Photo by Geert Braekers
International death metal collective LIVING GATE – featuring Aaron Rieseberg (YOB), Lennart Bossu (Oathbreaker, Amenra), Wim Coppers (Oathbreaker, Wiegedood), and Levy Seynaeve (Wiegedood) – will unleash their debut full-length, Suffer As One, on October 25th through Relapse Records. Suffer As One stands among the most unrelenting, old-school death metal records of 2024. Today, the band shares the third single from the offering, “Destroy And Consume.”
Listen to LIVING GATE’s “Destroy And Consume” at THIS LOCATION.
Watch LIVING GATE’s previously released video for “To Cut Off The Head Of The Snake” HERE and “Hunting Maggots” HERE.
Preorder Suffer As One on LP, CD, and digital formats via Relapse.com HERE.
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 The Head Off 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.
See LIVING GATE on tour throughout Europe this Fall starting October 26th at Samhain Festival 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
LIVING GATE:
Wim Coppers – drums
Aaron Rieseberg – bass
Lennart Bossu – guitars
Levy Seynaeve – guitars, vocals
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