''Under the Sign of Hell'' is the third studio album by Norwegian

black metal Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emp ...

band

Gorgoroth Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. It was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus, who is also the only original member remaining, and the band have since released nine studio albums. Gorgoroth are a Satanic band and have ...

. Recorded in 1996 and released in 1997, it was the first album to feature Ares on bass (on one track) and the only one to feature Grim on drums.

Release

''Under the Sign of Hell'' was released on 20 October 1997 on Malicious Records. It was re-released in 1999 on Century Black, and again in 2005 on Season of Mist. Agonia Records released the album on LP in 2005, limited to 1000 copies, and Back on Black Records reissued the LP again in 2006. A remastered version was released in 2007 by Regain Records. Gorgoroth re-recorded the album as ''Under the Sign of Hell 2011'', released in November 2011 by Regain Records.Regain Records - Gorgoroth - Under the sign of Hell 2011 (CD)
/ref> This re-recorded version was the last album with vocalist Pest.

Track listing

Personnel

Gorgoroth

* Pest –

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Infernus Roger Tiegs (born 18 June 1972 in Umeå), better known by his stage name Infernus, is a Norwegian black metal musician and Satanist. He is the sole founding member and chief ideologist of the black metal band Gorgoroth, which was formed in 1 ...

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; bass on all tracks except "Revelation of Doom" (original release) *Grim – drums

Additional Personnel

* Ares – bass on "Revelation of Doom" (original release) *

Pytten Eirik Hundvin (born 8 February 1950), also known as Pytten, is a Norwegian producer and recording engineer for many classic black metal albums, mainly by Norwegian bands, nearly all of which were recorded in the Grieg Hall in Bergen. Hundvin is ...

– production * Tomas Asklund – drums (''Under the Sign of Hell 2011'')

References

{{Authority control Gorgoroth albums 1997 albums Season of Mist albums