''The Flames of the End'' is a three-disc DVD set from Swedish metal band

At the Gates At the Gates is a Swedish death metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. The band was a major progenitor of Gothenburg-style melodic death metal alongside In Flames and Dark Tranquillity. Prior to their first disbandment in 1996, At the Gat ...

. Its main feature is a 2-hour+ documentary detailing the history of the band and their successful reunion tour, directed by guitarist and founding member Anders Bjorler. The set also includes their set from

Wacken Open Air Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a rock music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and subgenres of hard rock and metal are ...

2008 on the second disc, and a collection of songs from various venues, music videos and deleted scenes from the documentary on the third. The set is packaged in a

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with a 40-page booklet. Earache Records has also made available a limited-edition set including an LP, CD, shirt, belt buckle, keyring, patch and 4 plectrums. Bjorler has described the DVD as "a fine last document for the band".

Disc one: "Under a Serpent Sun - The Story of At the Gates"

# Introduction & Opening Titles # Reunion: From Vision to Reality # The Early Years Part 1: From Nursery Rhymes to Death Metal # The Early Years Part 2: The Schillerska / Billdal Connection # The Early Years Part 3: The Grotesque / At the Gates Transition # The Early Years Part 4: Creativity Unbound # Gardens of Grief #

The Red in the Sky Is Ours ''The Red in the Sky Is Ours'' is the debut album by the Swedish death metal band At the Gates released on 27 July 1992. It was re-released in 1993 along with '' With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness'' and then in 2003 with bonus tracks. Backgro ...

# Reunion:

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2008 #

With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness ''With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness'' is the second studio album by the Swedish death metal band At the Gates. It was re-released in 1993 with '' The Red in the Sky Is Ours'' and again in 2003 with bonus tracks. This would be the last albu ...

# Exit Alf - Enter Martin # Reunion: Graspop 2008 #

Terminal Spirit Disease ''Terminal Spirit Disease'' is the third album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in music) and re-released in 2003 with bonus tracks. It is the first album to feature rhythm guitarist Martin Larsso ...

# Reunion: Ruis Rock 2008 #

Slaughter of the Soul ''Slaughter of the Soul'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released on November 14, 1995. It was their last album before their eleven-year breakup from 1996 to 2007. ''Slaughter of the Soul'' is conside ...

# Reunion: America re-visited # Reunion: San Antonio, TX 2008 # Exit Anders # Reunion:

Bloodstock Open Air Bloodstock Open Air is a British heavy metal festival held annually at Catton Hall in Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, since 2005. Originally held indoors for one day with two stages, the festival started in 2001 at the Derby Assembly Rooms and h ...

2008 # Reunion: The Past Is Alive # Beyond the Gates # End Credits # Interview with Tomas in Chicago 1996 (Deleted Scenes) # Adrian, the Prankster (Deleted Scenes) # The Tokyo Experience (Deleted Scenes) # Elvis Has Left the Building (Deleted Scenes) # European Mini-Tour with Therion 1992 (Deleted Scenes) #

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, Italy 2008 (Deleted Scenes) # Tompa cleaning out the trailer (Deleted Scenes) # Kingdom Gone (Music Video) # The Burning Darkness (Music Video) # Terminal Spirit Disease (Music Video) # Blinded by Fear (Music Video)

Disc two: "Purgatory Unleashed - Live at Wacken"

# Intro (backstage) # Slaughter of the Soul # Cold # Terminal Spirit Disease # Raped by the Light of Christ # Under a Serpent Sun # Windows # World of Lies # The Burning Darkness # The Swarm # Forever Blind # Nausea # The Beautiful Wound # Unto Others # All Life Ends # Need # Blinded by Fear # Suicide Nation # Kingdom Gone

Disc three: "Only the Dead Are Smiling"

# Slaughter of the Soul (Wetlands, New York, US 7 March 1996) # Cold (Wetlands, New York, US 7 March 1996) # The Swarm (Wetlands, New York, US 7 March 1996) # Blinded by Fear (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, US, 10 March 1996) # Suicide Nation (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, US, 10 March 1996) # Under a Serpent Sun (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, US, 10 March 1996) # Suicide Nation (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008) # Raped by the Light of Christ (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008) # Windows (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008) # World of Lies (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008) # Nausea (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008) # Slaughter of the Soul (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008) # Cold (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008) # Terminal Spirit Disease (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008) # The Beautiful Wound (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008) # The Burning Darkness (Witchwood, Manchester UK, 5 February 1996) # Through Gardens of Grief (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 20 April 1991) # All Life Ends (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 20 April 1991) # City of Screaming Statues (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 20 April 1991) # Slaughter of the Soul (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2008) # Cold (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2008) # Under a Serpent Sun (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2008) # Slaughter of the Soul (Irving Plaza, New York, US, 9 July 2008) # Need (The Abyss, Houston, TX, US, 17 March 1996) # Neverwhere (Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece, 21 September 2008) # Kingdom Gone (Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece, 21 September 2008)

Personnel

Reunion tour line-up

Tomas Lindberg Tomas Lindberg (born 16 October 1972), also known as "Tompa" and "Goatspell", is a Swedish vocalist who has fronted many death metal bands, most notably At the Gates. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He also t ...

− vocals *

Anders Björler Anders Björler (born 26 February 1973) is a Swedish musician, composer and film director. He is best known as the guitar player in the metal bands The Haunted and At the Gates, alongside his bass-playing twin brother Jonas Björler. Björl ...

− guitar * Martin Larsson - guitar *

Jonas Björler Jonas Fredrik Björler (born 26 February 1973) is a Swedish musician and the bass player of the melodic death metal bands At the Gates and The Haunted. He was formerly in the bands Demolition, Infestation and Terror. Discography Demolitio ...

− bass *

Adrian Erlandsson Adrian Erlandsson (born 27 October 1970) is a Swedish heavy metal drummer who is a member of At the Gates (1990–1996, 2007–2008, 2010–), the Haunted (1996–1999, 2013–), and Nemhain (2006–). He has also been a member of H.E.A.L ...

− drums

Former members (archive footage)

* Alf Svensson − guitar (1990–1993) * Tony Andersson − bass (1992) *"Purgatory Unleashed" produced by

Tue Madsen Tue Madsen (born 1969) is a Danish music producer and sound engineer, who is well known in metal genre for his work with bands like Meshuggah, Dark Tranquillity, Suicide Silence, Hatesphere, The Haunted, Mnemic, Ektomorf, Cataract, Exmortem ...

References

External links

Official website
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