Editing Tomas Lindberg

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{{Short description|Swedish singer (born 1972)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Tomas Lindberg
| image               = Tomas Lindberg 2022 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Lindberg with At the Gates in 2022
| birth_name          = <!--if different-->
| alias               = Tompa, Goatspell
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1972|10|16|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| genre               = [[Melodic death metal]], [[death metal]], [[hardcore punk]], [[crust punk]], [[d-beat]], [[grindcore]], [[thrash metal]], [[deathgrind]]
| occupation          = Singer
| years_active        = 1988–present
| label               =
| current_member_of   = [[At the Gates]], [[Disfear]], [[The Great Deceiver (band)|the Great Deceiver]], [[Lock Up (UK band)|Lock Up]]
| past_member_of      = [[Grotesque (band)|Grotesque]], [[Nightrage]], [[The Crown (band)|the Crown]], [[Skitsystem]]
| website             =
}}

'''Tomas Lindberg''' (born 16 October 1972), also known as "'''Tompa'''" and "'''Goatspell'''", is a Swedish vocalist who has fronted many [[death metal music|death metal]] bands, most notably [[At the Gates]]. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Tomas+Lindberg|title=Tomas Lindberg|work=Last.fm|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> He also teaches [[social studies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/gatesdisfear-vocalist-tomas-lingburg-teaching-high-school/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716231846/http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/gatesdisfear-vocalist-tomas-lingburg-teaching-high-school/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 July 2011|title=The Daily Swarm|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://crypticrock.com/interview-tomas-lindberg-of-at-the-gates/|title=Interview – Tomas Lindberg of at the Gates – CrypticRock – Melodic Death Metal Cryptic Rock|date=6 June 2014 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

Lindberg was ranked number 30 out of 50 of The Greatest Metal Frontmen of All Time by [[Roadrunner Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/the-50-greatest-metal-front-men-of-all-time|title=THE 50 GREATEST METAL FRONT-MEN OF ALL TIME!|work=Roadrunner Records|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==
He started as a vocalist in the band [[Grotesque (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 (album)|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 (band)|Hide]], [[The Crown (band)|The Crown]], [[Disfear]], [[Skitsystem]] and the [[grindcore]] supergroup [[Lock Up (UK band)|Lock Up]], in which he performed alongside [[Napalm Death]] members [[Shane Embury]] (bass) and [[Jesse Pintado]] (guitar) and former [[Dimmu Borgir]] drummer [[Nick Barker (drummer)|Nick Barker]]. He also did vocals for the Gothenburg-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 (band)|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]].

Later on he worked with the band [[Nightrage]], but shortly after their second album [[Descent into Chaos (Nightrage album)|Descent into Chaos]] was released in 2005, Lindberg left the band so that a more full-time vocalist ([[Antony Hämäläinen]]) could accompany them on tours and studio albums. Lindberg occasionally provides guest vocals as seen on [[Darkest Hour (band)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Tomas+Lindberg/a/Tomas+Lindberg.htm|title=Tomas Lindberg Discography and Music at CD Universe|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

Decibel Magazine credits the logo of black metal band [[Darkthrone]] as the work of Lindberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://happypeopledontcomplain.blogspot.com/2008/07/top-5-metal-logos-according-to-decibel.html|title=Happy People Don't Complain|author=HPDC|date=8 July 2008 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>

== Discography ==
[[File:Tomas-Lindberg-Gods-of-Metal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Lindberg in 2008]]
* [[Grotesque (band)|Grotesque]] – ''[[In the Embrace of Evil]]'' (1989)
* [[At the Gates]] – ''[[Gardens of Grief]]'' (1991)
* At the Gates – ''[[The Red in the Sky Is Ours]]'' (1992)
* At the Gates – ''[[With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness]]'' (1993)
* At the Gates – ''[[Terminal Spirit Disease]]'' (1994)
* At the Gates – ''[[Slaughter of the Soul]]'' (1995)
* At the Gates – ''[[At War with Reality]]'' (2014)
* At the Gates – ''[[To Drink from the Night Itself]]'' (2018)
* At the Gates – ''[[The Nightmare of Being]]'' (2021)
* [[Skitsystem]] – ''Profithysteri'' (1995)
* Skitsystem – ''Ondskans ansikte'' (1996)
* Skitsystem/Wolfpack split – ''Levande lik'' (1998)
* Skitsystem – ''Grå värld/Svarta tankar'' (1999)
* Guest vocals on ''Devil Gate Ride'' on [[The Crown (band)|The Crown]] – ''[[Deathrace King]]'' (2000)
* [[The Great Deceiver (band)|The Great Deceiver]] – ''Jet Black Art'' (2000)
* Skitsystem – ''Enkel tesa till rännstenen'' (2001)
* Skitsystem – ''Skitsystem/Nasum Split'' (2002)
* The Great Deceiver – ''A Venom Well Designed'' (2002)
* [[Lock Up (UK band)|Lock Up]] – ''[[Hate Breeds Suffering]]'' (2002)
* [[The Crown (band)|The Crown]] – ''[[Crowned in Terror]]'' (2002)
* [[Disfear]] –  ''[[Misanthropic Generation]]'' (2003)
* Guest vocals on "Sadist Nation" from [[Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour]] – ''[[Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation]]'' (2003)
* Guest vocals on "Dirty Colored Knife and Under the Spell" from Nail Within – self-titled (2003)
* The Great Deceiver – ''Terra Incognito'' (2003)
* [[Nightrage]] – ''[[Sweet Vengeance (album)|Sweet Vengeance]]'' (2003)
* Guest vocals on "Cancer of the Mind" from Area 54 – ''Beckoning of the End'' (2003)
* Nightrage – ''[[Descent into Chaos (Nightrage album)|Descent into Chaos]]'' (2005)
* Lock Up – ''Play Fast or Die: Live in Japan'' (2005)
* The Great Deceiver – ''Life Is Wasted on the Living'' (2007)
* Guest vocals on "The Blessing" from [[Slowmotion Apocalypse]] – ''[[Obsidian]]'' (2007)
* Disfear – ''[[Live the Storm]]'' (2008)
* Guest vocals on "White Knives" from Transistor Transistor – ''Young Vampires of New Hampshire 7"'' (2008)
* Guest vocals on "Ruling Class Cancelled" from [[Misery Index (band)|Misery Index]] – ''[[Traitors (album)|Traitors]]'' (2008)
* Necronaut – Necronaut Vocals on ''Rise of the Sentinel'' (2010)
* Nightrage – ''[[Vengeance Descending (Nightrage album)|Vengeance Descending]]'' (2010)
* Guest vocals on "The Mark of the Beast Part 2" from [[Salem (Israel band)]] – ''[[Playing God and Other Short Stories]]'' (2010)
* Lock Up – ''[[Necropolis Transparent]]'' (2011)
* Nightrage – Guest vocals on ''[[Insidious (Nightrage album)|Insidious]]'' (2011)
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – guest vocals on ''[[Converge / Napalm Death]]'' (2012)
* The Blood of Heroes – Guest vocals on "The Waking Nightmare" (2013)
* Guest vocal on Solitary Confinement from Decadawn (2014)
* Science Slam Sonic Explorers – guest vocals on ''Deep Time Predator'' (with Invertia) (2015)
* City Keys – Guest vocals on "Condemned", from the ''Evil Greed EP'' (2017)
* The Lurking Fear – "Out Of The Voiceless Grave" (2017)
* [[Orphaned Land]] – Guest vocals on ''Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War'' from ''[[Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs]]'' (2018)
* ColdTears – Guest vocals on ''Silence Them All'' (2018)

== References ==
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== External links ==
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