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At The Gates Vocalist Tomas Lindberg Dead At 52
Tomas Lindberg battled a rare oral cancer from late 2023, recording final album vocals before surgery; his bandmates announced his passing due to cancer complications.
- Tomas Lindberg, lead singer of Swedish metal band At the Gates, died on September 16, 2025, at age 52 after cancer complications.
- Diagnosed in December 2023 with rare adenoid cystic carcinoma in his mouth, Lindberg underwent surgery and radiation but the cancer returned.
- He recorded all vocals for At the Gates' upcoming album in one day just before surgery, ensuring his voice remains on the posthumous release.
- At the Gates formed in 1990, pioneering melodic death metal and influencing many bands with landmark albums like 1995's Slaughter of the Soul.
- Lindberg's death ends a long battle but his legacy lives through his recordings and influence on generations within the metal community.
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With the metal band At The Gates Tomas Lindberg was able to sell hundreds of thousands of records. Now the frontman of the influential band is dead. He became only 52 years old.
·Berlin, Germany
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Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg, singer in the metal band At the Gates, has died, reports Kulturnyheterna in SVT, which has spoken to his family.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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