GATES OF ISHTAR from northern Sweden were one of the most influential melodic death/black metal bands of their times. Within a time frame of only three years GATES OF ISHTAR released three studio albums, all of which are justly considered classic releases of the genre: The debut album “A Bloodred Path” with its wild and fast Maiden-like melodies and an ice-cold atmosphere, the second album “The Dawn Of Flames” which showed a more epic side of GATES OF ISHTAR by still keeping high the level of ferocity and aggression, and the opus magnum “At Dusk And Forever”, the band’s swan song album, entwining the different influences from death, black and heavy metal to perfection.

  Now all three albums are finally available again, with remastered sound, liner notes, new cover artworks and deluxe packaging.

And finally all albums are available on vinyl. “A Bloodred Path” has never been released on LP before, whereas the two other albums were only released on picture LP, a sometimes unloved format by the audiophile vinyl community. The remastered sound and the special vinyl mastering lift the excellent songs to a whole new sound level of unprecented brilliance.

No doubt, “A Bloodred Path”, “The Dawn Of Flames” and “At Dusk And Forever” are essential releases, compulsory albums for everyone into melodic black/death metal the northernmost way.