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===Early years (1992β1995)=== [[File:Concert poster - Gorgoroth and Enslaved, Bergen, Norway 24-09-1994.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Poster for a Gorgoroth concert in Bergen, Norway (24 September 1994), alongside [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]]]] Gorgoroth was founded in 1992 by guitarist [[Infernus]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gorgoroth.info/biography/ |title=Gorgoroth β Band |publisher=Gorgoroth.info |access-date=10 August 2009 |archive-date=2 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202015739/http://www.gorgoroth.info/biography/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1993, the band released their first demo, entitled ''[[A Sorcery Written in Blood]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorgoroth.info/sorcery.htm |title=Gorgoroth β Albums |publisher=Gorgoroth.info |access-date=10 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331141646/http://www.gorgoroth.info/sorcery.htm |archive-date=31 March 2009 }}</ref> On 7 January 1994, Firda, the major newspaper in the county of [[Sogn og Fjordane]] where the band originated from, ran a cover story on the demo, with the headline "Local music with Satanic symbolism". According to the article, the release of the demo and flyers with Satanic symbols led to "concerned parents contacting the Sheriff's Office in Fjaler".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pfu.no/case.php?id=324 |title=PFU-sak nr 94-018 |publisher=Pfu.no |access-date=10 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509072210/http://www.pfu.no/case.php?id=324 |archive-date=9 May 2013 }}</ref> After the demo was released, Gorgoroth signed a record deal with Embassy Productions and started work on their debut full-length ''[[Pentagram (Gorgoroth album)|Pentagram]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorgoroth.info/pentagram.htm |title=Gorgoroth β Albums |publisher=Gorgoroth.info |access-date=10 August 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080623095919/http://www.gorgoroth.info/pentagram.htm |archive-date = 23 June 2008}}</ref> When bassist Kjettar left the band in 1993, [[Samoth]] of [[Emperor (Norwegian band)|Emperor]] joined Gorgoroth as their new bassist, and participated in the recording of the album. After ''[[Pentagram (Gorgoroth album)|Pentagram]]'' was completed and released in 1994, drummer Goat left the band and was replaced by [[Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad|Frost]] from [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]]. The band performed their first concert at Lusa Lottes PΓΈbb in [[Oslo]] on 3 May 1994 at a four-day Black Metal Nights festival with bands such as [[Dark Funeral]] (who also made their live debut), [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]], [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]], [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] (who played their first gig abroad), [[Gehenna (band)|Gehenna]] and [[Hades Almighty]].<ref name="dissection-pastshows">{{cite web|url=http://www.dissection.nu/pastshows.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070925081233/http://www.dissection.nu/pastshows.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2007 |title=Www.Dissection.Nu β Official Dissection Website |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackmetal.nu/~ubc/files/euronewsletter.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205183022/http://www.blackmetal.nu/~ubc/files/euronewsletter.htm |archive-date=5 December 2008 |title=Euronymous Newsletter |date=1993 |access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> This was followed by gigs with Enslaved in [[Bergen]] (in June and September) and in [[Haugesund]] (in November), and the band performed their first gig abroad in [[Annaberg-Buchholz]] in Germany on 10 December 1994. The same year, the band commenced the recording of ''[[Antichrist (Gorgoroth album)|Antichrist]]'' (originally titled ''DΓΈd''), their second full-length album.
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