{"id":53196,"date":"2017-03-08T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=53196"},"modified":"2017-03-08T16:31:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:31:17","slug":"news-at-the-gates-part-ways-with-guitarist-anders-bjorler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-at-the-gates-part-ways-with-guitarist-anders-bjorler\/","title":{"rendered":"AT THE GATES Part Ways With Guitarist Anders Bj\u00f6rler (March 8th, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

AT THE GATES Part Ways With Guitarist Anders Bj\u00f6rler<\/strong><\/span>
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\nGothenburg, Sweden-based melodic death metal band At The Gates have parted ways with guitarist and founding member Anders Bj\u00f6rler, revealing this development on March 8th, 2017.<\/p>\n

The band issued the following statement: \u201cSo, it is now official that Anders Bj\u00f6rler is no longer a part of At The Gates. He will always be part of the At The Gates family, of course, but he will no longer write, record or play with us live.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is something that we, the rest of the band, have felt was on its way for quite some time, as that special spark was no longer with him the last year. We are grateful for all we have experienced together with him, all the records, all the songs, all the gigs, all the laughs and good times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rest of us have in the meantime started the work on the follow up to At War With Reality<\/em>, we already have three songs written, and the direction is set for an intense, hungry follow-up album.<\/p>\n

\u201cJonas (Bj\u00f6rler, bass) has always written a considerable part of the bands\u2019 material and we are fully confident that the new material will live up to the standards set by our previous records. It is ripping.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe four of us still has the burning urge to create death metal together, and we love playing live in front of our fans, so we will go on, with an even stronger intent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile writing the new record, that we intend to record in the beginning of 2018, we are trying out Anders\u2019 replacement. Some auditions are being held as we speak, and we will get back to you with news on the matter as soon as we know more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anders Bj\u00f6rler shared the following words, meanwhile: \u201cJust a quick note to let everybody know that I am leaving At The Gates permanently. The passion is just gone. There might be a more lengthy statement in the future, but at the moment I feel no need to explain further. This is a personal decision, and it has 100% to do with the music side of things.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reunion in 2008, and the subsequent tours, as well as the comeback album At War With Reality<\/em>, really helped revisiting our friendship, and it brought us together in a way I will always remember and cherish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would also like to thank all the people that supported us throughout the reunion shows as well as the At War With Reality<\/em> album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks a lot!\u201d<\/p>\n

As a co-founder of At The Gates, Anders Bj\u00f6rler appeared on all five of the band\u2019s studio albums to date, the most recent, At War With Reality<\/em>, was released<\/a> in October 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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