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Tomas Lindberg, lead singer of influential Swedish metal favorites At the Gates<\/a>, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 52.<\/p>\n At the Gates confirmed Lindberg\u2019s death on social media Tuesday, Sept. 16, writing: \u201cTomas passed away this morning following complications related to his ongoing cancer treatment. Despite intensive medical efforts, his life could not be saved.\u201d<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n The band continued: \u201cTomas \u2014 You were an inspiration to us all. A true friend, both compassionate & sympathetic. You will always be remembered for your generosity and your creative spirit. You will be eternally missed. Forever in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n With his singular, deafening howl, Lindberg helped put At the Gates at the forefront of Gothenburg, Sweden\u2019s melodic death metal revolution. The group formed in 1990 and quickly established themselves as an underground favorite, especially upon the release of their 1992 debut, The Red in the Sky Is Ours<\/em>.<\/p>\n At the Gates worked at a swift clip, releasing three more albums over the next three years. Their 1994 effort, Terminal Spirit Disease<\/em>, helped raise their profile beyond Sweden, while 1995\u2019s Slaughter of the Soul<\/em> was labeled their masterwork. (The LP landed at Number 79 on Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Recalling the band\u2019s aims when they went into record Slaughter of the Soul, Lindberg told Revolver in 2018, \u201cWe set out to make an album as good as Bonded by Blood from Exodus or Slayer\u2019s Reign in Blood. We never expected to get even close, but thought that if this was our aim, then we might get about halfway. There were loads of death-metal bands around at the same time, but they were all happy to make mediocre records. We never saw this as an option. At the Gates wanted to test ourselves up against the giants.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite the success of Slaughter of the Soul<\/em>, At the Gates broke up just one year after its release. Lindberg spent the next decade playing in an array of different projects, such as the grindcore supergroup Lock Up, as well as more hardcore and punk-influenced outfits, the Great Deceiver, Disfear, and Skitsystem.<\/p>\n In 2008, At the Gates embarked on a reunion tour, and in 2014, they dropped a new album, At War With Reality<\/a><\/em>. While founding guitarist Anders Bj\u00f6rler left the group after that LP, At the Gates continued to tour and perform, releasing two more LPs, To Drink From the Night Itself<\/a> <\/em>in 2018 and The Nightmare of Being<\/em>, in 2021. (Bj\u00f6rler eventually returned to the band in 2022.)<\/p>\n Lindberg was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma \u2014 a cancer that affects the mouth and palate \u2014 in 2023, but only revealed<\/a> his diagnosis publicly in August. He said that he had undergone major surgery that \u201ctook away a big part of the roof of the mouth,\u201d which was followed by radiation therapy. However, at the start of 2025, more cancer was found and Lindberg said it was \u201cinaccessible by surgery or radiation.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time, Lindberg also revealed that the day before he underwent that surgery, he spent one day in the studio and recorded all of his vocals for At the Gates\u2019 new album \u201cjust to make sure we HAD the album, so to speak.\u201d He added: \u201cSo the vocals were actually recorded BEFORE the rest of the album\u2026. a bit different, but it felt good to have it done.\u201d <\/p>\n Lindberg concluded by saying that At the Gates had \u201cdecided not to wait any longer to release this new album,\u201d though the band has yet to share any follow-up details about the LP.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is an album that we all are very proud of, and it\u2019s the first time in 10 years that [bassist] Jonas [Bj\u00f6rler] and I have worked together with [guitarist] Anders [Bj\u00f6rler] writing an album\u2019s worth of music,\u201d Lindberg said. \u201cIt is a bit more of a return to the \u2018roots,\u2019 probably best described as a mix between the two last albums we did with Anders (Slaughter of the Soul<\/em> and At War with Reality<\/em>). Hope you all will enjoy it!\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tomas Lindberg, lead singer of influential Swedish metal favorites At the Gates, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 52. At the Gates confirmed Lindberg\u2019s death on social media Tuesday, Sept. 16, writing: \u201cTomas passed away this morning following complications related to his ongoing cancer treatment. 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