Tomas Lindberg

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Name = Tomas Lindberg


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Tomas Lindberg
Alias = Tompa
Goatspell
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Origin = Sweden
Instrument = Vocals, Guitar
Genre = Melodic death metal
Death metal
Heavy metal
Punk rock
Hardcore punk
Crust punk
D-beat
Grindcore
Thrash metal
Deathgrind
Occupation = Musician, Singer, Songwriter
Years_active = 1988–present
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Associated_acts = At the Gates
Disfear
The Great Deceiver
Nightrage
The Crown
Skitsystem
Liers in Wait
Darkthrone [Decibel Magazine: January 2008]
Lock Up
Grotesque
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Tomas Lindberg (born October 16, 1972), from Gothenburg, Sweden, has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He started as a vocalist in the band Grotesque under the name Goatspell. When Grotesque fell apart he started melodic death metal band At the Gates. At the Gates broke up after the 1995 release of the highly acclaimed "Slaughter of the Soul" album, but reformed in 2007. In 1995 Lindberg provided vocals for three tracks on Ceremonial Oath's "Carpet" while Anders Fridén (In Flames) provided vocals for the other four tracks.

Since then, Lindberg has been involved in many other diverse musical projects within the metal and punk scene. He has fronted Hide, The Crown, Disfear, Skitsystem and the grindcore supergroup Lock Up, in which he performed alongside Napalm Death members Shane Embury (bass) and Jesse Pintado (guitar) and former Dimmu Borgir drummer, Nicholas Barker. He also did vocals for the Stockholm-based Sacrilege GBG on their 1996 European tour due to the difficulty for drummer/vocalist Daniel Svensson (In Flames) to do both.

He is earning praise for his Gothenburg-based outfit, The Great Deceiver, far removed from his previous work — a product of the Gothenburg melodic death metal scene mixed with influences from artists such as The Cure and Joy Division.

More recently he has worked with the band Nightrage, but shortly after their second album Descent into Chaos was released in 2005, Lindberg left the band so that a more full-time vocalist could accompany them on tours. Lindberg occasionally provides guest vocals as seen on Darkest Hour's "The Sadist Nation", Transistor Transistor's "Young Vampires of New Hampshire" 7", and on Slowmotion Apocalypse's, "The Blessing" on the 2007 'Obsidian' album.

Decibel Magazine credits the logo of Black Metal band Darkthrone to be the work of Lindberg.

Discography

* Grotesque - "In the Embrace of Evil" (1989)
* At the Gates - "Gardens of Grief" (1990)
* At the Gates - "The Red in the Sky Is Ours" (1991)
* At the Gates - "With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness" (1992)
* At the Gates - "Terminal Spirit Disease" (1994)
* At the Gates - "Slaughter of the Soul" (1995)
* Ceremonial Oath - "Carpet" (1995)
* Skitsystem - "Profithysteri" (1995)
* Skitsystem - "Ondskans Ansikte" (1996)
* Skitsystem/Wolfpack Split - "Levande Lik" (1998)
* Skitsystem - "Grå Värld/Svarta Tankar" (1999)
* The Great Deceiver - "Jet Black Art" (2000)
* Skitsystem - "Enkel Resa Till Rännstenen" (2001)
* Skitsystem - "Skitsystem/Nasum Split" (2002)
* The Great Deceiver - "A Venom Well Designed" (2002)
* Lock Up - "Hate Breeds Suffering" (2002)
* The Crown - "Crowned in Terror" (2002)
* Disfear - "Misanthropic Generation" (2003)
* Darkest Hour - "Hidden Hands Of A Sadist Nation" (2003) Guest vocals on "Sadist Nation"
* Nail Within - "Self Titled" (2003) Guest vocals on "Dirty Colored Knife and Under The Spell"
* The Great Deceiver - "Terra Incognito" (2003)
* Nightrage - "Sweet Vengeance" (2003)
* Area 54 - "Beckoning Of The End" (2003) - Guest vocals on "Cancer Of The Mind"
* Nightrage - "Descent into Chaos" (2005)
* Lock Up - "" (2005/2007)
* The Great Deceiver - "Life Is Wasted On The Living" (2007)
* Slowmotion Apocalypse - "Obsidian' (2007) - Guest Vocals on "The Blessing"
* Disfear - "Live The Storm" (2008)
* Transistor Transistor - "Young Vampires of New Hampshire 7"" (2008) - Guest vocals on "White Knives"

References

External links

* http://www.soundbase-online.com/incoming/bilder/lindberg.jpg