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Gorgoroth, meaning “land of great despair”, is a black metal band, named after the dark plains of Mordor in J.R.R.Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Led by guitarist Infernus (a.k.a. Roger Tiegs), it emerged in 1992 as a trio including vocalist Hat (‘Hate’ in Norwegian) and drummer Goat Pervertor.
The band, based in Hyllestad, debuted on April 28th 1993 with a demo, entitled ’A Sorcery Written In Blood’, featuring two tracks ‘Sexual Bloodgargling’ and ‘(Under) The Pagan Megalith’ preceded by the intro ‘Gathered At Blåkulla’, actually a minute plus of incoherent screaming. A further cassette, simply entitled ’Promo’94’, captured two more songs ‘Katharinas Bortgang’ and ‘Maaneskuggens Slave’. The opening 1994 ’Pentagram’ album, recorded at Grieghallen Studios with producer Pytten (a.k.a. Eirik Hundvin) for French label Embassy Productions, featured Emperor’s Samoth (a.k.a. Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen) on bass, due to the group’s original bassist Kjetter being imprisoned for his involvement in the burning of the 800 year old church Skjold Stavkirke.
A deliberate absence of lyrics, artwork and self-aggrandising promotion neatly served to focus purely on the musical content. The antecedent demo tracks all benefited from a re-cut whilst ‘Sexual Bloodgargling’ would be re-recorded under a revised title of ‘Ritual’. ’Pentagram’ gave no quarter, Gorgoroth’s grim and disciplined machinations unfettered by keyboards, atmospherics, effects. Further contributions also came from Satyricon drummer Frost (a.k.a. Kjetil Haraldstad). Samoth himself was imprisoned for church burning and was duly replaced by Storm.
The band, based in Hyllestad, debuted on April 28th 1993 with a demo, entitled ’A Sorcery Written In Blood’, featuring two tracks ‘Sexual Bloodgargling’ and ‘(Under) The Pagan Megalith’ preceded by the intro ‘Gathered At Blåkulla’, actually a minute plus of incoherent screaming. A further cassette, simply entitled ’Promo’94’, captured two more songs ‘Katharinas Bortgang’ and ‘Maaneskuggens Slave’. The opening 1994 ’Pentagram’ album, recorded at Grieghallen Studios with producer Pytten (a.k.a. Eirik Hundvin) for French label Embassy Productions, featured Emperor’s Samoth (a.k.a. Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen) on bass, due to the group’s original bassist Kjetter being imprisoned for his involvement in the burning of the 800 year old church Skjold Stavkirke.
A deliberate absence of lyrics, artwork and self-aggrandising promotion neatly served to focus purely on the musical content. The antecedent demo tracks all benefited from a re-cut whilst ‘Sexual Bloodgargling’ would be re-recorded under a revised title of ‘Ritual’. ’Pentagram’ gave no quarter, Gorgoroth’s grim and disciplined machinations unfettered by keyboards, atmospherics, effects. Further contributions also came from Satyricon drummer Frost (a.k.a. Kjetil Haraldstad). Samoth himself was imprisoned for church burning and was duly replaced by Storm.
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Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
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bucky01403 wrote:
With every album Gorgoroth releases, I fall a little more in love with Infernus.
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jewelthrone wrote:
Under The Sign of Hell is good, and the two first albums are ok, but the rest is extremely boring. Quite overrated.
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ClecioWilliam wrote:
this band is a fucking shit.
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EnkerSS wrote:
not that i am part of this "war between trve and posers", but people say dimmu borgir is shitty mainstream band ,and when king ov hell joins forces with shagrath, they suddenly rejoice ? :D btw, cleansing fire is amazing.
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disastercasper wrote:
Dead band, uninspired riffs. Let's see if God Seed can usurp this piece of shit?? Doesn't anyone know that God Seed is DEAD? After Gaahl left, King decided to team up with Shagrath to form Ov Hell. Get your facts straight...
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versionfiv wrote:
funny how people can listen to a song like satan-prometheus and think it's boring ;p
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WoofWoofit wrote:
Woofit descended through the thick poisonous cocktail of global dimming airborne contaminants that envelop planet Tarmac. Neon lights illuminating the entire land mass of the planet, an endless homogeneous grid of roads and buildings. Tributaries of the 500 lane mega-highways. A testament to progressive Tarmacian expansionism. Woofit sits back and contemplates the grand march of Tarmacia. Oh Woofit you are a silly dog.
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UpTheIrons06 wrote:
Why so much hate for the new album? It's a very good album imo... a lot of envy is out there...
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afz902k wrote:
Well, I disagree. Sure, I didn't like the new album, but there's a lot of good stuff in the old albums. I don't care Gaahl is a fag, nor do I care this band is now considered to be 'commercial'. What matters to me is music and when I listen to their old albums I mostly like what I hear.
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jontheobscure wrote:
Dead band, uninspired riffs. Let's see if God Seed can usurp this piece of shit. [6]
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Jonzo67 wrote:
"Ironically, Lord of The Rings sucked. " - That's not ironic at all. <_>
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TOTALindie wrote:
I saw a documentary about this band once, almost no sleep that day! FEAR!! :S
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rapture_reborn wrote:
Ironically, gaahl is gay.
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srsssnses wrote:
Ironically, Lord of The Rings sucked.
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Jonzo67 wrote:
Ironically, Lord of the Rings was written by a devout Catholic. Muha.
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GodOfGaragism wrote:
Just saw a little documentary about gorgoroth on youtube.. I think GAAHL is a bit crazy. But if you see how and where he lived when he was was a child you'll understand why he's like this :P. Wach this vid. on youtube!! its a part of the documentary I saw, at the end the interviewer asks a wrong question and Gaahl shuts his mouth and stares foward for 3 minutes I also think he didn't wink an eye for that time :O // Realy crazy : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avnsgYvHPK8
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SkipRat wrote:
So what inspires their music... *rolls wine around in a goblet*.... * dramatic pause* .... Satan... *looks evil* Haha the interview I've seen with these guys is so funny, shame the music is kinda boring, boring riffs and not great vocals... Still, a lot worse out there tbh.
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GeneraLink wrote:
Dead band, uninspired riffs. Let's see if God Seed can usurp this piece of shit. [5]
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Riccz wrote:
Dead band, uninspired riffs. Let's see if God Seed can usurp this piece of shit. [4]
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the_flame_ wrote:
Dead band, uninspired riffs. Let's see if God Seed can usurp this piece of shit. [3] -- the vocals are pretty cool though
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Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt - Europe Tour
Baroeg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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