Gates of Ishtar

about

Gates of Ishtar is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Luleå, formed in late 1992 by Mikael Sandorf (vocals), Andreas Johansson (drums), Stefan Nilsson (guitar) and Harald Åberg (bass). After some time the guys felt that there were something missing in the band so they started to ask around for another guitarplayer, and after a while Tomas Jutenfäldt joined the band. The band started to rehearse for a demorecording but many things happened on their way towards the "Seasons of Frost" demo. . . First they began to search for a name for the band and Harald were the guy to find one. . . Gates of Ishtar were the obvious name for their music and opinions. Andreas designed the logo and now their journey started. . . In early May 1995 the demo "Seasons of Frost" were recorded in the Lucichrist studio. The response that came for the demo were great so Gates of Ishtar signed for one full-length album on the Finnish label Spinefarm Records. After a year of songwriting, the debut CD "A Bloodred Path" were recorded in the Finnish studio Tico-Tico in early´96. The record were released by Spinefarm in June´96 and the response were very good everywhere. . . Many offers came from other labels and because of the bad promotion from Spinefarm, Gates of Ishtar changed their label to German label Invasion Records. A contract for two full-length albums were signed and the band started to work on their second CD "The Dawn of Flames". Now a big change took place. Oskar & Niklas left the band

top songs

albums

A Bloodred Path

At Dusk and Forever (Re-issue 2017) [Remastered]

At Dusk and Forever

The Dawn Of Flames

The Dawn of Flames (Re-issue 2017) [Remastered]

Seasons of Frost (Remastered)

Dawn of Flames

Swedish Melodic Death Metal

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Battles To Come (remastered 2016)

At Dusk & Forever

At Dusk and Forever (Re-issue 2017)

Seasons of Frost

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