Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH made headlines in major Latin American newspapers after the audience rioted at their show in San Salvador (capital of El Salvador) on Saturday (Nov. 6). According to a posting on the band's web site, "the audience got so ecstatic over the presence of the first black metal act visiting their country that the situation got totally out of control. The security and the police could not handle the people outside the venue so they had to call in the special forces, 'del cuerpo de Proteccion a Personalides Importantes' (PPI). When the PPI reached the venue the masses of people not getting a ticket for the already sold-out show kicked in the entrance door and lots of fighting between the audience began. The audience started to kick in doors and toilets, several injuries occured and major damages to the venue. The PPI decided in the end to use gas on the audience to get the situation under control. When GORGOROTH entered the stage 30 security people had to be on stage preventing the audience to enter it. The fighting [continued] through GORGOROTH's performance and the PPI and the police had to hold the audience inside the venue with firearms to get the band in safety. GORGOROTH [walked away] from the incident without any injuries."

GORGOROTH drew international attention in early February after they were accused of "offending religious feelings" during a concert in Poland. The band were also suspected of breaching the Polish law on protection of animals by displaying the severed and impaled heads of sheep as part of their stage act.


I found that on myspace on someone's profile. We played an arena in Ecuador, Cradle of Filth played there a few weeks after and I guess a huge riot happened to cause they cancelled. Don't talk shit about my latin friends, they're more metal than you will ever be. ESTADOS UNIDOS ES MUY ABURRIDO!!!!!!!! PUNTAS!!!!

i wish i was there... badass

me too dude, me too. fuck you boston.

I love Gorgoroth's earlier works but I hear through the grapevine that they are pedophiles. They even have a link to Nambla (North American Man Boy Love Association) on their website... Disgusting.

that's fucked, i will never look at that band the same again.

you guys are nuts!pentagram is evil as fuck.
tijuana was a show last month

coldnorthernvengeance said:

I'm Pretty sure thats a joke especilly since it is sandwiched between michial jacksons website and an evangelical christian site, they are not all that serious of a band

ive never heard this band...but they do cause alot of shit...didnt they play outside the vatican of in the pope hometown or somthing and slaughter animals on stage???

the new issue of Terrorizer has a nice closeup of Gorgoroth's stage prop sheep's heads on their Content page. Sorry I don't have a scanner handy, but the sheep head on the right does not look pleased--its teeth are showing and it has a really, well . . . decapitated sheep look on its face

Gorgoroth sucks my ass

CRUSHING THE SCEPTER RULES.

pentagram is an awesome album

only that song, if I ever saw gorgoroth perform that song live I would decapitate everyone in sight. One of the 1st black metal tracks I heard as I was like a freshmen in HS.

Them souther americaners know how to rock.

im pretty sure its not "rocking" so much as it is "not knowing to conduct themselves appropriately"

thegreatspaldino said:

well according to thier links page it looks like that could be arranged

vengefulandgodless said:

hahaha

vengefulandgodless said:

YES!

I repect goregoroth even more now excellent!

gorgoroth is great although i'm not a big fan with incipit satan, rest of the albums dominate \m/

It's nice to hear news from my birthplace. You're so thoughtful Josh. I might think about maybe buying you a shot perhaps.