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

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band

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

. 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

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, and again in 2005 on

Season of Mist Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pa ...

. 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), 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, formed in 1992, in addition to b ...

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

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Additional Personnel

Ares Ares (; , ''Árēs'' ) is the List of Greek deities, Greek god of war god, war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for ...

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

Pytten Eirik Hundvin (born 8 February 1950), also known as Pytten, is a Norwegian producer, musician and recording engineer. He is widely known for producing and collaborating with influential acts in the Norwegian black metal scene, including Mayhem, Bu ...

– production *

Tomas Asklund Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. It was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus, who is the sole original member remaining, and has released nine studio albums. Gorgoroth are a Satanism, Satanic band and have drawn contro ...

– drums (''Under the Sign of Hell 2011'')

References

{{Authority control Gorgoroth albums 1997 albums Season of Mist albums Back on Black Records albums