The Flames of the End

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The Flames of the End
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Released22 February 2010
Recorded Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, 2 August 2008 (main show), Various
Genre Melodic death metal
Length2:01:35
Label Earache Records
Director Anders Bjorler
Producer Tue Madsen (Wacken concert only)
At the Gates live chronology
Suicidal Final Art
(2001)
The Flames of the End
(2010)
Purgatory Unleashed – Live at Wacken
(2010)

The Flames of the End is a three-disc DVD set from Swedish metal band At the Gates. Its main feature is a 2-hour+ documentary detailing the history of the band and their successful reunion tour, directed by guitarist and founding member Anders Bjorler. The set also includes their set from Wacken Open Air 2008 on the second disc, and a collection of songs from various venues, music videos and deleted scenes from the documentary on the third. The set is packaged in a digipak with a 40-page booklet. Earache Records has also made available a limited-edition set including an LP, CD, shirt, belt buckle, keyring, patch and 4 plectrums. Bjorler has described the DVD as "a fine last document for the band". [1]

Contents

Disc one: "Under a Serpent Sun - The Story of At the Gates"

  1. Introduction & Opening Titles
  2. Reunion: From Vision to Reality
  3. The Early Years Part 1: From Nursery Rhymes to Death Metal
  4. The Early Years Part 2: The Schillerska / Billdal Connection
  5. The Early Years Part 3: The Grotesque / At the Gates Transition
  6. The Early Years Part 4: Creativity Unbound
  7. Gardens of Grief
  8. The Red in the Sky Is Ours
  9. Reunion: Sweden Rock 2008
  10. With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
  11. Exit Alf - Enter Martin
  12. Reunion: Graspop 2008
  13. Terminal Spirit Disease
  14. Reunion: Ruis Rock 2008
  15. Slaughter of the Soul
  16. Reunion: America re-visited
  17. Reunion: San Antonio, TX 2008
  18. Exit Anders
  19. Reunion: Bloodstock Open Air 2008
  20. Reunion: The Past Is Alive
  21. Beyond the Gates
  22. End Credits
  23. Interview with Tomas in Chicago 1996 (Deleted Scenes)
  24. Adrian, the Prankster (Deleted Scenes)
  25. The Tokyo Experience (Deleted Scenes)
  26. Elvis Has Left the Building (Deleted Scenes)
  27. European Mini-Tour with Therion 1992 (Deleted Scenes)
  28. Gods of Metal, Italy 2008 (Deleted Scenes)
  29. Tompa cleaning out the trailer (Deleted Scenes)
  30. Kingdom Gone (Music Video)
  31. The Burning Darkness (Music Video)
  32. Terminal Spirit Disease (Music Video)
  33. Blinded by Fear (Music Video)

Disc two: "Purgatory Unleashed - Live at Wacken"

  1. Intro (backstage)
  2. Slaughter of the Soul
  3. Cold
  4. Terminal Spirit Disease
  5. Raped by the Light of Christ
  6. Under a Serpent Sun
  7. Windows
  8. World of Lies
  9. The Burning Darkness
  10. The Swarm
  11. Forever Blind
  12. Nausea
  13. The Beautiful Wound
  14. Unto Others
  15. All Life Ends
  16. Need
  17. Blinded by Fear
  18. Suicide Nation
  19. Kingdom Gone

Disc three: "Only the Dead Are Smiling"

  1. Slaughter of the Soul (Wetlands, New York, US 7 March 1996)
  2. Cold (Wetlands, New York, US 7 March 1996)
  3. The Swarm (Wetlands, New York, US 7 March 1996)
  4. Blinded by Fear (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, US, 10 March 1996)
  5. Suicide Nation (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, US, 10 March 1996)
  6. Under a Serpent Sun (Thirsty Whale, Rivergrove, IL, US, 10 March 1996)
  7. Suicide Nation (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008)
  8. Raped by the Light of Christ (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008)
  9. Windows (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008)
  10. World of Lies (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008)
  11. Nausea (Ruisrock, Turku, Finland, 4 July 2008)
  12. Slaughter of the Soul (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008)
  13. Cold (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008)
  14. Terminal Spirit Disease (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008)
  15. The Beautiful Wound (Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium, 29 June 2008)
  16. The Burning Darkness (Witchwood, Manchester UK, 5 February 1996)
  17. Through Gardens of Grief (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 20 April 1991)
  18. All Life Ends (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 20 April 1991)
  19. City of Screaming Statues (Factory, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 20 April 1991)
  20. Slaughter of the Soul (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2008)
  21. Cold (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2008)
  22. Under a Serpent Sun (Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2008)
  23. Slaughter of the Soul (Irving Plaza, New York, US, 9 July 2008)
  24. Need (The Abyss, Houston, TX, US, 17 March 1996)
  25. Neverwhere (Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece, 21 September 2008)
  26. Kingdom Gone (Gagarin 205, Athens, Greece, 21 September 2008)

Personnel

Reunion tour line-up

Former members (archive footage)

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References

  1. "AT THE GATES – The Flames Of The End 3-DVD Set". The Metal Den. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2011.