Length 31:39 Release date 19 June 2006 | Producer Herbrand Larsen | |
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Released 19 June 2006 (2006-06-19) Recorded January–May 2005, March–April 2006 Similar Gorgoroth albums, Black metal albums | ||
Gorgoroth ad majorem sathanas gloriam full album
Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam is the seventh studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released on 19 June 2006 by Regain Records. This was the only Gorgoroth album on which all of the lyrics and music were written by Gaahl and King ov Hell, and was the last to feature both members It also marked the return of drummer Frost and was the last Gorgoroth album that he appeared on. It was nominated for Norway's 2006 Spellemann award in the "Metal" category. It is the first Gorgoroth album with no Norwegian lyrics.
Contents
In November 2007, Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam was reissued with a slightly different cover and a DVD containing the "Carving a Giant" music video and another video documenting how the album was recorded.
Title and artwork
The title is a Latin term meaning "for the greater glory of Satan". It is a mutation of the Society of Jesus motto "Ad majorem Dei gloriam", meaning "for the greater glory of God". It contains a grammatical error, however, as "Sathanas" is typically declined as a first declension masculine noun, where its genitive (possessive) form would correctly be "Sathanae". It was conceived by Infernus after he read an article about the organisation.
The cover artwork was taken from the 1850 painting Dante and Virgil in Hell by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Gaahl; all music composed by King ov Hell.
Songs
1Wound Upon Wound3:32
2Carving a Giant4:10
3God Seed (Twilight of the Idols)4:16