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Twilight of the Idols (In Conspiricy With Satan)

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Not a shabby tune in the bunch. The opening track is on the verge of white noise and then goes into some insane mixed vocals-- very nice track.

The overall sound is pretty raw, noisy, and weaves in and out of slow, gloomy sludge into blazing grind. Very brutal album, worthy of your hard earned cash...

Make no mistake, Twilight is a great piece of music and a masterwork. A combination of furious guitars, keen drumming, violent vocals (provided by the great Ghaal) and sometimes odd effects, industrial noises, and a keyboard piece make this a truely black and evil album.
Though some may say it makes little ground compared to Destroyer or Incipit Satan, this album is more together than the others. While Destroyer is all over the place, and Incipit Satan goes from great to mediocre, Twilight is a refined and finished piece from start to finish.
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Alright the new Gorgoroth, usually a milestone in my life, lets you down a little. I love all Gorgoroth albums, even the much-detested Destroyer and Incipit Satan. This one has the usual euro-infected thrash riffs Infernus has become notorious for in the last few years. Yes, it's heavy, yes it's fast, and yes, it's necro!! But much of what made Gorgoroth special, the ambiance, is gone. What happened to being able to write songs like Sorg, Gorgoroth, and Katharinas Bortgang? I think part of the problem lies in the songwriting. Usually all songs are composed by Infernus alone, this time he let King Of Hell(bass) write like 80 Percent of the songs??? What the hell is wrong with him?? Don't get me wrong, any Gorgoroth is better than 99 percent of so-called black metal. But we need the scuzz-ambiance back. Any band can recycle Exodus riffs. Gorgoroth needs to Destroy...which they almost do.

Almost every comment i've heard about this band is that it is 'true' norwegian black metal. Of course it's a good sign that 'bands like this' include satyricon emperor and darkthrone, cause this is definitely in that vein. And i don't think all BM fans will ever agree on any one thing, but i would say this is, in fact, TRUE black metal, this is good stuff. Even showing off how idiotic the world is because they censored the cover (which you'll see WHEN you get it), and its more brutal than darkthrone or satyricon, but has moments where you could be listening to either of those. This is worth buying easily if you're into : darkthrone, satyricon, emperor, genocide kommando, marduk, all the best basically, and if i seem kinda luke-warm about the cd with only 4 stars, i'm just saving 5 for legendary, this is a healthy 'classic', and even better than i expected it to be, as a last word,dont let a priest hear the last minute or so of the first song...

This cd was an absolute masterpiece, i loved every song on it. its one of the few cd's out there that i can listen 2 all the way through and never get bored, if ur a black metaler, dont think just get this album!!

Gorgoroth recently got in gigantic trouble for playing on a stage filled (and i mean FILLED) with blood and goat's heads on spikes. This is all you need to know about the's band's main intention: Satan is alive and will be known, no matter what the cost. The album, Twilight of the Idols, is a little less intense and lost some of it's rotteningly evil roots. Infernus is still awesome as ever, but I miss HAT being on vokills instead of this new guy. Plus I agree with the guy who said Infernus is a better songwriter than King. The first and last songs are the best. I really hope they decide to release earlier demos (if any) with Hat. Hail Satan

I bought this album when i was in the 8th grade.This was the First GORGOROTH album that i bought since i wanted to try a different band to see if they were any good The cover to this album was the best cover i ever saw and i didn't care if it offened anyone.I listened to the whole album and It blew me away.

Gaahl's vocals sounded way different from other black metal vocalists but were good,The guitars by INFERNUS were really good and had a decent sound to them,King's bass was really good but was a little heavier than the guitars.

The songs I really liked on this album were Force's Of Satan Storms,Of Ice And Movement...,Teeth Grinding and Procreating Satan.every fan of black metal should own this album.DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THE RELIGOUS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT BLACK METAL.

This album is well-executed, but adds nothing new to the already very large selection of black metal CD's out there. True, it's not the purest black metal, but even in its black-metal-meets-thrash hybridity, it is not unique. This album is not a waste of money; it's just not the best use of it. If you want something heavy and blackened, pick up Behemoth, or better yet, Emperor's classic Anthem to the Welkin at Dusk--still the best black metal album ever made.

A legacy of the ancient ice norwegian lands, pure grim and cold and yes ¡¡¡¡ raw, very raw; infernus and the rest of the band are pure darkness and hate, excellent album. very laudable....

Overall this CD was average. The LP begins with the track "Procreating Satan". This is an extraordinary track that immediately hurls you into another world full of thriving malevolence and hypnotic vocal screaming that provokes your wicked inner fantasies to surface themselves for but only a minute until the song draws its climatic conclusion. This track is truly amazing.

Then we have the second track, "Proclaiming Mercy-Damaging Instinct of Man" which is pretty heavy and well-executed. The only problem I had with it is that it gets a bit repetitious. It was good, nonetheless.

The next track on the list is "Exit-Through Carved Stones". This song is definitely more on the mediocre side. The vocal lines are a little awkwardly arranged also, for every line or two an instrumental break is issued- and then the same words are repeated after the instrumental break has finished. The song is also a bit drawn out. This track definitely gives off a great feel to it, though, despite the flaws in lyrical composition and length. It almost makes you feel as if you are standing in the midst of an open cemetery, your leg submerged by fog, while above you there is nothing but a completely gray colored sky. I give them props for creating such a wonderful atmosphere.

The next song on the track listing is "Teeth Grinding". For the most part, I really dislike this song. Throughout the entire thing, Gaahl only speaks different lines...and it sounds as if he is attempting to make his voice sound deeper for a bunch of vulnerable kindergarteners sitting around him in a circle, waiting for him to finish reading a "scary" Halloween story.

Following "Teeth Grinding" there is "Forces of Satan Storms". This track is pretty good in all. The only problem was that it sounds a bit similar to a few previous tracks. In spite of this fault though, the instrumental breaks were very well done.

The sixth song on this CD is "Blod Og Minne". Again, this track is fair but sounds a bit too similar to previous tracks, especially the track directly prior to it, "Forces of Satan Storms".

Next on the list, we have the song "Of Ice and Movement", which basically just sounds like one fast guitar riff that repeats a million times while Gaahl yells over it. I'm definitely not a fan of this song.

Subsequent to "Of Ice and Movement", there is the last track, "Domine in Virtute Tua Laetabitur Rex". This song is truly interesting- as it gives the listener a completely different experience in musical sound. It does not follow in the severe heaviness of the rest of the album, and is nothing that you'd expect to hear as a closer from Gorgoroth. Still, though, I found it a pretty unique way to end the album, despite the fact that it seems a bit out of place.

This album wasn't bad...but it wasn't great either. Some highlights were definitely the different, eerie atmospheres that Gorgoroth creates for the listener and the great technique of the instrumentalists. The album did have its downfalls though, such as having too many songs sound alike and being a bit monotonous in areas. I'd probably only suggest this to die-hard black metal fans, overall.