LIVING GATE: Suffer As One Debut From Outfit Featuring Members Of YOB, Amenra, And Wiegedood, Out Today On Relapse Records; European Tour Begins Tomorrow At Samhain Festival

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Suffer As One, the debut full-length from international death metal collective LIVING GATE – featuring Aaron Rieseberg (YOB), Lennart Bossu (Oathbreaker, Amenra), Wim Coppers (Oathbreaker, Wiegedood), and Levy Seynaeve (Wiegedood) – is out today on Relapse Records! Suffer As One stands among the most unrelenting, old-school death metal records of 2024.

**Stream LIVING GATE’s Suffer As One at YouTube HERE or all streaming services HERE.**

Watch LIVING GATE’s previously released video for “To Cut Off The Head Of The Snake” HERE and “Hunting Maggots” HERE.

Order Suffer As One on LP, CD, and digital formats via Relapse.com HERE.

LIVING GATE begins their European Fall tour tomorrow at Samhain Festival. The journey will run through November 9th at Amplifest. See all confirmed dates below.

LIVING GATE Live:
10/26/2024 Samhain Festival – Maastricht, NL
10/27/2024 Wilde Westen – Kortrijk, BE
10/29/2024 Urban Spree – Berlin, DE
10/30/2024 Jubez – Karlsruhe, DE
11/01/2024 Music House – Graz, AT
11/02/2024 Raindogs – Savona, IT
11/03/2024 Circolo Magnolia – Milan, IT
11/04/2024 Freakout Club – Bologna IT
11/06/2024 Bad Bonn – Düdingen, CH
11/09/2024 Amplifest – Porto, PT

A follow-up to the Deathlust EP and the “Internal Decomposition” single, LIVING GATE‘s thesis statement is now bold and clear: old-school, heavier-than-anything-ever death metal is here to stay. Suffer As One exemplifies all of the strengths of the genre through its sheer ferocity. The riffs on “To Cut Off The Head Of The Snake” are equal parts muscular and angular. The blastbeats and double-bass stomps suffocate the listener with low-end vocals that are utterly guttural and pierce from within. Every moment on Suffer As One feels crucial; riffs, melodies, even vocal phrasings turn on their heads at the drop of a dime, giving way to hellish solos set against technical-meets-bombastic rhythm sections.

With an eye to the future, LIVING GATE seeks to solidify their own take on the genre with tracks like “Destroy And Consume,” which leans on a borderline hardcore swagger, crashing it head on with leads and riffs that chug and swirl around into spheres of madness. Elsewhere, Rieseberg carries the torch for the band in “Massive Depletion In Eb Minor,” a bass interlude that makes way for the band’s massive title track.

“Though the classically, savagely-swung blast intro is max-impact, to say the least, guitarists Lennart Bossu (Amenra) and Levy Seynaeve (Wiegedood) are also pretty adept at throwing in some oddball harmonics to spice things up. It’s not just an ouroboros rehash of the death-metal gods of yore: There’s no way to chase your own tail, of course, if you’ve already chopped off your head.” – Revolver on “To Cut Off The Head Of The Snake”

“… an album built from massive granite blocks of rhythm and riff, with molten lead guitar snaking through the pores and fissures.” – Decibel Magazine

“Suffer As One… doubles and triples the promise shown on their debut EP, Deathlust. Echoes of Demilich, Suffocation, Death (duh), and the strains of death that exist at the threshold between tech and brutality coexist beautifully…” – New Noise Magazine

“Suffer As One conveys spirited, over-active moshable tact in bursts as this relatively new side-project sports a strong technical (but not ‘tech’) hand which fills every free moment with action…a fine death metal debut which should entertain most anyone looking for a riff-focused death metal album unwilling to ‘play dumb’ in 2024. A high recommendation.” – Mystification ‘Zine

“… a tried-and-true exercise in the most unforgiving, filthy version of death, the kind that makes you feel like cobwebs are plastered to your face and that skullduggery is near. It’s a blast from the past into a volatile future, one LIVING GATE seems only too happy to douse with their own blood.” – Meat Mead Metal

“LIVING GATE are capable of digging through maggots and gore to uncover lively riffs. While the first four songs keep on an unrelenting drive, Suffer As One expands beyond that starting with the moody instrumental ‘Massive Depletion In Eb Minor.’ The title track has a sublime melodic outro and the lead guitar shines on closer ‘CQC.’ Add death metal to the list of genres the members of LIVING GATE can pull off.” – Heavy Music HQ

LIVING GATE:
Wim Coppers – drums
Aaron Rieseberg – bass
Lennart Bossu – guitars
Levy Seynaeve – guitars, vocals