Review of the new Gorgoroth album

A few weeks ago, I went down to the local metal store, and bought the new Gorgoroth album "Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt". This is the band's first studio album in three years, the first since the lawsuit on the legal rights to the band name, and the following change of line up. The last three Gorgoroth albums have been, not bad, but kind of average, nothing special to it. Therefore, I was not sure what to expect this time.

The new album was a great positive surprise, a collection of 9 excellent songs. Infernus, the founder of the band, and the only remaining original band member, is back in charge as the main song writer. The musical style is melodic, sometimes doomy, black metal, carried by laid-back catchy guitar lines, and lazy drumming, frequently bursting out in clean blast beats. The grim-vocal by Pest is steady, but lacking some of the desperate feeling from previous recordings. As usual, Gorgoroth does not provide writtten lyrics on the cover. Sharp ears are neeeded to get all the text lines.

This is definitely the best Gorgoroth album since the classical albums from the 90’s; “Pentagram” (1994), “Antichrist” (1996) and “Under the Sign of Hell" (1997). Here is my favorite song from the new album (YouTube link), the title is, very suitably, “Rebirth".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T0h-qi9HQQ