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“The Six Feet Under gig was a fast ticket into touring. One of the first shows was in front of 45,000 people. I was used to playing for 20-30 people”: YouTube star, entrepreneur, go-to death metal guitarist… Inside the unstoppable rise of Ola Englund

The affable Swede on how he got his big break in Six Feet Under, the amps that make him feel “terrible” about his playing, and how he found YouTube success by being himself. As for Solar Guitars? Why not make the guitars himself?

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"This album is his legacy." Following the devastating death of their frontman, friend and beloved figurehead of extreme metal, Tomas Lindberg, At The Gates have released an emotional new video and details of new album The Ghost of a Future Dead

Watch the moving video for new At The Gates single The Fever Mask now

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“I’m nervousof that guitar because it’s so expensive. I can barely look at it”: Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil on how you can shake the Earth with one finger, and why he fell in love with Kirk Hammett’s Greeny – even if he’s still Team Strat

With their 10th album, Futique, Biffy Clyro remind us exactly why they are one of the most important rock bands of the modern age

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“We miss you incredibly”: At The Gates urge fans to donate to Swedish cancer charity following death of frontman Tomas Lindberg

Lindberg died in September after being diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare oral cancer

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“Chances are your favourite musicians owe this band a debt of gratitude”: Your essential guide to every At The Gates album

We revisit and review every entry in the death metal maestros’ game-changing discography

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At the Gates’ Tomas Lindberg’s introspective lyricism broke new ground in death metal

The late frontman refused to adhere to the lyrical conventions of the genre, surveying suffering in a peerless wailing screech that will echo across the history of heavy music

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At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg dead at 52

Tomas Lindberg passed away this week following a lengthy battle with cancer.

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The world of metal pays tribute to At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg

Tributes to Tomas Lindberg have come from Opeth, Napalm Death, Cradle Of Filth, Avatar, Exodus and many more

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"There were loads of bands happy to make mediocre records. We never saw this as an option." The story of At The Gates' Slaughter Of The Soul - the album that revolutionised death metal

30 years ago, At The Gates would release an album that'd change metal forever and make melodeath one of the most influential metal movements of the 90s

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At The Gates vocalist Tomas Lindberg dies aged 52 following cancer battle

The frontman, known for his existential lyrics and characteristic scream, revealed last month that he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in December 2023

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At The Gates frontman Tomas Lindberg "being closely monitored around the clock" in hospital after setback with cancer

"t has been a very tough year." Tomas Lindberg

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“As great as it undoubtedly was, the bug-eyed insanity of thrash was nowhere to be heard in any of its songs”: How Metallica’s Black Album killed thrash metal

The band that helped create thrash pretty much killed it

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“We thought ‘the Gothenburg sound’ was an insult. Everything we set out to do was new and original.” We asked Dark Tranquillity’s Mikael Stanne to name the greatest Gothenburg metal album. This is what he said.

When we asked the singer of Dark Tranquillity and The Halo Effect to name the Gothenburg sound’s greatest achievement, he challenged the idea of ‘the Gothenburg sound’ itself

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“What was the secret? Simple. We wanted to make an album as good as Reign In Blood”: How At The Gates saved death metal with Slaughter Of The Soul

By 1995, death metal was in terminal decline - but Sweden’s At The Gates made a record that changed everything

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“It was a dig at those people who did crazy, horrific things, and then tried to blame metal bands”: how The Haunted rose above the chaos to make a cult 21st century metal classic with Made Me Do It

The chaotic story of Swedish ragers The Haunted’s classic second album, Made Me Do It

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“We kept getting bigger and we realised we had to take things seriously or throw it all away“: how Bring Me The Horizon changed the game and silenced the haters with There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It…

In 2010, BMTH released There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. - the album that set them on the path to becoming one of metal’s most forward-thinking bands

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“Grindcore really resonated with Americans. Our bands were being noticed before they’d even gone over there”: the ear-splitting history of Earache Records, the label that changed metal

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Every At The Gates album ranked from worst to best

They mastered melodeath, inspired the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal, then became one of heavy metal’s most consistent veterans. This is At The Gates’ back-catalogue in order of quality.

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10 drummers who could replace Jay Weinberg in Slipknot

From Adrian Erlandsson to Gene Hoglan, these drumming dynamos all have the skills needed to join The Nine

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10 amazing metal albums that were too ahead of their time

From Black Sabbath’s debut album to Cynic’s Focus, these metal masterpieces were either lambasted or ignored when they first came out

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A beginner's guide to Earache records in five essential albums

From forward-thinking grindcore to retro rock ’n’ roll, Nottingham label Earache’s had one hell of a journey. Here’s its history in five must-hear releases.

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Loving the new Avenged Sevenfold album? Here are the 10 records you need to listen to next

From glitching electronics to unpredictable prog and heavy metal theatrics, ...Life Is But A Dream is an absolute trip. If you're enjoying it, here's where to go next

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A beginner's guide to melodic death metal in five essential albums

Born in the UK and perfected in Sweden, modern metal has a lot to thank melodeath for. Mainly via these five classics

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