cashgrab...

[JKMV11]

i didn't think i'd have a chance to see At the Gates live ever....now i need to figure out how to get all the way to Sweden!

[DJ2109]

Godammit Europe and all your awesome Metal festivals with your re-unions. Australia needs more melodic death bands to play here

[randomucker]

wish i could go!

[aig91]

Checked

[slayer_rule_\m/]

andyscoot wrote:

Saw them on the last time they played the UK and they were simply amazing. Heres hoping for another Bloodstock show!

This!

[Echoplex]

 jetfuel495  wrote:
They're playing Tuska next year as well, I think that evens it out.

The Tuska lineup is pretty sick so far...

[NightEmbers]

DOWN!!! so Awesome!

[Kwonnie]

SoaD and Parkway Drive? That's kinda random o.0

[Pan-Tallica]

Kwonnie wrote:

SoaD and Parkway Drive? That's kinda random o.0

That's what I thought, too... To me, At the Gates is the only band on that list worth seeing.

[helvete_og_død]

FUUUUU.....
I think i soiled myself

[Menza_]

I really want At the Gates to come to Winnipeg

[TheAmenCorner89]

andyscoot wrote:

Saw them on the last time they played the UK and they were simply amazing. Heres hoping for another Bloodstock show!

Same here man, their Bloodstock show was incredible. Made even more epic by it becoming night time just as their set started.