Gorgoroth - Pentagram (1994)

Type: Full Length 

Label: Embassy Productions.

Genre: Black Metal 

Lyrical Themes: Satanism, Anti-Christianity, War, Darkness

Origin: Norway

Pentagram is the debut studio album by Gorgoroth, a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Following the band's two demo cassettes, A Sorcery Written in Blood and Promo '94, this album was released on CD on 12 October 1994, through Embassy Productions. Samoth of Emperor, who joined Gorgoroth in 1993, participated in the recording of the album.

Formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus (who is also the only original member remaining), Gorgoroth is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The band performed their first concert at Lusa Lottes Pøbb in Oslo, Norway, on May 3, 1994, at a four-day Black Metal Nights festival with bands such as Dark Funeral (who also made their live debut), Dissection, Enslaved, Marduk (who played their first gig abroad), Gehenna and Hades Almighty.

Diverse members of the band were involved in different crimes. Also, the band not only refuses to publish their lyrics - and in some cases tablature^, but also actively suppresses any public showings of fan-written reconstructions. The reason for this suppression is not fully known, though Infernus has expressed disdain towards the prospect of material being covered by other bands, among other reasons.

Recorded and mixed in Grieghallen Studio early 1994.

Line up:

Hat	Vocals
Infernus	Guitars
Samoth	Bass
Goat	Drums

Track Listing:

1.	Begravelsesnatt (Burialnight)	02:33
2.	Crushing the Scepter (Regaining a Lost Dominion)	03:23
3.	Ritual	03:52
4.	Drømmer om død (Dreams About Death)	03:45
5.	Katharinas bortgang (Katharina''s Death)	04:03
6.	Huldrelokk	01:52	instrumental
7.	(Under) The Pagan Megalith	03:54
8.	Måneskyggens slave (Slave of the Moonshadow)	05:55
		29:17

Format / Quality: MP3 (320kbps)
Size: 67.15 MB

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