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CIRITH GORGOR BIOGRAPHY
This Dutch black metal band was formed in late 1993. They play a mixture of epic/power metal fused with hyperblast drumming and black metal vocals. Cirith Gorgor is the "pass of death" in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" series.
Current Line-up:
Marchosias - guitars
Inferno - guitars
Lord Mystic - bass guitar
Levithmong - drums
Discography:
*Mystic Legends... (Demo, 1998)
*Onwards to the Spectral Defile (Full-length, 1999)
*Unveiling The Essence (Full-length, 2001)
*Demonic Incarnation (Demo, 2002)
*Through Woods Of Darkness And Evil (EP, 2002)
*Firestorm Apocalypse - Tomorrow Shall Know the Blackest
Dawn (Full-length, 2004)
*Cirith Gorgor / Mor Dagor (Split, 2006)
The band's name is taken from The Lord of the Rings. "Cirith Gorgor," called the Haunted Pass, the point were the mountain ranges of the Ered Lithui and the Ephel DĂșath met, to the northwest of Mordor.
CIRITH GORGOR GENRES Black Metal
CIRITH GORGOR LYRICAL THEMES Darkness, Witchcraft, Mythology, LOTR, War
CIRITH GORGOR ORIGIN Netherlands (Helden), formed in 1993
CIRITH GORGOR CURRENT RECORD LABEL Ketzer Productions
CIRITH GORGOR STATUS Active
CIRITH GORGOR CURRENT LINE-UP Marchosias (1999 - present) - Guitars (Grimm (Hol), Walpurgisnacht (Hol), Zwartketterij)
Inferno (2002 - present) - Guitars (Tartaros (Hol))
Lord Mystic (1994 - present) - Bass guitar
Levithmong (1993 - present) - Drums, Vocals (ex-The Beast (Bel))
CIRITH GORGOR PREVIOUS LINE-UP Gothmog (1993 - 1996) - Vocals
Asmoday (1993 - 1999) - Guitars
Astaroth Daemonum (1993 - 2001) - Guitars
Nimroth (1996-2006) - Vocals
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