Band reunions aren’t supposed to go like this. Enormously influential Swedish metal greats At The Gates, who broke up in 1996 after the release of their masterpiece Slaughter At The Soul, reassembled in 2007. At first the band just toured, playing big festivals and giving a chance for the people who hadn’t gotten to see them the first time around to get into it. But then At The Gates started recording again, and the band’s new records have pushed their sound forward and deepened their legend. At The Gates aren’t a legacy act now. They’re one of the most exciting metal bands in the world.