OR ABOUT HOW TO PHILOZOPHIZE WITH THE HAMMER’ FROM GORGOROTH.
In May, the Norwegian Black Metal from Gorgoroth celebrates the first album with Gaahl on vocals in ‘track 1’ from 4th album ‘Destroyer, or About How to Philozophize with the Hammer’ with lineup:
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.
Title taken from the Nietzsche book ‘Twilight of the Idols, or How One Philosophizes with a Hammer’;
Track 8 is not mentioned on the tracklist on the back cover, but it is mentioned on the tracklist in the booklet;
A drum machine was used for track 1.
“Slottet i det fjerne” also appeared on the Darkthrone tribute Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone, released by Moonfog Productions in 1998;
English translations: 4. About Christian and Jewish Faith 5. On Battlefields Far North 6. Blood Sacrifice 8. Castle in the Distance
Recording information:
-Recorded in Grieghallen Studio, Bergen, Norway 1994-98; -Mixed at Abyss Studio during the end of February 1998.
It Was released in 1998 in 12′ Vinyl (Limited Edition) by Nuclear Blast, Cassette Format by Metal Mind Production, Rocris Disc, Wizard – in CD Format by Nuclear Blast America and in 2005 by Black Metal Attack Records; – Ressue in 2006 and 2009 – 12″ Vinyl by Back on Black; – and by Soulseller Records, in February, 2017 ressue in CD Format and March in CD (Limited Edition, Digipak); – April 2018 in Digital Format on Bandcamp and August, 2018 in Vinyl 12″ (Limited Edition, colored, repress) and January, 2021; – November, 2022 (Limited edition, Marbled vinyl, Reissue, Repress).
The move to Nuclear Blast was controversial among many black metal enthusiasts who pertained to the tenets of an ‘underground black metal scene’. The first album recorded and released for Nuclear Blast was Destroyer (1998). New singer Gaahl joined the band at this time, but was heard on only one song, the title track “Destroyer”. The music and lyrics on the album were mainly written by Infernus, but guitarist Tormentor also contributed as composer, most notably on the title track, and former vocalist Pest wrote the lyrics on 4 tracks. In May 1998, Gorgoroth played five dates in Germany on Cradle of Filth’s European tour, with support from Old Man’s Child and Einherjer. Gorgoroth also performed at Wacken Open Air in summer 1998, and performed at the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival in Helsinki, Finland, and in Oslo, Norway with Gehenna and Dødheimsgard.
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