Gorgoroth: Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt

After the band name debacle, Gorgoroth is currently under the helm of guitarist, Infernus. The effective band line-up is as follows (as recruited by Infernus):

• Vocals: Pest
• Guitars: Infernus
• Guitars: Tormentor
• Boddel: Bass
• Drums: Tomas Asklund
  

I have Gorgoroth's latest release, Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt in my possession & must say the songs are well pieced together. There are however no excessively fast, pre-Twilight of the Idols numbers, in fact, there are several tunes triggering the memory of the Reinchaos-era Dissection; very heavy with the essence of black metal still in tact. I always look forward to Infernus' guitar playing as he possesses this catchy, gallop riffs which are his trademark peddling.

The overall album production is impressive. If you think black metal dweebs are 100% lo-fi devotees who placed their recording equipment in a tree trunk & proceed to capture raw, evil, music in its ultra fundamental embodiment, then you are sick. As evident above, drummer Tomas Asklund is the very capable hand behind this successful recording in terms of technicalities.

As you have read recently in these pages, Infernus has an official endorsement deal with Jackson guitars but this didn't stop him from using the preferred recording guitar, in this case, a Fender Strat as seen in the pic above.