The death of Former members of the death/black metal band Grotesque joined the band At the Gates in late 1990. For the Dolores record label, they recorded Gardens of Grief, their debut EP. The band then signed with Peaceville Records, and in 1992 they published their first album, The Red in the Sky Is Ours. Alf Svensson, the band’s founding member and guitarist, left the group in 1993 after recording their second studio album, With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness, to focus on his solo endeavor Oxiplegatz, tattoo art, and graphic novel illustration. Martin Larsson, a former guitarist for House of Usher whom the band knew from underground tape swapping, took his place. In July 1993, the band was filmed for a Headbangers Ball special feature in Nottingham, England, as they resumed their European tour. frontman Tomas “Tompa” Lindberg in September 2025 after a fight with cancer struck a devastating blow to the heavy metal community and fans of Swedish melodic death metal in general last year, as per theprp. However, Century Media recently released the teaser video for the band’s song “The Ghost Of A Future Dead,” which suggests that there may still be some life left in At The Gates. This is thought to be the next studio album that Lindberg and the group were working on before his tragic death.
Former members of the death/black metal band Grotesque joined the band At the Gates in late 1990. For the Dolores record label, they recorded “Gardens of Grief”, their debut EP. The band then signed with Peaceville Records, and in 1992 they published their first album, “The Red in the Sky Is Ours”. Alf Svensson, the band’s founding member and guitarist, left the group in 1993 after recording their second studio album, “With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness”, to focus on his solo endeavor Oxiplegatz, tattoo art, and graphic novel illustration. Martin Larsson, a former guitarist for House of Usher whom the band knew from underground tape swapping, took his place. In July 1993, the band was filmed for a Headbangers Ball special feature in Nottingham, England, as they resumed their European tour.