Cirith Gorgor (band)
Encyclopedia
Cirith Gorgor is a Dutch
black metal
band that formed in 1993.
The name is taken from J. R. R. Tolkien
's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings
, in which Cirith Gorgor is a pass which serves as the entrance to the land of Mordor
, covered by the Black Gate.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band that formed in 1993.
The name is taken from J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
, in which Cirith Gorgor is a pass which serves as the entrance to the land of Mordor
Mordor
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mordor or Morhdorh was the dwelling place of Sauron, in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth to the East of Anduin, the great river. Orodruin, a volcano in Mordor, was the destination of the Fellowship of the Ring in the quest to...
, covered by the Black Gate.
Studio releases
- Onwards to the Spectral DefileOnwards to the Spectral DefileOnwards to the Spectral Defile is the debut album by the black metal band Cirith Gorgor. It was released in 1999 by Osmose Productions.-Track listing:#"The Declaration of Our Neverending War" – 04:21#"Winter Embraces Lands Beyond" – 05:36...
- (1999) - Unveiling The Essence - (2001)
- Firestorm Apocalypse - Tomorrow Shall Know the Blackest Dawn - (2004)
- Cirith Gorgor - (2007)
Demos and EPs
- Mystic Legends... (Demo, 1997)
- Demonic Incarnation (Promo, 2002)
- Through Woods of Darkness and Evil (EP, 2002)
- Split with Mor Dagor (EP, 2006)
Current members
- Nimroth - vocals
- MarchosiasMarchosiasIn demonology, Marchosias is a powerful Great Marquis of Hell, commanding thirty legions of demons. He is a strong and excellent fighter and very reliable to the conjurer, giving true answers to all questions...
- guitar - Waldtyr - guitar
- Lord Mystic - guitar
- Levithmong - drums/vocals
Former members
- Gothmog - vocals (1994 - 1995)
- Asmoday - guitar (1993 - 1998)
- Astaroth Daemonum - guitar (1993 - 2001)
- Nimroth - vocals (1995 - 2006)
- Inferno - guitars (2002 - 2008)
- Satanael - vocals (2007 - 2009)
- OdiumOdiumOdium may refer to:*Gorky 17 or Odium, a turn-based computer game*Odium , an album by Morgoth*Odium theologicum, the often intense anger and hatred generated by disputes over theology...
- guitar (2008 - 2010)