“He had a cast of a human skull, because he was interested in the occult in his early days”: At The Gates members recall the first time they met late singer Tomas Lindberg

At The Gates in 2022.

Members of Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At The Gates have looked back on how they met their late lead singer, Tomas Lindberg.

Talking in the issue of Metal Hammer, founding members and twin brothers Anders (guitars) and Jonas Björler (bass) reveal that they met their future frontman, who died last year aged 52 after being diagnosed with the rare oral cancer adenoid cystic carcinoma, at a bus stop when they were 16 and he was 17.