Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)

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Destroyer - Or About How To Philosophize With the Hammer
Studio album by Gorgoroth
Released	1998
Recorded	1994-1998
Genre	Black metal
Length	37:09
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Infernus
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Gorgoroth chronology
Under the Sign of Hell (1997) Destroyer (1998) Incipit Satan (2000)

Destroyer is the fourth full-length album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was their first release on Nuclear Blast. Re-released in 2006 by Back on Black Records on gatefold LP.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Destroyer" – 3:49
2. "Open the Gates" – 5:29
3. "The Devil, the Sinner and His Journey" – 3:26
4. "Om Kristen og Jødisk Tru" (About Christian and Jewish Faith) – 4:47
5. "På Slagmark Langt Mot Nord" (On Battlefields Far North) – 5:08
6. "Blodoffer" (Blood Sacrifice) – 3:19
7. "The Virginborn" – 8:15
8. "Slottet i Det Fjerne" (hidden track) (Darkthrone cover) – 3:41

Music by Infernus (tracks 2-7) and Tormentor (tracks 1 and 6). Lyrics by Pest (tracks 2, 4, 5 and 7), Infernus (tracks 1, 3 and 6) and Tormentor (track 6). Track 8: Music and lyrics written by Fenriz of Darkthrone; original version appears on the Darkthrone album Transilvanian Hunger (1994).

[edit] Credits

• Ares - Bass (tracks 2, 4 and 7)
• Daimonion - Synth (track 3)
• Frost - Drums (track 3)
• Gaahl - Vocals (track 1)
• Infernus - Guitars (tracks 2-7), bass (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6), vocals (tracks 6 and 8), drums (tracks 5 and 6)
• Pest - Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5 and 7)
• Tormentor - Guitars (all tracks except track 3)
• T-Reaper - Vocals (track 3)
• Vrolok - Drums (tracks 2, 4 and 7)

Recorded at Grieghallen Studio. Engineered by Pytten. Mixed in February 1998 at Abyss Studio by Peter Tägtgren, Gaahl and Infernus. Produced by Infernus.

[edit] Trivia

The subtitle of the album "Or about how to philosophize with the hammer" is also the subtitle of Nietzsche's "The Twilight of the Idols", the latter in which would be the name of Gorgoroth's 2003 album.