The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Chances for 2027
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2016
- Active since
- 1990
- Albums
- The Ghost of a Future Dead 2026
- The Nightmare of Being 2021
- To Drink From the Night Itself 2018
- At War With Reality 2014
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 1 0,2 per week Kerrang! Radio 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 4 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 BBC Radio 1 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Kerrang! Radio 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ghost of a Future Dead | 2026 | #85 (2 wk) | – | – |
| The Nightmare of Being | 2021 | #84 (1 wk) | #77 (1 wk) | – |
| To Drink From the Night Itself | 2018 | #39 (6 wk) | – | – |
| At War With Reality | 2014 | #78 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Slaughter of the Soul | 1995 | – | – | – |
| Terminal Spirit Disease | 1994 | – | – | – |
| With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness | 1993 | – | – | – |
| The Red in the Sky Is Ours | 1992 | – | – | – |
How popular is At The Gates compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2016 | – | D | 74 / 154 | 100 | 11 | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲Friday, August 2016 · Pukkelpop
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | The Fever Mask 2 · The Dissonant Void 1 · Slaughter Of The Soul 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | The Fever Mask 1 · Slaughter Of The Soul 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Slaughter of the Soul 2 · All Life Ends 2 · Blinded by Fear 1 · Det oerhörda 1 · A Ritual of Waste 1 |
| Kerrang! Radio | United Kingdom | Slaughter of the Soul 1 |