Gorgoroth, meaning “land of great despair”, is a black metal band from Sunnfjord, meaning "healthy fjord", named after the dark plains of Mordor in JRRTolkien’s Lord of the Rings Led by guitarist Infernus (aka Roger Tiegs), it emerged in 1992 as a trio including vocalist Hat (‘Hate’ in Norwegian) and drummer Goat PervertorThe band, based in Hyllestad, debuted on April 28th 1993 with a demo entitled 'A Sorcery Written In Blood', featuring two tracks ‘Sexual Bloodgargling' and ‘(Under) The Pagan Megalith' preceded by the intro 'Gathered At Blåkulla', actually a minute plus of incoherent screaming A further cassette, simply entitled 'Promo'94', captured two more songs 'Katharinas Bortgang' and 'Maaneskuggens Slave'
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