Gates of Ishtar
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Biography
Gates of Ishtar, a Swedish melodic death metal band, was formed in late 1992 under the name Disrupt by Mikael Sandorf on vocals, Andreas Johansson on drums, Stefan Nilsson on guitar, and Harald Ã
berg on bass. The band later recruited guitarist Tomas Jutenfäldt and changed their name to Gates of Ishtar during rehearsals for their demo Seasons of Frost. This demo led to a contract with Finnish label Spinefarm Records in 1995. Their debut album, A Bloodred Path, was released in June 1996. Following the release, the band switched to German label Invasion Records and recorded their second album, The Dawn of Flames, in early 1997. The band became inactive in 1998 but reunited in 2015. Drummer Oskar Karlsson died from heart failure in March 2016. In November 2022, the band announced a show in Umeå for the following year.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Where The Winds Of Darkness Blow
- Forever Beach
- Forever Scarred
- Trail of Tears
- Perpetual Dawn (The Arrival of Eternity - End My Pain)
- The Embrace of Winter
- At Dusk and Forever
- Wounds
- Never Alone Again
- The Nightfall
- The Burning Sky
- No Time
- Eternal Sin
- Dawn Of Flames
- Dreamfields
- Battles To Come
- The Silence
- Always
- Red Hot
