AT THE GATES: “The Nightmare Of Being” Enters Charts Worldwide

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have scored impressive international entry results in various sales charts with their newly released album “The Nightmare Of Being”, out worldwide via Century Media Records, as follows:

AT THE GATES – “The Nightmare Of Being” – Chart Entries:

Germany: # 8
Austria: # 18
Switzerland: # 12
Sweden: # 20
Sweden (Physical): # 1
Sweden (Vinyl): # 1
Sweden (Hardrock/Metal): # 2
The Netherlands: # 77
Belgium: # 84
Finland: # 21
Finland (Physical): # 5
UK (Rock): # 3
USA (Current Hard Music Albums): #1
USA (Current Rock Albums): #4
USA (Current Album Sales): #14
USA (Album Sales) – #28

AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas Lindberg Redant commented about the initial reaction to the release as follows: “Hey everyone! We’re so happy and humbled by the fantastic response to our new album “The Nightmare Of Being”! We have never experienced anything like this before…the reviews have been amazing and also the fantastic response from all of you. It is amazing to have such a genuinely curious and interested listener base! And, last but not least, we have gotten amazing chart position reports this last week, so thank you all very much for your amazing support. It means the world to us, especially in these days of isolation and no shows. It is also especially rewarding with this level of response, considering that “The Nightmare Of Being” is our most adventurous and challenging album to date. Thank you all again.”

Check out the videos/singles released so far for “The Nightmare Of Being” here:

“Spectre of Extinction”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNKxMkHavAw

“The Paradox“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZPvry4H9N0

“The Fall Into Time”: https://youtu.be/E8QHPfRFo2Y

“The Nightmare Of Being”: https://youtu.be/_piYcbufqrw

Or stream “The Nightmare Of Being” in its entirety in a visualizer clip showing the album’s artwork – which was developed by artist Eva Nahon – HERE

While main parts for “The Nightmare Of Being” were recorded in Sweden at several different studios – Drums at Studio Gröndal with Jens Bogren, guitars and bass with Andy La Rocque at Sonic Train Studio and vocals at Welfare Sounds with Per Stålberg -, the album was mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios (Amon Amarth, Opeth, Kreator, etc.) by Jens Bogren, who has previously worked with AT THE GATES on their “At War With Reality” comeback album from 2014.

The tracklisting of “The Nightmare Of Being” (45:44 min.) is as follows:

Spectre of Extinction (4:49)
The Paradox (4:43)
The Nightmare of Being (3:49)
Garden of Cyrus (4:25)
Touched by the White Hands of Death (4:07)
The Fall into Time (6:45)
Cult of Salvation (4:24)
The Abstract Enthroned (4:26)
Cosmic Pessimism (4:31)
Eternal Winter of Reason (3:38)

The tracklisting for the live bonus (35:39 min.) is as follows:

Red (King Crimson cover, Live at Roadburn) (03:22)
The Scar (Live at Roadburn) (03:08)
Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass cover, Live at Roadburn) (03:37)
The Burning Darkness (Live at Roadburn) (02:29)
Daggers of Black Haze (Live in Stockholm) (04:48)
Death and the Labyrinth (Live in San Francisco) (03:37)
A Stare Bound in Stone (Live in in San Francisco) (04:09)
Heroes and Tombs (Live in San Francisco) (04:04)
The Night Eternal (Live in San Francisco) (06:21)

Order the various formats here: https://atthegates.lnk.to/TheNightmareOfBeing

AT THE GATES – Live 2021 / 2022:

13.08.2021 Kortrijk (Belgium) – Alcatraz Festival
02.10.2021 Larvik (Norway) – Spetakkel Festivalen
02.12.2021 Uppsala (Sweden) – Katalin
03.12.2021 Norrköping (Sweden) – Dynamo
04.12.2021 Karlstad (Sweden) – Nöjesfabriken
07.12.2021 Göteborg (Sweden) – Trägårn
09.12.2021 Stockholm (Sweden) – Slaktkyrkan
10.12.2021 Huskvarna (Sweden) – Folkets Park
11.12.2021 Gävle (Sweden) – Gefle Metal Winter fest
05.02.2022 Fredericia (Denmark) – Metal Magic Winter Festival
17.06.2022 Clisson (France) – Hellfest
23.06.2022 Nummijärvi (Finland) – Nummirock Festival
06.-09.07.2022 Ballenstedt (Germany) – RockHarz Festival *
15.07.2022 Gävle (Sweden) – Gefle Metal Festival

* Newly added dates!

More shows will be announced soon…