Pentagram (Gorgoroth album)

Pentagram
Studio album by Gorgoroth
Released October 12, 1994
Recorded early 1994 at Grieghallen Studio
Genre Black metal
Length 29:18
Label Embassy Productions
Producer Pytten, Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth chronology
Promo '94
(1994)Promo '941994		 Pentagram
(1994)		 Antichrist
(1996)Antichrist1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
AllMusic[2]

Pentagram is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth, released in September 1994 by Embassy Productions.[3] It followed the band's two demo cassettes, A Sorcery Written in Blood and Promo '94. It was the only album to feature Samoth on bass and Goat Pervertor on drums.

Reissues

Pentagram was reissued seven times, four of those on CD: in 1996 by Malicious Records, in 1999 by Century Black in America, in 2005 as a remastered version on Season of Mist and in 2007 on Regain Records. It was reissued three times on 12" vinyl: by Malicious Records in 1996 (limited to 500 copies), by Agonia Records in 2005 (limited to 1000 copies) and in 2006 by Back on Black Records.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Begravelsesnatt" ("Burial Night")HatGoat Pervertor2:34
2."Crushing the Scepter (Regaining a Lost Dominion)"InfernusInfernus3:25
3."Ritual"HatInfernus3:54
4."Drömmer om Död" ("Dreaming of Death")HatGoat Pervertor3:47
5."Katharinas bortgang" ("Katharina's Passing")InfernusGoat Pervertor4:05
6."Huldrelokk" Infernus1:54
7."(Under) The Pagan Megalith"Goat PervertorGoat Pervertor3:55
8."Maaneskyggens Slave" ("The Moon-Shadow's Slave")InfernusInfernus5:52
Total length:29:18

Personnel

Additional personnel

Promo '94

Promo '94
Demo album by Gorgoroth
Released April 1994 (1994-04)
Genre Black metal
Length 9:44
Label Self-released
Gorgoroth chronology
A Sorcery Written in Blood
(1993)A Sorcery Written in Blood1993		 Promo '94
(1994)		 Pentagram
(1994)Pentagram1994

Promo '94 is the second demo by Gorgoroth. It was independently released in 1994 on cassette, and featured raw mixes of two tracks from Pentagram.

Track listing

  1. "Katharinas bortgang" – 3:57
  2. "Måneskyggens slave" – 5:47

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Samoth – bass guitar
  • Goat Pervertor – drums

References

  1. ↑ Bowar, Chad. "Gorgoroth - Pentagram Review". About.com. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Pentagram - Gorgoroth : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Infernus (January 1996). Pentagram (CD back cover liner notes). Gorgoroth. Germany: Malicious Records. MR 007. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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