The Bottom Line
The Norwegian black metal veterans do not disappoint.
Pros
- Dark and evil black metal.
Cons
- Only 31 minutes long.
Description
- Released in North America July 25, 2006 on Candlelight Records.
- Gorgoroth was featured in the recent documentary Heavy Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.
- This is the band's seventh CD.
Guide Review - Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Since their formation in the early '90s Gorgoroth has been one of the most prominent bands in black metal, and also one of the most controversial. Their extreme views and legal difficulties have kept them in the news, but it's their music that has sustained their popularity and influence.
If looking at the band's picture doesn't scare the crap out of you, their music certainly will. It's black metal with a lot of death metal influences and even some doom metal sounds. It has great grooves and riffs, but also an overriding atmosphere of darkness. Frost (1349/Satyricon) is the drummer on this album, and he simply crushes. He plays at breakneck speed and is the backbone of the songs.
Gaahl's vocals are an evil rasp, and the lyrics deliver Gorgoroth's satanic message. This is an album that will leave you musically satisfied, and as with all really good black metal albums will also leave you feeling a bit unsettled.
