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Re: Gorgoroth Firstly, Ghaal didn't start the band, and was their 3rd or 4th vocalist. This was established when he tried to kick the founding member Infernus out of his own band, which was ludicrous

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I watched a youtube documentary before about Gaahl and I have recently been listening to the Gorgoroth discog over the past week. Based on the documentary it's obvious that Gaahl has some issues (to p

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Am I crazy if Gaahl is my favorite vocalist for Gorgoroth? And if Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam is my favorite album by them? Probably

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That would be interesting. Hoest was killer fronting Taake' date=' but I can't imagine him with Gorgoroth. What was the set list like?[/quote'] He did a good job i think. The setlist was very varied, Songs from Antichrist, Under the Sign of Hell to Their last album, And much there in between. No stage-attire (or whatever its called), But a solid performance.
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Personally' date=' I like the first 3 Gorgoroth albums as well as Quantos Possunt Satanitatum Trahunt. Gaahl is a bit hit and miss for me. I do think he's a good vocalist, don't know if i'd say if he was the perfect fit for Gorgoroth though...
Quantos fits the hit or miss tag as well. It starts out well, but then seems to not be able to settle on a sound, so some tracks are better than others.
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Quantos fits the hit or miss tag as well. It starts out well' date=' but then seems to not be able to settle on a sound, so some tracks are better than others.[/quote'] It's not a bad effort, the album has the intensity and atmosphere there at times, but I can imagine it's difficult to get support for the album when fans are going to compare it to Pentegram and UTSOH.
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Gorgoroth is an amazing band IMHO, with all the ups and downs the band has had,you can hear the brutality in some of their songs. The devil is calling is one of my favorites! 

Their debut is classic, but they've never really lived up to it since. Some great albums and some good albums, none that I would call bad, nothing to scoff at, nor go ballistic over IMO.

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On 24/12/2014 at 9:52 AM, Gomorrah said:

Personally, I like the first 3 Gorgoroth albums as well as Quantos Possunt Satanitatum Trahunt. Gaahl is a bit hit and miss for me. I do think he's a good vocalist, don't know if i'd say if he was the perfect fit for Gorgoroth though...

I wanted to say something about Gorgoroth but I'm on my phone and this person sums up my feelings perfectly. 

'QPST' is a huge return to form. What an amazing album. 

King ov Hell and Gaahl are a couple of falses. Hail Infernus 666.

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On Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 5:44 AM, Requiem said:

I wanted to say something about Gorgoroth but I'm on my phone and this person sums up my feelings perfectly. 

'QPST' is a huge return to form. What an amazing album. 

King ov Hell and Gaahl are a couple of falses. Hail Infernus 666.

I'm a big Gorgoroth fan, so I was excited when QPST was released. I also thought Gaahl and king ov Hell trying to claim rights to the band name and Infernus winning in court tarnished Gaahl and KOH a bit.

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On 24/12/2014 at 9:52 AM, Gomorrah said: Personally, I like the first 3 Gorgoroth albums as well as Quantos Possunt Satanitatum Trahunt. Gaahl is a bit hit and miss for me. I do think he's a good vocalist, don't know if i'd say if he was the perfect fit for Gorgoroth though...

I wanted to say something about Gorgoroth but I'm on my phone and this person sums up my feelings perfectly. 

'QPST' is a huge return to form. What an amazing album. 

King ov Hell and Gaahl are a couple of falses. Hail Infernus 666.

 

A "huge" return to form? It's a step up from the Gaahl and King days, but that's pushing it.

 

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A "huge" return to form? It's a step up from the Gaahl and King days, but that's pushing it.

 

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I stand by the adjective. I really think QPST is one of their best albums and certainly their best since 'Under the Sign of Hell'.

i was a little flippant with the 'falses' comment regarding Gaahl and King because I do like those albums too. The song 'Procreating Satan' is a masterpiece. But overall their albums are no match for the Infernus led releases. But let's face it, the best thing about those two guys are their Peter Beste photos.

Having said all this I still haven't got around to buying the latest album, which is pretty false of me. I need it to honour the great Infernus.

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A "huge" return to form? It's a step up from the Gaahl and King days, but that's pushing it.

 

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I stand by the adjective. I really think QPST is one of their best albums and certainly their best since 'Under the Sign of Hell'.

i was a little flippant with the 'falses' comment regarding Gaahl and King because I do like those albums too. The song 'Procreating Satan' is a masterpiece. But overall their albums are no match for the Infernus led releases. But let's face it, the best thing about those two guys are their Peter Beste photos.

Having said all this I still haven't got around to buying the latest album, which is pretty false of me. I need it to honour the great Infernus.

 

Being the best since Under the Sign of Hell isn't that much of an achievement considering how mediocre the Gaahl led albums are. I don't hate them like some do, but they're a pale shadow of the band that was before. Quantos has some good moments, but it's really uneven overall, in quality and songwriting style.

 

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I found it interesting that while Ghaal was strictly a vocalist as far as I know, that the Ghaal era Gorgoroth had very similar riff structure and guitar tone to God Seed his other project post Gorgoroth.

This is because the songs of Ghaal era Gorgoroth and God Seed are both written by a geezer called King ov Hell, and that's his writing style. Sorry if you knew this already.

King ov Hell and Ghaal were a package deal for a while there, to the great excitement of nobody.

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This is because the songs of Ghaal era Gorgoroth and God Seed are both written by a geezer called King ov Hell, and that's his writing style. Sorry if you knew this already.

King ov Hell and Ghaal were a package deal for a while there, to the great excitement of nobody.

Oh okay that makes sense I had no idea. I heard something about them trying to tour as Gorgoroth after leaving but not sure if thats true or not. Either way mystery solved

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1 hour ago, Mausoleum said:

Oh okay that makes sense I had no idea. I heard something about them trying to tour as Gorgoroth after leaving but not sure if thats true or not. Either way mystery solved

Correct, for a short while there were two versions of Gorgoroth.

They went to court over who has the rights to the name: Ghaal and King ov Hell vs Infernus. Ghaal and King ov Hell had their backsides spanked by the judge and adopted the name God Seed. 

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1 hour ago, Mausoleum said: Oh okay that makes sense I had no idea. I heard something about them trying to tour as Gorgoroth after leaving but not sure if thats true or not. Either way mystery solved

Correct, for a short while there were two versions of Gorgoroth.

They went to court over who has the rights to the name: Ghaal and King ov Hell vs Infernus. Ghaal and King ov Hell had their backsides spanked by the judge and adopted the name God Seed. 

 

That whole thing was such an embarrassment. I'm glad that they put it to bed quickly and definitively.

 

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