Gorgoroth – Destroyer Or About How To Philosophize With The Hammer (1998)

August 18, 2020

Destroyer is a little cunt of a record, to put it politely. Imagine the most distilled form of harsh, disgusting black metal, but remove none of the spooky atmosphere that the relentless stuff usually loses out on, and you’ve got a rough idea of what is going on here.

There’s a mixed bag of vibes, with the vocal duties being shared out over a fair number of contributors (including, for the first time with Gorgorogth, the legendary Gaahl) – and is it just me, but does “Slottet I Det Fjerne” sound like it was lifted straight out of Darkthrone’s Transylvanian Hunger? Either way, this album is killer.