AT THE GATES Sirius Bloody Roots Interview 071908 torrent

AT THE GATES Sirius Bloody Roots Interview

This is a 192kb/s MP3 rip from the live stream of Sirius Hard Attack's interview with Tomas Lindberg and Martin Larsson of AT THE GATES, originally aired July 19, 2008 on the Sirius Hard Attack channel.

From the Blabbermouth description: Vocalist Tomas Lindberg and guitarist Martin Larsson of the reactivated Swedish metallers AT THE GATES will appear on this week's "Bloody Roots" show on Sirius Satellite Hard Attack channel, discussing their 12-year hiatus, the decision to reunite for a number of summer 2008 shows, the rise of the fabled "Gothenburg" melodic deathmetal sound, and the upcoming U.S. release of Daniel Ekeroth's "Swedish Death Metal" book.

Highlights from the interview:

* Lindberg on the band's 1996 break-up: "We had a couple years of hard touring, and getting sick of each other on tour. Basically, if we would have been the age we are now, we could have just taken a break and chilled for a while. We were just so immature and totally at our own throats."

* Lindberg on the "Gothenburg sound": "There's a huge difference between AT THE GATES and IN FLAMES, as I hope everybody notices. We have a focus on the brutality. We're not only melody, we're a death metal band. The Gothenburg sound is to me like a non-existent entity. AT THE GATES, IN FLAMES, and DARK TRANQUILLITY, it's like three different worlds."

The interview includes music by AT THE GATES as well as Lindberg's DISFEAR and GROTESQUE and Larsson's THIS QUIET EARTH. "Bloody Roots" is a "heavy metal history lesson" airing four times weekly on Sirius Satellite Radio's Hard Attack, hosted by Ian Christe (Bazillion Points Books, Bazillion Points demoblog, author of "Sound Of The Beast").