Gorgoroth (band)

From Tolkien Gateway
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
The name Gorgoroth refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Gorgoroth (disambiguation).
Gorgoroth logo.png
Background Information
OriginNorway
GenreBlack Metal
Years active1992-present
LabelEmbassy Productions, Malicious, Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Regain, Season of Mist, Forces of Satan
Websitegorgoroth.info
Members
Current membersPest
Infernus
Tormentor
Frank Watkins
Tomas Asklund
Former membersHat (1992–1995)
Goat Pervertor (1992–1994)
Kjettar (1993)
Samoth (1993–1994)
Frost (1994–1995)
Grim (1995–1996)
Storm (1995)
Ares (1995–1997)
Vrolok (1996–1998)
T-Reaper (1998–1999)
Sersjant(1999)
Kvitrafn (2000–2004)
Gaahl (1998–2007)
King ov Hell (1999–2006, 2007)

Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen, Norway. The band was founded in 1992 by Infernus. Gorgoroth is one of the many Tolkien-influenced black metal bands, as its name is taken from the Plateau of Gorgoroth in Mordor.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Pentagram (1994)
  • Antichrist (1996)
  • Under the Sign of Hell (1997)
  • Destroyer (1998)
  • Incipit Satan (2000)
  • Twilight of the Idols (2003)
  • Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam (2006)
  • Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt (2009)
  • Instinctus Bestialis (2015)

Live albums and videos

  • The Last Tormentor (1996)
  • Bergen 1996(2007)
  • Black Mass Krakow 2004 (2008)
  • True Norwegian Black Metal - Live in Grieghallen

Demos and promos

  • A Sorcery Written in Blood (1993)
  • Promo '94 (1994)