At The Gates release new music video for ‘The Paradox’

May 28, 2021 James Weaver

AT THE GATES have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track The Paradox, is taken from the Swedish melodic death metal titans’ upcoming new album, The Nightmare Of Being, which is scheduled to be released in July this year. The song’s accompanying music video was directed by Patric Ullaeus/www.rEvolver.se [ARCH ENEMY, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR etc].

Speaking about the new song and its accompanying music video, vocalist Tomas Lindberg Redant says, “humanity is the biggest paradox. We as humans always want justification for the big things: death, the meaning of life, etc. Our knowledge of being mortals drives us away from being human, hence the paradox. We invent defense mechanisms to protect us from the thought of death, religion, different –isms, etc.

This first time our producer Jens Bogren heard this song, he said ‘This is a monster!’ It touches on some core parts of the AT THE GATES sound, but builds further, on top of that, some classic NWOBHM/MERCYFUL FATE vibes thrown in for good measure. It is a death metal song, but has its progressive moments. Enjoy!

This was a very fun video to record, as we tried to create most of the ‘special effects’ in an analog way, and not just to be added in the editing. Hence we were drenched in tons of crushed coal and soil, which took over a week and a lot of showers to get out of our hair, haha. We really wanted an oppressive, apocalyptic emotion for this video. And Patric Ullaeus, being the master that he is, went all the way to make that happen!”

Watch the official music video for The Paradox here:

The Nightmare Of Being is set for release July 2nd via Century Media Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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