AT THE GATES will team up with DARKEST HOUR and MUNICIPAL WASTE for the following North American tour dates:

July 10 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
July 11 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
July 12 - Montreal, QC @ Le Medley
July 13 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
July 14 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
July 15 - Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
July 17 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
July 18 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
July 21 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
July 23 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
July 24 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
July 25 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
July 26 - Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
July 27 - Hollywood, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre

fuck yes!

There for ATG......

...Fuck the rest.

isn't Iron maiden the same day?

$3 off ticket price if you show up wearing a commando hat.

Hooooly Christ on a Christmas tree! I better not be on tour then.

Fucking SWEET!

yes!

Iron Maiden is in June.

Darkest Hour and Municipal Waste? What happened, was Bury Your Dead already on tour with Ultraspank?

Don't care so much about Darkest Hour and haven't heard enough Municipal Waste to know, but I know that I just got wet seeing At The Gates coming to America.

darkest hour ripped off at the gates

They're on tour with Trashmop and Spinny 5.

why the fuck didnt spinny 5 get on this tour?

RACISM

anyone know when tickets go on sale?

I'm due on July 12th...REALLY AT THE GATES? REALLY? The 11th?

lol @ ur life

set it up, so the birth happens at the at the gates show. that would be the most metal birth ever!

yeah Rev can take pictures

This should be a good birthday present.

YES! i wouldn't drive to see them, but i'll certainly walk down the street.

If I'm not literally IN the hospital, I'm going.

I sure as shit hope I have this night off. At the Gates is definitely at the top of my list of bands I wish I have seen.

I am so fucking down.

Pam, you can have a sonic-induced labor. It will gah-ron-fuckin-T your child is metal.

got my tickets today.

Fuckin-a-right. Just got my tickets.

must...














get...











TICKETS

I can't even say for sure that I will not be working that night and I still got tickets. I'd rather take a $32.50 dive and not be able to go than show up and try to buy at the door with it being sold out.

tickets are bought

got tickets over a month ago.

It's like the brown note, only in the front.

just bought tickets....pumped

ditto. I'm set to shoot this.

who set you up for photo rev? i wanna try and get video poop for ATG. last i heard, earache wasn't doing anything with them.

going to this show, then driving down to PVD to play a show. best night of my life ever.

goat: earache is doing stuff with municipal waste.

I will fucking be there.

Goddamn. I thought tickets were only $18, but they're $28...I guess I'll have to deal with it!

ill be there

Fuck this faggatory show and go to a much better show in New Bedford.

ok... before anyone says anything, I do love MW and they are worth going to see for sure. But this show is still meh.

i got my tickets for $30, but looks like i may be getting backstage, if that means anything...

I think it means you might be strokin the cock...

Pretty psyched for this.

I'm never forgiving this child for this.

Yes you will Pam. Just remind him/her everyday of what you missed because of them.

I was lucky to see them a couple weeks ago in France, I am sure their set will be longer at this show

when my mom was pregnant with me she said she saw the boss, and robert plant when she was like 8 months pregnant with me haha not as chaotic as at the gates, but hey i came out fine

According to Toxic Holocaust's myspace, they are gonna be opening this show.

im still deciding whether or not i want to go to this. 30 bucks seems a little steep. does anyone know if this is close to sold out yet?

I was on the fence about it too, but I've been waiting to see At The Gates for probably 12 years or so. $28 plus a $4.50 service charge sucks, but I'd much rather spend the money than miss out, even if they decide to tour again. Plus I finally got paid by a few clients so I actually have a few extra bucks to spare.

Knowing that this is only 2 days away...I officially have a fully. I can't fucking wait.

this is going to be epic.

I'm going to shit in my own fist and punch myself in the mouth because it's going to be THAT good.

wooooooo

Can't wait for this.

COME ON, PAM!
The hospital is right down the street! Bring your child into the world by the way of METAL! lol

Shit, no matter how many times I shoot a load I am still erect. I can't help it...it looks like I'll be tuckin' under my belt to hide it tomorrow.

i would advise all attending to look for the handsome gent sipping bourbon by the bar, congratulate him on his handsomeness and buy him another bourbon.

Jim Beam?

Yeah but...it's a worcester hospital. I don't want my kid getting TB in the early days of his life.

beam will suffice. frealz... name tags?

Shit man...I'd likely get a bourbon with you, but, if you are down with a scotch...it's on me.

as an advocate of irresponsibly mixing liquors, i am easily persuaded. scotch is always a good time.

Throw Bleach at everything before you lay down, Pam. Even at the nurses if your hear bad english or none at all.

is this sold out?

honestly if it didn't mean crowds of douchebags in castro hats and hours of standing, I'd probably still go. But I am on doc's orders not to be on my feet much at the moment and I don't want to run the risk of some fucking moron in girl pants spin kicking me in the baby.

Going relatively early, as Toxic Holocaust is opening. Pretty weak they're not on the flyer.

yes the waste and gates in the same show!

wasnt sold out as of 8pm last night, i just got my tix. fuck yeah. I can't wait to see what they play. This is gonna sound totally homo but it's like a dream, will they play stuff from "The red in the sky is ours" or "with fear i kiss the burning darkness" obviously stuff from "slaughter of the soul" i can't wait. It's like i'm 15 again. FUCKING SWEET... Seriously, i havn't been this excited for a long, long time.

set list from new york show
click if you want to know what you may be hearing....

" i can't wait. It's like i'm 15 again." I'm right there with ya dude,counting down the hours!

looks like they play all of slaughter of the soul and then some!

blargh, I don't think I can make this tonight. have fun people, should be fun

why are you excited, shannon? i thought you only liked shitty death metal.

ZING!!!

So psyched. I have the day off from work. I'll start At The Gates pregame shortly.

I'm fucking pumped! I can't believe this day is actually here. My penis is crying.

its like im 15 again...exactly

cant wait..work goes by soooo slow when you get baked in the morning

01. Slaughter Of The Soul
02. Cold
03. Terminal Spirit Disease
04. Raped By The Light Of Christ
05. Under A Serpent Sun
06. Windows
07. World Of Lies
08. The Burning Darkness
09. The Swarm
10. Forever Blind
11. Nausea
12. The Beautiful Wound
13. Suicide Nation
14. All Life Ends
15. Need
16. Blinded By Fear
17. The Flames Of The End (from tape)

omfg . I'm heading to the store now to buy my pre gaming supplies. Ill be heading down to wor-town in a couple hours.

Not sold out you say?

Can't wait!

I'm sure everyone is going to skip At The Gates so they can attend this show


...........ha

I saw the show last night in NYC. At the Gates was ridiculous. They closed with Need, which was kinda weird. Not really a great song to close with, in my opinion, but whatevs. Darkest Hour wasn't too shabby. Municipal Waste definitely brought their own crowd, but weren't too bad either. Great set list from ATG.

there had better be blood and broken bones during "Under A Serpent Sun".

does strawberries sell tickets the day of a show?

gonna try to leave early from work to see this

this better not sell out before I get in. do you think it will sell out at the doors tonight?

I doubt it, although I don't see why you wouldn't be able to get tickets at Strawberries (FYE) today, to answer your previous question.

It is so sad that Dethklok sells out and this doesn't....

sweet. going to stawberries now.

FYE has tix too, just got mine this AM It's like $27 plus a $4.75 BULLSHIT fee.

I haven't had a birthday worth being excited about in a long fucking time. Going to see St. Jude in Prov. after this. See how long I can keep a smile on my face. First day of my vacation to top it off.

well that sucked. the strawberries i know of closed and now its a furniture store! ha . newbury comics doesnt sell tickets either. guess ill just have to drive out to worcester without a ticket and hope for the best. what time do doors open anyway?

7. show at 8.

the burning darkness,
the swarm,
and yes... from gardens of grief
all....life......ENDSSSS!!!

holy moly. getting chills already. fucking ill.

order the tickets on the phone for will call, thats what i did. Turned out to be like 36$ A piece total. Seriuosly i been smoking weed at work ALL DAY just to chill myself out.

seriously.

Holy fucking christ in hell...I can't wait for this shit!

yes, it's very, very, very sad that Dethklok sells out and this doesn't.
however, if At the Gates had a TV show, then, just then, there'd be a possibility of it selling out.

very much looking forward to this. it's going to be a fucking goodtimer-fest! mr. ouchdrummer, looking forward to making your acquaintance. i too have been preparing. i'll be the gent in the "FREE NEIL BRACKERT" shirt. and happy birthday, yummy... we'll have to have an apertif. frank... the tradition will be upheld!

I'm trying to decide if this is worth the risk of going into labor at the palladium. I definitely should have gotten a photo pass.

Who gives a rat's cunt hole if it doesn't sell out. I hope it doesn't so that people who want to see them can show up and still get in. I can't imagine the grief that would follow being shut down at the door....

It's worth it.

I dunno. I'm a planet.

Buy two tickets.

My girlfriend was 8 1/2 months pregnant at a sold out show at the met. Tough call Pam.

Oh you're funny Kevin.
8 and half aint bad...I'm 40 weeks...that's 10 months. Doctor told me today she'd be surprised if I didn't go this weekend.

yeah, those last couple weeks are the prime time. But......the weekend doesn't start till tomorrow. YOU'RE TOTALLY IN THE CLEAR

I'm out! Hope to see allyalls up theya

Let it be known that I REALLY hope you go.

Unto Others and Ever Opening Flower are two songs that I would kill to see them play.

listening to ATG now and getting mad for not going

you're not alone, if it's any consolation.

ill be here.

but you're bringing life into the world!

I can assure you that you're not worse off NOT pushing a fat baby out of your holiest of holies.

leaving around 6. getting pumped!

ALL LIFE FUCKING ENDS.

PAAAAAAAAAM! doooo iiiiitttttt!

I didn't think you existed when I was sober?

I am leaving in an hour.

sold out

no not sold out. I misunderstood robin

walking down to the crowd seemed a little empty. I thing they are expecting 1300ish so not sold out...

toxic holocaust: again seeing them without tons of stage diving is kind of lame, but the audience kept up the juice, circle pitting and fist pumping like crazy. After they played war is hell, there was a lot more crowd surfing.

municipal waste: how odd is it seeing these guys on stage with a barricade? The kids that did make it over the barricade, they were pushed back into the crowd. For the one kid that made it on stage, he was tossed out after stage diving. robing tested out their mics too. they played an excel cover that I don't remember. off split image. but they kept talking about schrooms. this wasn't as "balls out" as they usually play, but they were still tripping from last night. upstairs would have killed with them tonight.

pam, you could have named the baby thomas.

SHIT! now i wish i went

oh my... my my my... what a high. this show almost ruins all shows for me forever.

th - better on cd
mucicipal waste - fun band. not the performance i expected but good. watching the kids go off to this band is great even at the palladium
darkest hour-sound was weak. drank a couple beers and walked around.
atg - so fucking amazing. worth the wait.

pam should have went.

jealous.
i've been sitting at home listening to Order From Chaos while discussing how I should have went to the show.
good times, sounds like.

that was pretty nutty. awesome show. darkest hour sucks ass

im still smiling from this show.

one of the best shows i've been too in a long time.
darkest hour was a disapointment to me... if all songs were like the sadist nation it would have been different...
municipal waste... shit they are good.
at the gate wow!

at the gates sounded awesome, they were tight as all hell.

Awesome show.

I'm really tempted to drive to montreal in the morning to see it again.

one of the best palladium shows ever!! darkest hour is really bad

pictures in a few minutes

Oh my god was this awesome. Well, ATG themselves. Toxic Holocaust was alright (Better on CD as someone else said...and the drummer sucks), Municipal Waste was worse than I remember, and Darkest Hour predictably blow goats for quarters as always.

Seriously, the Waste has a serious identity crisis going on. The vocalist wants to be Mike Muir, the bassist wants to be Frank Bello, and they steal Megadeth song titles and artwork. I understand that's part of the whole bit, but it's tiring. And they got fucking sloppy on the faster beats.

I'm still psyched ATG played All Life Ends. A lot of the leads were kinda buried in the mix. But that's the ONLY thing I could complain about.

That was SO FUCKING GOOD!

Holy shit. At the fucking Gates. That's all you need to say.

Seriously? I forgot who else played. They don't even matter.

At the Gates, best band I've ever seen at The Palladium.

BTW, Pam and Jon DID go, and they left a few songs from the end when she started having contractions. They went to the hospital and are going home because she's not quite ready, but she's definitely in the earlier stages of labor. At the Gates + new nephew = AWESOME weekend.

That was a killer show from ATG. Overall sound I thought was very good. Only thing I'd have liked would have been a bit more ummph in the kick drums as they were on the light side sound-wise. But that was fucking amazing to see them.

yea, the drummer for municipal waste sucked... on the fast beats he was losing it and just hitting the hi hat... shouldn't he be more rehearsed? hasn't he been touring for a while?

Apparently At The Gates was only capable on inducing FALSE labor. I could have stayed until the end. Gay.

Totally worth it though. Save for missing the last few songs, best.show.ever.

At the gates = greatest show ever
Darkest hour = big wall of suck
seeing old friends = outstanding
Tom aka FuckIsMySignature = loudest dude ever!
Aarons Hawaiian shirt = Priceless

I believe this show holds my new record for most times hit in the face. What a fucking killer concert. Need and Blinded by Fear were my favs but everything sounded tiiiight.

Good to see a healthy supply of RTTPers in attendance. Also got the chance to meet IRL the infamous Granny Monster and Alexc. Great time all around.

You can thank Mr. Jagermeister for that one.

Seeing you makes me really miss getting drunk.

to that dude who threatened to beat me up outside because i was 'laughing' at him when some chick asked me why i was laughing.... you suck.

Aww if it makes you feel better i went to labor this morning too...

Gave birth to a 9lb Taco Bell baby.

My daughter asked me if her brother had to "come out of your butt or what?" That was an interesting moment in parenthood.

PS- Rev, SWEET pictures.

I'm having my taco bell baby as I type

That shows was fucking balls out.

yeah and it was a good show too...

Holy christ in hell, I'm not even sure what to say. At the Gates lived up to my every expectation and then some. Aaron's description on the front page was dead on.

So pissed that I missed this. Hopefully they'll be as good when I see them in 3 weeks.

Just woke up. I don't even wanna shower. I'm considering retaining my beer, sweat, and "just saw ATG stench" for the weekend. I have no decent review. Oh my fucking god. I haven't had a smile on my face last this long in quite a while.

I'm glad I didn't get wasted like I usually do because now I will actually remember seeing them, perhaps even for as long as I live. Shit was fucking priceless.

and you remember seeing me.

This show was worth breaking my foot for. I missed like 2 of At The Gate's song's but they let me go back out there. My foot HURTS so bad right now.

i broke my everything

Yeah, I remember seeing you Rev. Considering my lack of intake of alcohol, I was in rare form.

I think I shaved off 10 years of my life last night. Cuz I haven't lost my shit like that since I was 19. Still in awe. Wish I could've talked to you rev. You're description was certainly right on.

someone complain about this show so that I can say, "should have come to bedfid"

go

"you should have come to new bedford."

Nope. That never correctly applies to anything. Ever.

This show was so good. I drank so many milkshakes with my new identity.

Voice still gone from last night, best show ever. Forever blind!!!!

Easily one of the best shows I've ever been to.

EVERYONE was there. everyone.

I managed to look right at pam and make eye contact and not recognize her because I'm retarded.

Did anyone else notice that there was actually a decent ratio of tacos to sausage there?

haha MIKE CHECKER 1-2

i wonder how all the bands that copied ATGs sound feel about these guys coming around again.

sucks that i wasn't able to make this. the bedfid show was pretty good though.

the show was pretty awesome. lots of people there. plenty of good friends.
toxic holocaust was great, sounded killer. crazy seeing them play for 30 people in pvd to go to downstairs palladium. i encouraged a tie died grateful dead wearing hippy to move the fuck out of the way since he wasn't headbanging. headbanging is the law when you are up front. if you're not doing it, don't be there. same goes for all those faggots with long hair who still havn't figured out how to headbang - get out of metal.
municipal waste was meh. sloppy and boring on a big stage-but yeah, luckily it's fun watching fans go nuts, sweet circle pit!
darkest hour. what was up with those soap boxes with knock off metallica lil dudes carved into them? that was weird. i felt bad for them, following up against two bands that have really paved a way for fashion to out a way of actually being credibility. those lights made me not look at the stage and kinda hid the fact that they suck at rocking out, clearly they havn't seen enough KISS or Judas Priest footage.
At The Gates was exceptional. Very strong set. Other than them not being young and not having the energy of the past, they were terrific. Yes, the leads were lost in the mix but overall it was satisfactory. Great range of material. Woulda loved to hear Like An Ever Opening Flower though. OH WELL! Windows...Kingdom Gone...All Life Ends...THANK YOU AT THE GATES. Quite obvious that more than half the crowd still doesn't have the early albums since SOS material was definately the favorite.

the S.O.S. had better have been the favorite coz that's the best stuff they ever did by far.
Burning Darkness? please. good stuff but not even on the same level.

and who gives a shit if people aren't headbanging or aren't headbanging "properly?" They paid to get in.

Maybe the next show that you go to you should just not even pay attention to the band playing and instead just monitor the crowd and make sure that no one is headbanging the wrong way or (GOD FORBID!) not headbanging at all. I know it may be tempting just to say "the hell with everyone else" and watch the band that's on stage that you came to see, but this is important stuff. If you don't police the crowd on the proper etiquette, who will?

elitist scenester faggot

I'll punch anyone that doesn't bang their head to Toxic Holocaust. That is, if my hand is free of Miller Low Life. Laugh Out Fucking Loud.

I've come to note that this show was so expensive, so as to fund Anders Bjorler's shampoo costs.

SOS was such a dominant, influential, important album...naturally they'd play the most from it. Think of what that fucking CD did for metal. All the bands it influenced, the people it brought to metal. Crazy. It's 13 years old and it's STILL doing that.

Hearing Under A Serpent Sun live was something I've been waiting for for over 10 years, and it was a-fucking-mazing. If I wasn't so preoccupied timing contractions, I probably would had cried a little.

my neck still hurts.

mine too.

Hearing Under A Serpent Sun live was something I've been waiting for for over 10 years, and it was a-fucking-mazing.

I will never forget the look on Brendan's face (of St.Jude) when they played that song. Like he was forgiven of all sins, then proceeded to annihilate about 50 people rushing to the front to sing along. So many good memories of that night. One of those nights you realize how special it will be for years to come. Did this show turn me into a hippy?

I wish I wasn't stuck in the balcony. I surely would have lost a few teeth for front row during the song.

... i was sitting down right in the middle in back of the booths near the bar, if i brought a camera i would have filmed it.

being able to post on the internet from the shitter says a great deal about the paradise that our society is.

it's called the double download.

brendan was very wet

Being crammed against tons of people with minimal amounts oxygen at the barrier was worth seeing ATG. They played extremly well but the sound could have been better. I agree that the leads and melodies got a bit obscured.

Tho Thensititive. Go back to LA or NYC you fucking chooch.

all this talk about headbanging makes me miss my hair even more.
SUCKS not being able to have hair whilst headbanging now.

WOW....




Almost the best set i've seen in years.. Definately the most nastalgic. Definately the most thrashin. I didnt' want them to stop.. And yeah, I smiled all weekend because of it.

my pix-
at the gates
http://photos.tomcouture.com/p306730302/

darkest hour
http://photos.tomcouture.com/p74434017/

municipal waste
http://photos.tomcouture.com/p168634162/

toxic holocaust
http://photos.tomcouture.com/p50792588/

nice shirt and scrunchy aaron!

Nice shots as usual Tom, they're sharp as shit. Website looks awesome too!

agreed. throws me off balance now too when play shows. i'm on my 4th attempt at growing my hair now lol.

I would argue that these are the best photos you have taken.

GREAT STUFF!!

rb

Just saw this in STL. Holy fuck.