| Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer | ||||
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| Released | 18 May 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–1998 | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 37:09 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Infernus | |||
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Destroyer (subtitled as: Or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer) is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was their first release on Nuclear Blast. It contains eight tracks performed by several different lineups, with band founder Infernus being the only member to be featured on all tracks. Four different vocalists were featured on the album, including Infernus on two tracks, Pest on four tracks, and T-Reaper and new vocalist Gaahl each on one track.[2]
Destroyer was the first album to feature Gaahl and guitarist Tormentor, the only one for T-Reaper and drummer Vrolok, the last to feature Pest until his return in 2008, and the last for drummer Frost until his return in 2004.
The album was re-released in 2006 by Back on Black Records as a gatefold vinyl LP. The subtitle of the album, Or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer, was also the subtitle of Friedrich Nietzsche's book Twilight of the Idols (itself a future Gorgoroth album title).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Destroyer" | Infernus | Tormentor | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Open the Gates" | Pest | Infernus | 5:29 |
| 3. | "The Devil, the Sinner and His Journey" | Infernus | Infernus | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Om kristen og jødisk tru" ("About Christian and Jewish Faith") | Pest | Infernus | 4:47 |
| 5. | "På slagmark langt mot nord" ("On Battlefields Far North") | Pest | Infernus | 5:08 |
| 6. | "Blodoffer" ("Blood Offering") | Infernus, Tormentor | Infernus, Tormentor | 3:19 |
| 7. | "The Virginborn" | Pest | Infernus | 8:15 |
| 8. | "Slottet i det fjerne" (Darkthrone cover) | Fenriz | Fenriz | 3:41 |
| Total length: | 37:09 | |||
Personnel
Gorgoroth
- Infernus – guitars (tracks 2–7), bass (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6), vocals (tracks 6 and 8), drums (tracks 5 and 6), mixing (February 1998 at Abyss Studio), production
Additional personnel
- Tormentor – guitar (1, 2, 4–7)
- Pest – vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5 and 7)
- Gaahl – vocals (track 1), mixing
- Ares – bass (tracks 2, 4 and 7)
- Daimonion – synthesizer (track 3)
- Frost – drums (track 3)
- T-Reaper – vocals (track 3)
- Vrolok – drums (tracks 2, 4 and 7)
- Pytten – engineering (Grieghallen Studio)
- Peter Tägtgren – mixing
References
- ↑ "Destroyer". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ↑ "Biography". Gorgoroth.info. Retrieved 2012-02-13.