At The Gates release new album "The Ghost of a Future Dead"

Apr 28

Apr 28 At The Gates release new album "The Ghost of a Future Dead"

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers At The Gates have released their new studio album “The Ghost of a Future Dead” via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2021’s wildly adventurous “The Nightmare of Being”, this new At The gates album “The Ghost of a Future Dead” marks a special tribute to frontman Tomas Lindberg, who tragically passed away in September 2025.

Worldwide media has been praising the release with positive reviews and also named it “album of the month” in outlets like the following:

Metal Hammer (Germany) – Soundcheck #1
Rock Hard (Germany) – Soundcheck #1
Deaf Forever (Germany) – Soundcheck #1
Metal.de (Germany) – Soundcheck #1
Sweden Rock (Sweden) – Soundcheck #1
Metallian (France) – # 1 Editorial Top Albums
Rock Hard (France) – Album of the Month

“Tomas Lindberg’s last act is one of his finest, as At The gates show why they were the best ever to do it on incendiary final album.” - Kerrang! | 5/5 (UK)

“AT THE GATES' emotional epitaph to frontman Tomas Lindberg is their greatest triumph in the face of tragedy.” – Decibel Magazine | 9/10 (USA)

The video for In Dark Distortion serves as next preview of a massive conceptual project featuring painting, filming, editing and production by Costin Chioreanu for a visual storyline that enhances the entire “The Ghost of a Future Dead” album, which will be launched in full to expand the album’s release sometime soon.

You can check out the new video by longtime At The Gates collaborator Costin Chioreanu (Twilight 13 Media) below:

“The Ghost of a Future Dead” is available in the following formats: Ltd. CD Digipak & Poster, Standard CD Jewelcase, Digital Album and as LP with LP-Booklet, in either standard, unlimited black vinyl or in the following limited coloured vinyl editions (with an additional poster):

Ltd. Transp. Orange-Red Marbled LP (2500x copies, via all retailers)
Ltd. Deep Blood Red LP (400x copies, via Swedish retailers)
Ltd. Red-Black Haze LP (500x copies, via Nuclear Blast and all UK retailers)
Ltd. Clear-Black Marbled LP (500x copies, via EMP)
Ltd. Creamy White LP (300x copies, via Napalm Records)
Ltd. Translucent Sea Blue LP (1000x copies, via US retailers)
Ltd. Opaque Grey LP (750x copies, via US Indie retailers)
Ltd. Translucent Black Ice LP (500x copies, via Revolver / USA)
Ltd. Apple Red LP (500x copies, via CM US Webstore and Indiemerch)
Ltd. Pearlescent Deep Blue LP (300x copies, via At The Gates) SOLD OUT
Ltd. Transp. Sun Yellow LP (300x copies, via At The Gates) SOLD OUT

“The Ghost of a Future Dead” was recorded and mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden, comes with artwork created by Robert Samsonowitz (RBRT CRTV). The album can be purchased HERE.

“The Ghost of a Future Dead” Tracklist

1. The Fever Mask
2. The Dissonant Void
3. Det Oerhörda
4. A Ritual of Waste
5. In Dark Distortion
6. Of Interstellar Death
7. Tomb of Heaven
8. Parasitical Hive
9. The Unfathomable
10. The Phantom Gospel
11. Förgängligheten
12. Black Hole Emission