GORGOROTH — Pentagram (review)

GORGOROTH — Pentagram album cover Album · 1994 · Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
The first Gorgoroth album features band founder Infernus backed up by Samoth of Emperor (shortly before he was jailed for taking part in Varg Vikernes' church-burning antics) on bass, the frenzied and energetic Hat on vocals, and the amazingly named Goat Pervertor on blast beats. It's a very brief album with, at points, an almost punkish or rock and roll edge to it; whilst it's not the sort of album to redefine the very boundaries of black metal, it's got enough energy and enthusiasm to it to make its 29 minutes an entertaining and enjoyable way to pass the time. Sometimes simple is best; it feels like at this stage of their career, to keep playing for longer or to try something more ambitious would have exposed the weaknesses of Gorgoroth's early lineup more. I wouldn't turn it off it were playing in the background, but it's not an album I'd go out of my way to listen to.
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