At The Gates Releases Video Clip For New Song 'A Stare Bound In Stone', New Album Details
Swedish melodic Death Metal pioneers At The Gates released a video clip for the new song "A Stare Bound In Stone." The song appears on the upcoming new album “To Drink From The Night Itself,” which will see worldwide release date will be May 18th via Century Media Records.
Pre-orders can be made at this location.
Conceptually, "To Drink From The Night Itself" originated with German writer Peter Weiss and his novel, "The Aesthetics Of Resistance." The idea was to capture the desperation of a struggle or resistance, where victory is unachievable yet the fight presses on. Lindberg also was enlivened by Weiss’ discussion of art—all forms—via his characters and its various uses, either as a weapon of oppression or as a signal of opposition. As witnessed throughout history, art has been and will be labeled unfairly decadent or ridiculously triumphant or secretly obstructionist.
The album was recorded in three studios. The vocals were captured by Per Stålberg and Olle Björk at Welfare Studios in Gothenburg over a three-week period, while the rest of the music—drums, bass, and guitar—were recorded by producer Russ Russell at Parlour Recording Studios in the UK over a two-week session. The strings—cello, violin, and double bass—were then tracked by Martin Jacobson at Rovljud Studios in Örebro. The entire effort was produced by Jonas [Björler], Lindberg, and Russell over three weeks, with Russell taking an additional two weeks to mix and master.
“We want to be creative in the death metal genre. The limits are what keep us alive. We wanted to push those limits on To Drink from The Night Itself. This is a big album, we had to pursue it.” commented vocalist Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg.
The track listing and artwork can be found here:
1. Der Widerstand
2. To Drink from the Night Itself
3. A Stare Bound in Stone
4. Palace of Lepers
5. Daggers of Black Haze
6. The Chasm
7. In Nameless Sleep
8. The Colours of the Beast
9. A Labyrinth of Tombs
10. Seas of Starvation
11. In Death They Shall Burn
12. The Mirror Black
The band has also announced tour dates as follows:
31.03.2018 Philadelphia (USA) – Decibel Metal & Beer Fest
02.05.2018 Hong Kong (China) – TTN
03.05.2018 Bangkok (Thailand) – Hollywood Awards
05.05.2018 Manila (The Philippines) – Pulp Summer Slam
06.05.2018 Singapore (Singapore) – Scape
29.05.2018 Tokyo (Japan) – O-East
30.05.2018 Nagoya (Japan) – Electric Lady Land
31.05.2018 Osaka (Japan) – Umeda Trad
21.06.2018 Halden (Norway) – Tons Of Rock Festival
22.06.2018 Copenhagen (Denmark) – Copenhell Festival
23.06.2018 Dessel (Belgium) – Graspop Metal Meeting
24.06.2018 Clisson (France) – Hellfest
29.06.2018 Verona (Italy) – Rock The Castle Festival
30.06.2018 Helsinki (Finland) – Tuska
12.07.2018 Viveiro (Spain) – Resurrection Fest
14.07.2018 Gävle (Sweden) – Gefle Metal Fest
28.07.2018 Essen (Germany) – Nord Open Air
04.08.2018 Saint-Maurice-De-Gourdans (France) – Sylak Open Air
10.08.2018 Jaromer (Czech Republic) – Brutal Assault Festival
12.08.2018 Walton On Trent / Derbyshire (UK) – Bloodstock Open Air
16.08.2018 Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze Open Air
15.09.2018 Guadalajara (Mexico) – C3 Stage
16.09.2018 Mexico City (Mexico) – Circo Volador
18.09.2018 San José (Costa Rica) – Pepers Club
19.09.2018 San Salvador (El Salvador) – Cifco
20.09.2018 Guatemala City (Guatemala) – Rock Ol Vuh
22.09.2018 Bogotá (Colombia) – TBC
25.09.2018 Buenos Aires (Argentina) – Uniclub
27.09.2018 Temuco (Chile) – Puerto Madero / Casas Viejas
28.09.2018 Santiago (Chile) – Blondie
30.09.2018 Sao Paulo (Brazil) – Carioca Club
30.11.2018 Athens (Greece) – Piraeus 117 Academy
01.12.2018 Thessaloniki (Greece) – Principal Club Theater
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