Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)

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1998 studio album by Gorgoroth

Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer

Studio album by

Gorgoroth

Released| 18 May 1998 (1998-05-18)
Recorded| 1994–1998
Genre| Black metal
Length| 37:09
Label| Nuclear Blast
Producer| Infernus
Gorgoroth chronology
| Under the Sign of Hell
(1997)  | Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer
(1998)  | Incipit Satan
(2000)

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AllMusic| [1]

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

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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

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### Gorgoroth

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ "Destroyer". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
2. ^ "Biography". Gorgoroth.info. Archived from the original on 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2012-02-13.

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Gorgoroth

* Infernus
* Tomas Asklund
* Atterigner

* Hat
* Goat Pervertor
* Kjettar
* Samoth
* Grim
* Storm
* Ares
* Vrolok
* T-Reaper
* Sjt. Erichsen
* Kvitrafn
* Frost
* Gaahl
* King ov Hell
* Pest
* Tormentor
* Bøddel

Studio albums|

* Pentagram
* Antichrist
* Under the Sign of Hell
* Destroyer
* Incipit Satan
* Twilight of the Idols
* Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
* Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
* Instinctus Bestialis

Demos|

* A Sorcery Written in Blood
* Promo '94

Live albums|

* The Last Tormentor
* Bergen 1996
* True Norwegian Black Metal – Live in Grieghallen

Video albums|

* Black Mass Krakow 2004

Other appearances|

* Darkthrone Holy Darkthrone
* Feuersturm
* Feuersturm Volume II - The Ultimate Storm
* Death Is Just The Beginning Vol. V
* Death Is Just The Beginning Vol. VI
* Originators of the Northern Darkness – A Tribute to Mayhem

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* Gorgoroth discography
* Gorgoroth name dispute
* God Seed

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