Gorgoroth

This article is about the black metal band. For the place in Middle-earth, see Gorgoroth (Middle-earth).

Gorgoroth are a Norwegian black metal band that are currently based in Bergen.

Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth in 2011
Background information
Origin	Sunnfjord, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Genres	Black metal
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Embassy Productions, Malicious, Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Season of Mist, Forces of Satan, Regain
Members	Infernus, Tomas Asklund, Atterigner
Past member(s)	Former members
Website	Official website

The band was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus after he made a "deal with the Devil".^[1] The name of the band comes from the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings.^[1]

They released their debut album, Pentagram, on 12 October 1994.

Band members

Current

• Infernus – guitars (1992–present)
• Tomas Asklund – drums (2007–present)
• Atterigner – vocals (2012–present)

Former

• Goat Pervertor – drums (1992–1994)
• Hat – lead vocals (1992–1995)
• Kjettar – bass guitar (1993)
• Samoth – bass guitar (1993–1994)
• Storm – bass guitar (1995)
• Grim – drums (1995–1996)
• Ares – bass guitar (1995–1997)
• Vrolok – drums (1996–1998)
• T-Reaper – bass guitar (1998–1999)
• Gaahl – lead vocals (1998–2007)
• Sersjant – drums (1999)
• Kvitrafn – drums (2000–2004)
• Frost – drums (1994–1995, 2004–2005)
• King ov Hell – bass guitar (1999–2006, 2007)
• Pest – lead vocals (1995–1997, 2008–2012)
• Tormentor – guitars (1996–2002, 2008–2012)
• Bøddel (2007–2015; died in 2015)

Discography

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)
• Under the Sign of Hell 2011 (2011)
• Instinctus Bestialis (2015)