Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg

Swedish hard rock took its first big step abroad in the early 80s, when a young Yngwie Malmsteen sent a demo cassette across the Atlantic and became a guitar god overnight. Now Swedish hard rock bands perform all over the world on the biggest stages. This is the story of how Swedish hard rock became an export success.

Sweden is currently one of the world's largest producers of heavy metal. Super Stars like Europe and Yngwie Malmsteen have shown the way to the big stages, while bands like Candlemass and Bathory established entirely new genres. This is the story of the personalities that made ​​the Swedish hard rock and metal scene to what it is today. A fascinating, moving and humorous story about how Sweden became a world nation in one of the strongest and most popular cultural phenomena ever, full of eyewitness accounts, anecdotes and, of course, a whole lot of metal!

At The Gates - The Flames Of The End - Disc 1 'Under A Serpent Sun - The Story of At the Gates' Over 2 hours of brand new documentary detailing the band's entire career with exclusive interviews and footage, filmed and directed by guitarist Anders Bjorler.

At the Gates at House of Blues, Chicago, IL, USA Death and the Labyrinth Slaughter of the Soul Cold At War With Reality Terminal Spirit Disease Raped by the Light of Christ The Circular Ruins Under a Serpent Sun Windows City of Mirrors Suicide Nation Heroes and Tombs Nausea Eater of Gods World of Lies The Burning Darkness The Book of Sand (The Abomination) Blinded by Fear Kingdom Gone The Night Eternal

At The Gates - The Flames Of The End - Disc 3 'Only the Dead Are Smiling' 26 rare and archival live performances of the band playing in locations around the globe from 1991 - 2008.

At The Gates - The Flames Of The End - Disc 2 'Purgatory Unleashed' In the summer of 2008 At the Gates returned for a final tour. They played some selected gigs, before they terminated the band forever. This album was recorded at the Wacken Open Air-festival. A 3-DVD box set, including that very gig, The Flames of the End, has also been released. The title Purgatory Unleashed is a line from the song "Blinded by Fear".