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Gates of Ishtar

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Genres
  
Melodic death metal

Past members
  
See below

Genre
  
Melodic death metal

Labels
  
Spinefarm, Invasion

Active until
  
1998

Origin
  
Sweden (1992)

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Years active
  
1992–1998, 2015–present

Albums
  
The Dawn of Flames, A Bloodred Path, At Dusk and Forever, Seasons of Frost (Remastered)

Members
  
Oskar Karlsson, Mikael Sandorf

Similar
  
The Duskfall, Helltrain, Defleshed, The Everdawn, Scheitan

Gates of Ishtar is a melodic death metal band from Sweden.

Contents

Gates of ishtar at dusk and forever full album


Background

Gates of Ishtar was formed in late 1992 by Mikael Sandorf (vocals), Andreas Johansson (drums), Stefan Nilsson (guitar) and Harald Åberg (bass guitar). Eventually, the band recruited guitarist Tomas Jutenfäldt. During the band's rehearsal for their demo, Seasons of Frost, Harald coined the band's name, and Andreas designed the logo.

In May 1995, Seasons of Frost was recorded at Lucichrist studio. This demo led to the group's contract for its first full-length album on the Finnish label Spinefarm Records. In 1996, their debut album, A Bloodred Path was recorded in the Finnish studio Tico-Tico and released by Spinefarm in June. Due to the popular response to this album, and the band's dissatisfaction with Spinefarm Records, Gates of Ishtar switched to the German label Invasion Records. A contract for two full-length albums was signed, and the band started to work on their second album, The Dawn of Flames.

Before work on their second album began, Oskar and Niklas left the band due to personal disagreements with other band members. Henrik Åberg who was their live guitarist was recruited to play drums. Still missing a bass guitarist, Tomas asked an old friend, Danjel Röhr, to perform as a session musician for The Dawn of Flames. In early 1997, the band traveled to Örebro to record at Unisound studio. On March 25, 1997, the album was released worldwide.

The band reunited in 2015.

On March 3, 2016, drummer Oskar Karlsson died.

Discography

  • 1995 - Seasons of Frost (demo)
  • 1996 - A Bloodred Path
  • 1997 - The Dawn of Flames
  • 1998 - At Dusk and Forever

    • Current members

  • Mikael Sandorf - vocals (1992-1998), vocals, guitars, bass (1998)
  • Urban Carlsson - guitars (?-1998)

    • Former members

  • Oskar Karlsson - drums (1992-1996, 1997-1998, 2015–2016; died 2016)
  • Andreas Johansson - guitars (?-1997), drums (1992-?)
  • Tomas Jutenfäldt - guitars (?-1997)
  • Harald Åberg - bass (1992-?)
  • Stefan Nilsson - guitars (1992-?)
  • Niklas Svensson - bass (1994-1996)
  • Danjel Röhr - bass (1996-1997)
  • Henrik Åberg - drums (1996-1997)

    • Songs

    A Bloodred PathA Bloodred Path · 1996
    Dawn of FlamesThe Dawn of Flames · 1997
    At Dusk and ForeverAt Dusk and Forever · 1998

    References

    Gates of Ishtar Wikipedia
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