"It's very much inspired by the history of our city and the Gaol house that stood on the south gate bridge many years ago, lyrically I had hoped to evoke images of silhouetted city walls and security fences," says frontman Euan Manning. "Sometimes aesthetics can carry a song from its inception to its completion. Kevin Barry's novel 'City of Bohane' also served as inspiration for a gothic re-imagining of Cork."
Tomas Lindberg was not the voice of death metal he was so much better than that. During his 35-year career fronting Swedish band At the Gates, he never toed the line, never grunted about loving violence and hating Christianity because the genre dictated that you do so. Rather, he ripped up the rulebook with both his messaging and his delivery, setting a new standard for distinctiveness in extreme music.
