14.05.2007 - New music video premieres on MTV
Gorgoroth's new video for the track "Carving a Giant" from last years "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" will premiere on this Sunday's (May 20) edition of MTV's Headbanger's Ball which starts at 10:00 PM GMT +1 hour (rerun: May 21 at 12:00 AM).
In other news Gorgoroth has extended their live schedule this summer with a concert in Munich, Germany. List of live dates:
20.07.2007 - Norway, Tønsberg @ Hammerslag Festival
10.08.2007 - Czech Republic, Jaromer @ Brutal Assault Festival
11.08.2007 - Germany, Bad Berka @ Party.San Open Air
07.09.2007 - Germany, Munich @ Metropolis
08.09.2007 - Germany, Osnabrück @ Hellflame Festival
27.04.2007 - Music video update
Gorgoroth are now done filming a music video for a track from last years "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". The footage is now being edited. More info soon...
21.04.2007 - Gaahl at VBS.tv
VBS.tv has posted all episodes of the five-part series of the previously mentioned (09.01.2007) documentary on Gaahl and Gorgoroth: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
09.04.2007 - Forces of Satan Records
Infernus has started his own record label, Forces of Satan Records, intending to be an independent media company/record label with a clear-cut Satanic profile only relating to, signing, producing and promoting bands with a certain attitude and commitment. First bands that has been signed is Black Flame (Italy) and Ophiolatry (Brazil). A webpage and a myspace account is under construction, and more info can be found on www.forcesofsatan.com and www.myspace.com/forcesofsatanrecords.
23.03.2007 - Update
Infernus has been released on parole and is now working on new material, both music and lyrics for an upcoming album, title yet undecided. He is also, as we speak, having meetings with King and Gaahl for possible future touring etc. More info coming up soon.
09.01.2007 - Documentary
VICE Films (Peter Beste) are now in Norway making a documentary about Gaahl and Gorgoroth. It will appear on a Vice DVD with several other related segments. The first pressing of this DVD is 100,000 units, and will be distributed in all major music retailers in the US, and most in Europe.
08.01.2007 - Gorgoroth at Party.San 2007
Gorgoroth have been confirmed for this year's edition of the Party.San Open Air festival, set to take place August 9-11, 2007 in Bad Berka, Germany.
07.01.2007 - Gaahl released from prison - King in LA
Last month Gaahl was finally released from prison after being jailed since the spring of 2006.
King will be in Los Angeles from 14th - 22nd of January to do promotional work for himself and Gorgoroth at the NAMM show. The press can inquire info@triadapromotion.se for further details and arrangements.
02.01.2007 - Spellemann nomination!
Gorgoroth has been nominated in the "Metal" category at the 35th annual Spellemann awards (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards). The largest and oldest Norwegian music awards show will be held Saturday, January 27 at the Thalia Theater, Chateau Neuf in Oslo, Norway and will be broadcast live on the Norwegian channel TV2.
18.10.2006 - New merchandise
A brand new line of official Gorgoroth merchandise promoting the latest album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" is finally available via Plastic Head.
Place your orders through Plastic Head's website >>
11.09.2006 - Gorgoroth at Myspace.com
An official Gorgoroth MySpace profile have been launched! Although it's still under construction, you can pay a visit by clicking on the following link: www.myspace.com/gorgorothmyspace
Also worth noticing is the Interviews section where several recent interveiws have been added.
15.08.2006 - Rock Hard interview online
In May Jarne B. conducted a somewhat controversial interview with Infernus for the German Rock Hard magazine which they after a great deal of hassle refused to print, allegedly because of a disagreement between the involved parties regarding censorship. However, a transcript of the raw material for the interview is now available in the Interviews section along with an English version of a recent interveiw Infernus gave to Newsweek Poland.
02.07.2006 - Gorgoroth enters the charts.
Gorgoroth entered the national charts in Norway on position 22 with the new album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam".
Link: http://lista.vg.no/show....
27.06.2006 - King leaves Gorgoroth
King has recently had problems fronting some of the ideological aspects of his band Gorgoroths agenda. As a result, it has now been mutually agreed upon that henceforth he is no longer a member of the band Gorgoroth.
22.06.2006 - New album receive great reviews
Gorgoroths latest effort "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" is extremely well received by media and proclaimed to be the best album Gorgoroth have done so far, a black metal milestone:
Coverstory & album of the month / Terrorizer Mag (UK) - link
Soundcheck position no. 1 / Close Up Mag (SWE)
Coverstory / Metallian Mag (FR)
5/6 points & coverstory / Scream Magazine (NO)
6/6 points / Metal Hammer (DE)
8,5/10 points / Rock Hard (DE)
10/10 points / Imhotep - link
5/6 points / Aftenposten (NO) - link
4/5 points / The Observer (UK) - link
9/10 points / HeavyMetal.no (NO) - link
9/10 points / Chronicles of Chaos - link
5/6 points / Revolver (NO) - link
More reviews and press clips will follow...
19.06.2006 - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam (press release)
Gorgoroth was founded by Infernus in 1992 as a strategy to perpetrate sonic and spiritual violence upon the world in order to bring forth change in peoples perception of being therein. Thus, through metal music, Satans minister on earth summoned an avatara of the forces of darkness and did let it manifestate through a variety of attempts on creating what was perceived as ultimate black metal taking form on stage as well as in a variety of studio recordings.
During its first period Gorgoroth went through a lot of line up changes due to a much too prevalent lack of focus and of low will amongst the members. Also musical and ideological incompatibility as well as even suicide and imprisonments has been taking its toll. Nevertheless, the band came strenghthened through it with a fair amount of live performances as well as the albums Pentagram, Antichrist and Under the Sign of Hell on the curriculum vitae.
From the end of the 1990's the band changed and grew more mature, musically as well as consciously. With the devoted presence of the new full time members Gaahl and King, as well as a not a day too early achieved social and mental fundament for future work, a deal was inked with the german label Nuclear Blast and the band to a bigger extent adopted the position as a live performance act taking upon them several tours worldwide bringing its sinister presence and the word of Satan to new territories, all from countryside Norway Hell to El Salvador and even Poland. After the release of Destroyer, Incipit Satan and Twilight of the Idols plus some more courtcases and other hassle Gorgoroth are still standing and proving to be a force to be reckoned with.
Now, going through the most productive period in the bands history the synthesis of hard work and legal problems seems to have brought forth the best in these men, and anger levels and a wanting for a better result now seem higher than ever. With Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam it's again time for philosophizing with the hammer. It's a sign of an iron fist and a warning of another and more darker period to come.
In the name of terror and fear, fear of the powers of darkness: prepare for a coming of a modern day inhuman and non-secular Satanism channeled through the vehicle of metal music as only these infernal servants are able to.
Practical information:
US release date: July 25th via Candlelight USA.
Promotional and distributional contacts can be found in the press release and in the contact section. High-res pics and graphics is available in the press kit.
15.05.2006 - Infernus, Berlin...
Infernus will be in Berlin from 2nd to 5th of June to promote the new album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", due for June 19th on Regain Records. The press can inquire Triada Promotion for further details and arrangements.
06.05.2006 - New booking agency
Gorgoroth will hereby state that they for some rather obvious reasons have to cancel the upcoming show at Kaltenbach, Vienna, and that we for a period will not be available for any live shows. Questions from local promotors concerning future live activity worldwide can be adressed directly to our new official booking agency, Novae Obscuritatis.
14.04.2006 - Audio sample
An unmastered mp3 sample of "Wound upon Wound" from the upcoming album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.gorgoroth.org/wound-upon-wound-sample.mp3
10.04.2006 - Mastering of the new album...
Next week Infernus will be mastering "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" at Cutting Room in Stockholm. The album is scheduled to be released 19th of June via Regain Records. From Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd Infernus will be available for the press and is prepared to give interviews, but this must be arranged through Triada Promotion.
07.04.2006 - Pre-listening session in New York
Gorgoroth are now finished recording "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". Next week (April 11th - 12th) bass player and songwriter King will take off to New York to do a pre-listening session and to give interviews. Check back for further information.
26.02.2006 - Infernus appeals his case to the supreme court
Infernus appeals his case to the supreme court. As formerly mentioned, January 3rd Infernus had to face a trial on charges of participation in gang rape, kidnapping etc. Outcome of that was that he was found not guilty on all major points of accusation, but got convicted and received one year imprisonment for something that has been tried explained as gross negligence and/or sexual assault; he is ought to have known that the woman had been traumatized and raped by his friend, and should not have received some special treatment from her before kicking her out of the house. It is appealed, and more information will follow.
29.01.2006 - Recordings progress toward completion
Gaahl has now entered the studio in Bergen to record vocals for Gorgoroth's upcoming album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". The release date of the album is not decided yet, but it is expected to be released within few months.
26.01.2006 - Polish authorities drop investigation
Tomasz K, the owner of the production company Metal Mind Productions, will be prosecuted and faces 2 years in prison on charges of his involvement with the DVD recording of Gorgoroth's controversial liveshow in Krakow, February 2004. Nearly two years after the incident, the district attorney's office in Krakow have decided to drop the investigation into whether Gorgoroth committed any criminal acts.
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=112235
10.01.2006 - Dømt for uaktsom voldtekt
Den 33 år gamle gitaristen er i kveld dømt for uaktsom voldtekt. Kameraten hans (32) er dømt for selve voldtekten.
Gitaristen (33) er frikjent for selve voldtekten. I kvelden avgjorde en jury i Gulating lagmannsrett at han burde skjønt at kameraten (32) voldtok kvinnen under et nachspiel i Bergen i april 2003. Dermed dømmes gitaristen for uaktsom voldtekt.
32-åringen er i Gulating lagmannsrett dømt for voldtekten.
Da saken var oppe for Bergen tingrett i fjor vår, ble begge mennene dømt for voldtekt og frihetsberøvelse.
http://www.bt.no/lokalt/article234288.ece?click=C3
03.01.2006 - Infernus taken to court
Infernus has been taken to court on charges of kidnapping, participation in gang rape and illegal weapon possession. With exception of admitting some minor violations of Norwegian fire arm regulations he has declared himself not guilty. More info will follow in a few days.
30.10.2005 - European tour with 1349
Yesterday Gorgoroth embarked upon their upcoming European tour with 1349. A total of 30 concerts are arranged and first on the list is Paris on November 2nd.
Although delaying the work with the next studio album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", Gorgoroth intend to do several live recordings at different locations during this tour, which eventually will culminate in a live album entitled "True Norwegian Black Metal". Scheduled for a late autumn release in 2007, it will mark and celebrate Gorgoroth's 15-year anniversary.
02.09.2005 - «Nasjonalsatanisten»
Former Gorgoroth drummer Erlend Erichsen (participated on Incipit Satan) has finished work on his début novel entitled «Nasjonalsatanisten», which is scheduled to be released in October via Damm Forlag (major Norwegian publisher).
The story of the novel is set to the early/mid nineties, when Norwegian black metal started to expand. Although the story is fictional, much of it is based on Erichsen's own experiences and observations as an active member of the scene.
Recent articles about the book in Norwegian media:
http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/article1679529.ece
http://www.nrk.no/musikk/4959996.html
http://www.bygdanytt.no/saker/erichsen.html
19.06.2005 - Update on the recordings...
The recordings of the upcoming album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" progress steadily. Infernus and King have been in a studio in Spydeberg (Norway) for the past weeks where they have recorded bass and guitar. They have brought the tapes back to Bergen and will continue their work in Earshot Studios during this summer.
03.03.2005 - Update
Yesterday Gorgoroth was examined in Bergen Tingrett (Norwegian court) in regard to last year's controversial show in Krakow. Now it's up to the Polish authorities to clarify this matter and eventually return the mastertapes so that the "Black Mass in Krakow" DVD can be released.
27.02.2005 - Gorgoroth in court
Dubbed by some as the "Poland Affair", Gorgoroth will convene on March 2nd in Bergen Tingrett (Norwegian court) in regard to last year's historic and controversial presentation in Poland. Check back for further information about the outcome of this case.
24.02.2005 - Reduced sentence for Gaahl
On Tuesday Gulating lagmannsrett, Bergen (court of appeals) reduced the original 18-month sentence by four months, while the amount in damages Gaahl is required to pay to the victim was increased from 100,000 NOK to 190,000 NOK.
>> Read full story at Blabbermouth.
Please take note that all future concerts will go on as scheduled with Gaahl on vocals. There is a long waiting time in Norway for going to jail in matters like these.
21.02.2005 - Gaahl's appeal case have started
As previously reported Gaahl appealed last years sentence by Sunnfjord court, who initially sentenced him to 18 months in prison on charges of violence. He was also ordered to pay over NOK 100,000 in damages and compensation to the victim. Last week the appeal case started in Gulating lagmannsrett, Bergen. The final sentence of the trial will be posted when it is set.
01.02.2005 - Gorgoroth signs deal with Regain Records
The unstoppable force that is Gorgoroth thrusts to the fore! Gorgoroth is pleased to announce their latest enterprise with Swedish label Regain Records. "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" scheduled to debut on Regain Records 2005. The joint venture enthusiastically inked over the weekend maintains the band's impetus and tenacious momentum this year.
29.01.2005 - Concerts
Always a vehement storm of sight and crushing sound, Gorgoroth prepares to unleash its venom yet again. Witness the assault at this years With Full Force Festival on July 2nd. Also note confirmed March dates in Belgium, France and Holland!
Check the live section for location and date details.
In other news the drum tracks are complete for the upcoming album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". Project development forges forward steadily. Studio updates forthcoming!
29.01.2005 - Season of Mist to re-issue Gorgoroth classics in Europe
Gorgoroth rise and satiate the lust of the hordes with the re-release of their anthem cult classics "Pentagram", "Antichrist", and "Under The Sign Of Hell". Remastered and Repackaged in Deluxe Digipak, these albums previously available as imports document Gorgoroth's formative years. Scheduled release dates slated for February 17th, these remasters will gratify even the most discriminating, depraved, and avid collector in true Gorgoroth form!
>> Season of Mist website
28.01.2005 - Season of Mist unable to reach agreement with Gorgoroth
In spite of subsequent months of negotiating with Season of Mist, both parties concur that mutual contractual wishes for resolve could not be agreeably met. Season of Mist continues in the handling of the only official Gorgoroth remastered reissues of the bands first three milestone album's. However, Gorgoroth reserves that Season of Mist will not be overseeing Gorgoroth's imminent opus "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam".
12.01.2005 - Reocrdings delayed
Gorgoroth's plans to go in studio have been delayed. Anticipated plans for studio time and recording schedules conflicted with an already booked timetable at Grieghallen Studios. The band will however lay down drum tracks for Gorgoroth's eagerly awaited and upcoming album "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam" at Lydriket Studios, on January 14th in it's stead. Check back for further updates as the album's development progresses forward.
29.11.2004 - Tour report
The recent Central American Tour was well received, and the fans were truly dedicated. Especially in the cities of San Salvador, and Guatemala. Regardless of early security issues, San Salvador crowds riled enthusiastically.
Mexico was also great! Unfortunately after a few gigs it became more and more apparent that problems were ever present, as a result the ongoing incompetence with the road crew, and in addition to technical problems, as well as gross systemic ineffectiveness caused in part of local organizers were too substantial to overcome with any success. Hence rendering the cancellation of our presentation, and key songs from our sets.
As a consequence of this ineptness we have replaced these organizers. Gorgoroth’s future posturing abroad will unleash to it's heathen black legions a fury unparalleled, that will consume you!
12.11.2004 - Early albums to be reissued
Gorgoroth have inked a deal with the French label Season of Mist for the reissues of their first three albums in Europe: "Pentagram" (1994), "Antichrist" (1996) and "Under the Sign of Hell" (1997).
All three will be re-released in January/February in a remastered, digipack version. It is not presently clear if Season of Mist will issue the band's upcoming CD, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam", the songwriting for which was completed earlier in the year.
09.11.2004 - Special forces gas Gorgoroth audience in San Salvador
Gorgoroth made the headlines in the major papers in Latin America after performing a show which created big riots in San Salvador. The audience got so extatic over the presence of the first black metal act visiting their country that the situation got totally out of control. The secutity and the police could not handle the people outside the venue so they had to call in the special forces "del cuerpo de Proteccion a Personalides Importantes" (PPI). When the PPI reached the venue the masses of people not getting a ticket for the already sold out show kicked in the entrancedoor and lots of fighting between the audience began. The audience started to kick in doors and toilets, several injuries occured and major damages to the venue. The PPI decided in the end to use gas on the audience to get the situation under control. When Gorgoroth entered the stage 30 security people had to be on stage preventing the audience to enter it. The fighting maintained through Gorgoroths performance and the PPI and the police had to hold the audience inside the venue with firearms to get the band in safety. Gorgoroth came from the incident without any injuries.
Some pictures:
Picture 1 - Picture 2 - Picture 3 - Picture 4
31.10.2004 - Tour report
The European "Twilight of the Idols"- tour have been a great succsess. Lots of people showed up at the gigs and Gorgoroth broke the attendance record at two venues. Besides the technical problems at the show in Osnabrück, Gorgoroth delivered great shows and Khaoz Productionz showed themself to be a serious and reliable company which Gorgoroth will continue to work with in the future. Gorgoroth and their support act 1349 had to cancel all the local support acts because of lack of time, technical problems and the need for getting the crew to function at its best. This created a show with unholy norwegian black metal from the beginning to the end. Just the way it is supposed to be. Hail Satan.
In other news Gorgoroth will participate in a canadian documentary about the history of metal along with bands like Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Enslaved, Rage against the machine and others. This documentary will be shown on canadian television, film festivals and cinemas. Check back for further information.
21.08.2004 - Twillight of the Idols Europe Tour 2004
The dates for the Twillight of the Idols Europe Tour 2004 are published in the live section. Support act: 1349!!!
21.08.2004 - Krakow tapes - update
According to Metal Mind Prod it’s still uncertain when the tapes from the Krakow show will be returned. These tapes are meant to be released on a DVD as soon as they are returned. The Polish prosecutor has asked Norwegian police to investigate the members of Gorgoroth about the show and they will be called to testify by the Norwegian police.
10.08.2004 - Various news
Gorgoroth has received allot of offers for a new deal with a label, after they parted ways with Nuclear Blast in April. They are currently discussing with the label which seems to be the best alternative. Update on this issue will be announced as soon as or if anything is signed.
As previously reported, Gorgoroth will have drummer auditions at the second half of August for a possible coming tour. The tour will hopefully take place in October with 1349. In November there is also planned a mini tour in Mexico.
Gaahl will appear on a live tribute gig in honour of legendary Quorthon of Bathory. The gig will be held at this years Hole in the Sky Festival, Saturday 28.8.2004.
www.holeinthesky.no
26.06.2004 - Gaahl appeals the sentence
As most of you already know, Gaahl was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges that he beat up a 41 year-old man in what the "victim" called a ritual attack. Gaahl has appealed the sentence to the High Court - criminal division, but as these things take a long time here in Norway, nothing has happened yet. More news will follow...
05.06.2004 - Gorgoroth on VH1!
Gorgoroth's controversial gig in Krakow is now ranked as the 45th most metal moment on VH1. Follow this link to check it out at VH1's website.
27.05.2004 - Gorgoroth in search of live drummer
We are currently looking for a drummer for our upcoming european tour, etc. this autumn. If you are interested you can send your demo tape, cd, video, cv, etc. to Infernus. Contact him by e-mail to get detailed information (postal address and such).
23.04.2004 - Trial against Gaahl
The trial against Gaahl will start on Tuesday 27th of April at 09:00 AM and will take place in Sunnfjord tingrett in Førde (Sal 1).
He is accused of performing satanic rituals and torture lasting for several hours on the "victim". As the local community already have prejudged him, it seems that trial won't be much fair. Gaahl risk a 9 years sentence if he get condemned.
21.04.2004 - Kvitrafn leaves...
Kvitrafn has decided to leave Gorgoroth for personal reasons.
The band will however start an intensive rehearsing period in May, with main focus on a new recording. This means that there will be less or no live activity in the following months.
21.04.2004 - Cooperation with Nuclear Blast ended
Gorgoroth are relieved to inform that their cooperation with the German label Nuclear Blast is now ended. They have already received a good offer from another label, but nothing is signed yet. Check back later for more news about this matter.
05.02.2004 - About Krakow gig
As you might have heard and read, Gorgoroth have played two gigs in Poland during the last weekend, and they made it BIG!
One gig was played in Warsaw and one in Krakow. The Krakow show, which was to be filmed for an upcoming DVD featured four crucified and naked models (two women + two men), spilled with sheep blood. The musicians did their show in front of that setting and to complete the manifestation they all were surrounded by dozens of sheep heads and litres of sheep blood on the stage. A few minutes after the musically inferno had started one of the female models fainted and had to be taken down from the cross. Apart from that the show passed as planned. But as soon as the gig was over, the police appeared and confiscated all the recordings from Krzemionki TV. The police are currently investigating for a possible prosecution.
During the last days the band has been mentioned in media all over Poland and Norway and it seems to be spreading fast! And of course it’s safe to say that they have to expect inquisitions regarding this controversial gig in the pope’s country!
Pictures and video clips can be downloaded from www.teppah.tk
Press clips:
BT (Norwegian)
BA (Norwegian)
NRK (Norwegian + interview with Gaahl)
VG (Norwegian)
Heavymetal (Norwegian)
Aftenposten (English)
Blabbermouth (English)
Gazeta Wyborcza (Polish)
31.01.2004 - Norwegian Black Metal Exhibition / DVD news
Peter Beste (our photographer) is going to have an exhibition at the Riviera gallery in Brooklyn. The opening is Thursday February 5, from 7 to 10pm. There will be about 25 prints shown from his Norwegian Black Metal series, which includes pictures of Gorgoroth.
The Riviera is at 103 Metropolitan Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (New York, USA)
In other news Gorgoroth are heading to Poland this weekend to record a live DVD, which also will include an exclusive interview with Infernus and Gaahl. There will be lots of other bonus material as well. Peter Beste will also be there to photograph the concert.
25.01.2004 - Inferno festival
Gorgoroth are booked and confirmed to play at the Inferno Festival 2004. The festival will take place in Norways capital, Oslo, from 8th till 10th of April 2004. Check-out www.infernofestival.net for further information about the festival, tickets, etc.
24.01.2004 - Concert report from Athens
Our recent gig in Athens was a success. We played at AN-club for an almost full crowd. They were very civilized, but that did certainly not stop them from being truly enthusiastic at the same time. The only drawback was the poor organization. Not all equipment was in place as arranged. We expect improvements on these matters for a next time. All in all a great gig!
20.01.2004 - DVD recording
Gorgoroth are currently planning a live DVD, which will be recorded at February 1st in Krakow, Poland. A special stage is under construction and there will be lots of pyro, gallons of blood, live crucifixions and nude models used and abused in the name of Satan. The DVD will be out through Metal Mind Productions.
17.12.2003 - Concert report from John Dee
Unfortunately Disiplin was forced to cancel because of illness, but despite some technical problems our show was a success. The spectators were many in numbers and very enthusiastic, but because of the already mentioned technical problems they missed the two last songs. They'll get another chance within a not to long time...
07.12.2003 - New website!
This is the new official Gorgoroth website. The former website www.gorgoroth.com has been down for a while of various reasons. Our former webmaster had some problems with the registration of the domain, and that’s why we now use gorgoroth.org instead of gorgoroth.com. This site is a new version of the no longer existing gorgoroth.com and here you will find a larger gallery, biography, discography, downloads, interviews, discussion forum and lots of other interesting things.
We will also be more active on the updates on this site. (Latest news, pictures, info about tours etc.)
Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam