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At The Gates reveal new details for ‘To Drink From The Night Itself

At THE GATES have revealed new details for their upcoming record!

The Swedish melodic death metal maestros had previously announced the first details for their hotly anticipated new album, To Drink From The Night Itself, last month, but now the band have revealed the artwork and track list! The record’s conceptual artwork was created by Costin Chioreanu/Twilight 13 Media, who already worked with the band on 2014’s At War With Reality. Speaking about the album artwork, vocalist/lyricist Tomas Lindberg says, “it has once again been an absolute pleasure working creativily with Costin. We had a lot of ideas for what we wanted to get across with the art this time around. Overall they were, not surprisingly, related to the general concept of the record. What is great with Costin is that he understands the band. He knows what we are and where we come from. And me and him also have a strong artistic connection. I have never met anyone that goes so deep into the world of my lyrics and concepts. When I first wrote to him describing my ideas, I was worried that my remarks were perhaps too long and too confusing, only to get back an even longer and very inspired response. The inspiration for the actual front cover piece is taken from the Pergamon Altar, on display at the Pergamon museum in Berlin. It is of course linked closely to the concept that the whole record is based upon, but more on that later. But I will throw a name out there, for the interested ones; Peter Weiss. I can’t wait to get the whole record in my hands now, as this is just one of the many great artwork pieces that Costin has created for us on To Drink From The Night Itself.”

Track List:

1. Der Widerstand
2. To Drink From The Night Itself
3. A Stare Bound In Stone
4. Palace Of Lepers
5. Daggers Of Black Haze
6. The Chasm
7. In Nameless Sleep
8. The Colours Of The Beast
9. A Labyrinth Of Tombs
10. Seas Of Starvation
11. In Death They Shall Burn
12. The Mirror Black

To Drink From The Night Itself - At The Gates

To Drink From The Night Itself is set for release on May 18th via Century Media Records.

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James Weaver

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