23.08.2008 - Tour Updates

Due to Gorgoroth's recording schedule, the previously announced live dates have been revised to the following. Dates lost will be rescheduled for next year.

18.08.2008 - Gorgoroth to enter studio, Satyricon's Frost once again tapped for drums

Gorgoroth will enter the studio in their home town of Bergen, Norway on August 25, 2008. Eight new tracks composed by King will be recorded for an as yet untitled new album. Along with Gaahl, King and Frost on drums, the full recording line up will include Teloch (guitar) and Ice Dale (guitar). Enslaved's Herbrand Larsen will once again produce Gorgoroth in the studio.

15.08.2008 - Regain Records loses appeal over Gorgoroth decision in the Swedish courts

The Swedish appeal courts (Hovretten in Malmö) have upheld the earlier decision by authorities at Tingretten in the matter regarding Regain Records unauthorized release of "Gorgoroth - True Norwegian Black Metal - Live in Grieghallen".

Regain Records has been found in violation of copyrights and agreements made with Gaahl and King and is ordered to cease distribution of this release.

01.08.2008 - European Tour 2008

Gorgoroth will embark on a 53 show European tour this autumn. Check the live section for a complete list of dates.

28.07.2008 - "Live in Grieghallen"

Swedish court authorities (Malmö tingrett) have sided with Gorgoroth copyright holders King and Gaahl to successfully stop Regain Records' distribution of the unauthorized "Live in Grieghallen" album.

Regain Records has been ordered to stop selling this album and is at risk of large fines if they do not cease doing so immediately.

Regain has broken the contracts made with Gaahl and King. They have illegally removed King's bass tracks and mixed the recordings without the knowledge of Gaahl and King.

Gorgoroth plans on taking further legal action against Regain Records on this matter.

15.07.2008 - Extra Show in Mexico

An extra show in Mexico has been scheduled: 5th September in Tijuana at "Nuevo Aloha Disco".

04.07.2008 - New Live Dates

New live dates for October and November 2008. Go to live section for details.

20.06.2008 - Motstøy

Gorgoroth have been confirmed to headline the Norwegian festival Motstøy in Notodden, Norway, Saturday 11th of October.

02.06.2008 - Live Members

Gorgoroth live members this summer is Nick Barker on drums, Teloch and Ice Dale on guitars. Be prepared for some spectacular shows.

27.05.2008 - Hortensfestivalen

Gorgoroth have been confirmed to headline the Norwegian festival Hortensfestivalen in Horten, Norway, Friday 25th of July.

24.05.2008 - New Festival Confirmed

Gorgoroth have been confirmed to perform at the Heavy Metal Circus Festival in Mexico September 6th. Click here to see the flyer »

22.05.2008 - Concert Cancellation

Gorgoroth are very sorry to inform that they have cancelled their appearance at the Metal Mania Open Air festival in Slovenia on August 14th due to a lot of studio work, and new recordings for the next album in this period.

09.04.2008 - Gorgoroth confirmed to headline Castle Fest in Serbia

Gorgorth will headline Castle Fest 4th of July at Smederevo Fortress in Serbia. Some of the other bands appearing at the festival are Judas Priest, Cradle of Filth, Amon Amarth and Carcass.

06.04.2008 - Lagoa Burning Live Festival

Gorgoroth have been confirmed to appear at the Lagoa Burning Live Festival at Estombar, Algarve in Portugal, which is taking place the 25th - 27th of July.

03.04.2008 - European Tour 2008

Gorgoroth will, along with Cradle of Filth, Moonspell, Septic Flesh and Asrai, tour Europe in December. Be prepared for some very special shows. Check back later for further updates.

The tour is presented by Terrorizer - Metal Hammer - Zillo - Metal.de

Full tour schedule available in the live section.

10.03.2008 - Imhotep - Feature of the Month

Imhotep recently posted a thorough seven-piece feature where Gaahl, King and Infernus are interviewed on several occasions (2006-2008). Check it out at the following url:
http://www.imhotep.no/?did=9076230

08.03.2008 - Gorgoroth to Headline MHM Fest in Ukraine

Gorgoroth will play their first ever concert in Ukraine Wednesday 06-08 at MHM Fest in Morskoe. More festivals and concerts will be announced shortly.

05.03.2008 - Headliner Show Confirmed

August 14th - Metal Mania Open Air in Komen, Slovenia

28.01.2008 - Gorgoroth Headlining Inferno Festival

Gorgoroth will perform live headlining at Inferno Festival in Oslo Norway on Thursday March 20, 2008 at 1 AM.

Gaahl will be speaking at the Inferno Music Conference. This is a tandem event with Inferno Festival during the daytime hours. Gaahl's speaking appearances are as follows:

Friday 21. March:

14:00: Can metal become more extreme? Taboos and metal - where do we gofrom here?
15 years after the climax of Norwegian black metal murders and church-fire it is time to look ahead. Is there a limit to what record labels and other interacting musicbusiness related people can work with? What is the next extreme thing to happen? For this interesting discussion we are proved to present the following giants in the field:

Panel: Tom Gabriel Fischer (Celtic Frost) - Gaahl (Gorgoroth) - Maniac (Skitliv)
Moderator: Michael Berberian - Seasons Of Mist

15:00: Keynote speaker: Gaahl
Gaahl was born in the village of Espedal, Fjaler, Norway in 1975. He has a reputation as an enigmatic character, and has been involved with black metal since 1992. He has been in bands such as Gaahlskagg, Trelldom, Sigfader and Gorgoroth. This is the first time ever that he will conduct a live interview in front of an audience.

Please see the festival website for further information.

11.01.2008 - King ov Hell NAMM appearance

King (bassist/composer of Gorgoroth, Sahg, I, Jotunspor) will travel to the Los Angeles area next week for several relevant matters concerning Gorgoroth, his partnership with Peavey and Coffin Case and his upcoming band with Rob Caggiano (Anthrax).

During his visit he will make an appearance at the Peavey booth at the NAMM convention in Anaheim along with other artists on the Peavey roster. King will be appearing on Friday January 18, 2008 at 5 PM.

19.12.2007 - Norwegian authorities grant Gorgoroth
rights to King and Gaahl

Norwegian authorities at Patentstyret (Norwegian patent office) have made the verdict on the dispute over the further use of the trademark and logo "Gorgoroth". It has been legally determined that King and Gaahl retain the rightful ownership and use of the name and logo, now and in the future.

King and Gaahl will not give a detailed public statement on this verdict however they have both remained confident this result would indeed be the final conclusion.

Any third parties who use the name Gorgoroth will from now on be met with legal prosecution.

Gorgoroth, King and Gaahl, will not continue to work with Regain Records given their disloyal acts concerning Gorgoroth and are currently carefully choosing a new label for the release of their next full-length album.

King and Gaahl are now focused on making music for the next album and with planning some very special shows for 2008. As previously announced, Gorgoroth will headline at Wacken Open Air.

03.12.2007 - Gorgoroth Headlining Wacken 2008

The current dates of the long awaited European tour of Gorgoroth received a rapturous reponse from the fans. Gaahl, King , Nick Barker, and Teloch are convincing their fans with a very intense and powerful performance. Most of the shows during that tour were sold out.

Gorgoroth - Gaahl and King - are moving on to a new horizon and you will hear much more from them in the near future.

The band just cut a deal with their new booking agent Twisted Talent Concerts. Twisted Talent is booking bands such as Celtic Frost and Ministry to name just a few. www.twisted-talent.com

They just confirmed a headliner show for Wacken on August 1st, Black Stage. Be prepared for a spectacular exclusive show at W:O:A. more blasphemic than the Krakow show. If you are a prude or sheepish person, this is your nightmare.

Antje Lange (Manager)
London, November 30th 2007

30.11.2007 - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam Limited Edition Released

Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam has been released in a limited edition digipack on Regain Records. This edition features slightly modified cover art and a bonus DVD which includes the uncensored version of the "Carving A Giant" video not previously seen on MTV or YouTube as well as "The Making of Carving A Giant" documentary. More information on the release is available on Regain Records.

Limited edition digipack CD including bonus DVD.

CD:
1. Wound Upon Wound
2. Carving A Giant
3. God Seed (Twilight Of The Idols)
4. Sign Of An Open Eye
5. White Seed
6. Exit
7. Umtamed Forces
8. Prosperity And Beauty

DVD:
- Carving A Giant (video clip)
- Making of... (video documentary)

14.11.2007 - King's tour journal

King is keeping a tour journal at Metal Hammer Magazine website:

English: http://www.metal-hammer.de/ha_forum/viewtopic.php?t=25186
German: http://www.metal-hammer.de/ha_forum/viewtopic.php?t=25185

29.10.2007 - Nick Barker joins Gorgoroth on the European Tour

Nick Barker (ex- Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Testament) will play drums on Gorgoroth's upcoming tour across Europe beginning November 2007. In addition to Nick, guitarist Teloch (Nidingr, Umoral, 1349) will again return to Gorgoroth's live assault, while guitarist Sykelig completes the group's 2007 live line up.

As announced earlier, Hellhammer (Mayhem) will join Gorgoroth on drums beginning in 2008.

Rehearsals for the European tour will begin in Gorgoroth's home town of Bergen, Norway beginning this week.

25.10.2007 - Hellhammer joins forces with King and Gaahl

Continuing on with the new agenda now forged for Gorgoroth, Gaahl and King have enlisted none other than Hellhammer (Mayhem) to join them on battery beginning in 2008.

Gaahl and King are creating a force which will only contain members of a strong and creative energy in honor of the art that is Gorgoroth and their renewed sense of destruction and war! Hellhammer possesses these ideals and he will add another dimension to this new and different beginning.

24.10.2007 - Gaahl's statement translated

Gaahl's statement is now available, as requested, in several other languages:
French - German - Italian - Spanish - Portuguese - Dutch - Romanian -
Hebrew - Afrikaans - Russian - Japanese

24.10.2007 - Statement from Gaahl on European tour and reasons for not continuing to work with Infernus

I have registered some concern from friends and fans about the upcoming European tour in November because of the last day’s happenings. I can guarantee that the tour will go on as scheduled.

Gorgoroth has not split up but continued on in a different form. We will do this tour in honor of our working partners, booking agency, promoters and the audience who already bought tickets to the concerts. The alternative would be cancellation, which under no circumstance would I allow at this point in time.

Originally I had the intention of leaving Infernus with some sort of integrity. The way this case has developed I have no other choice but to reveal some of the reasons why I can no longer work with him.

First and foremost, it’s the disrespect he has shown our working partners; record labels, session-musicians, promoters (by sending unserious demands in raiders etc.) and producers we have worked with over the years which has lead to this decision.

In addition, he has not been a creative force for the last 8 years. He has shown no interest in the art defining Gorgoroth during that same period of time. He has not shown up for rehearsals and has broken agreements on several occasions. This is also an important reason in explaining why he is not part of Gorgoroth at the time being. He has broken the codex of honor and is not living by his own rules, the rules he set for himself and his surroundings on all levels.

I have tried for several years my best to continue in the original form in hopes for a change and I have done so in honor of his previous work in Gorgoroth and the fact that he is the founding member. I`ve hoped that he would become the artist he once was several years ago and I’ve realized that it will never happen. It’s gotten to a point were King and I can’t create a fire as long as someone is there pouring water over it.

I`m not personally involved in the formal part of this, but we have prepared for any given result of this matter. I know our partners have worked on our behalf preparing for what we knew would happen, for example, preparing the legal name copyright and other formal tasks. I’ll let the lawyers on both sides argue as much as they want. What is the truth is the truth --- and whoever claims otherwise is a false prophet and will be treated accordingly.

We have reached the conclusion to continue Gorgoroth as a duo because the alternative would be no Gorgoroth at all at this time. King and I have given Gorgoroth content for the last 8 years and will bring our art with us into the future. We are already on our way to start a new and improved area of our work. You will, in the following weeks, be presented our agenda to continue to spread true Norwegian black metal through recordings and concerts. We will, with or without the name Gorgoroth, raise the flame higher and brighter than ever.

The past defines the future, but sometimes you must leave something behind to be able to grow.

Gaahl

Bergen 23 October 2007

22.10.2007 - Gorgoroth and Infernus Part Ways

Gaahl, King and Infernus have decided to part ways. Gorgoroth have existed as a three-piece for the past several years but have ceased from this moment on in this incarnation.

Gaahl (vocalist, lyric writer) and King (bassist, composer) will continue the scheduled European tour in November under the name Gorgoroth with a replacement for Infernus. They will also continue to work together musically, performing their art live and recording in the future. This decision was reached by Gaahl and King as they have been the driving force behind Gorgoroth's music for the past eight years.

Infernus has stated he will take King and Gaahl to court over future use of the name Gorgoroth.

22.10.2007 - Website Update

Gorgoroth.org is now run by King and Gaahl.

16.10.2007 - Update

Gorgoroth are now working in Grieghallen Studios on a full-length live in studio recording. A 2008 release via Regain Records is expected.

13.10.2007 - Peavey / Coffin Case / Hartke (Updated)

King is pleased to announce his new alliance with Peavey bass guitars. King will be playing Peavey basses exclusively on his upcoming dates through Europe this fall/winter. Peavey and Coffin Case are working together with King on an upcoming bass and case package bundle targeted for next year.

King stopped by the Coffin Case offices in Los Angeles last month where he signed a Coffin Case to be given away on their website this Halloween and took a spin on Jonny's "Batmocar". "Working with Jonny Coffin and Peavey has been great so far and we are really looking forward what 2008 will bring," King states. King is also endorsed by Hartke amps.

08.10.2007 - Gaahl MySpace

Gaahl now has an official MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/gaahlofficial
People are welcome to join to keep up to date on all of Gaahl's various projects.

30.06.2007 - "Director of satanic concert fined"

According to Polish media Tomasz Dziubiński, the owner of the production company Metal Mind Production, has been fined for organizing Gorgoroth's controversial live performance in Krakow 2004. The text below is an English translation of a receent news article from Gazeta.pl (Polish):

"Tomasz Dziubiński will have to pay a 10 000 PLN (€2500) fine for organising a concert where infringement of religious feelings took place. During the gig of the Norwegian band Gorgoroth naked people were hanging on crosses; satanic symbols, the remains of animals as well as fake blood were used in stage design.

The local court of Kraków-Podgórze fined Tomasz Dziubiński with 10 000 PLN (€2500) for infringing the religious feelings. The accused will also have to cover the legal expenses of 2000 PLN (€500). The court also adjudicated forfeiture of the concert tapes. They will be put in the audiovisual archive of the Jagiellonian Library. [...]

The charges named three cameramen as offended by the band's stage design. During the investigation the prosecutors acquired the band's statement, where they claimed to be unaware of the fact that their actions may infringe the religious feelings of Polish people.

According to an expert analysys, prepared by a theologist from Pope's Theologic Academy, the concert's stage design violated the religious feelings of Christians. The symbol of the cross, which was used there with naked bodies on it is an object of particular worship for Christians, and its combination with satanic emblems is obviously offensive for catholics.

During the investigation the accused denied his guilt, stating that he received the final project of the stage design from the band and he had no possibility to alter it. That was also his explanation in the court. [...]"

19.06.2007 - Images

Gorgoroth is currently looking to collect archival images of the band to be used in an upcoming project. Fans, journalists and photographers who have rare, personal or live photographs or other images of Gorgoroth from the '90s are requested to share these images with the band. Copies are OK, you do not have to share your originals. Anyone who has such images and would like to submit them can send a message to gorgorothofficial@gmail.com. Contributing collectors will be much appreciated and credited appropriately.

18.05.2007 - Stills from the video

Three stills from the new video for the track "Carving a Giant". Click below for bigger pictures:

Also check out the in-depth report on the "Carving a Giant" video shoot by Gunnar Sauermann, now posted online at Imhotep

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