Gorgoroth: The Tr00est Of Tr00?

"If the appeal does not work, I will have to go to prison for 11 months, 'cause I've already served some of it last year, but it could take one to three years before it happens anyway, because there is a long waiting list for prisons in Norway."

A bit like our local graveyard

People are dying to get in




Sorry about that

in reading all of these posts from the beginning, i must say..

Norway's got some pretty lenient sentences for shit like this! daoomn..here we are in america getting locked away for years for having some weed and this motherfucker is looking at such shit jail time for brutal crimes

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=33256

GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl was sentenced to 14 months in prison for beating a 41-year-old man and threatening to drink his blood.

The 29-year-old, whose real name has not been revealed by the Norwegian media, was charged with a crime that carries a maximum penalty of nine years in prison.

The black metal vocalist was sentenced to one year and two months in jail by the Gulating court of appeals on Tuesday (Feb. 22), according to TV2. The original 18-month sentence, which was handed down last May, was reduced by four months while the amount in damages Gaahl is required to pay to the victim was increased from 100,000 NOK (approximately $16,000) to 190,000 NOK (approximately $30,400).

Last year, the district court concluded that Gaahl's use of violence was severe enough for him to be charged with aggravated assault. The court of appeals agreed with the disctrict court's findings, but still chose to reduce the 29-year-old's sentence.

The victim, whose identity has not been revealed by the Norwegian media, explained that he went to an after-hours party in February 2002 at the invitation of Gaahl's brother and ended up engaging in a verbal disagreement with Gaahl. However, he denied that he physically attacked Gaahl, as has been claimed by the defendant.

"I wanted to leave," the alleged victim told the court last year. "What I did was react verbally to a situation which I perceived as threatening."

When the 41-year-old man tried to leave the party, the defendant allegedly blocked the exit by standing in the doorway. Immediately after that, the alleged victim felt a hard hit on the back of his head.

"From the moment I got hit, I thought to myself that this was the end. It was as if I could view the whole situation from the outside: Now I'm dying," the man explained.

The 41-year-old told the court of increased use of violence as the night progressed. He claimed to have no recollection of how long it took for the entire episode to transpire, but he indicated that it "seemed to last for a very long time." He also described a situation where he was given a cup in which he was supposed to bleed. He said he was first hit once, then another time because he did not bleed enough. According to the alleged victim, the defendant said, "I'm going to sacrifice you, I'm going to drink your blood."

Taking the stand in her son's defense, Gaahl's mother testified that she found the accusation of blood drinking particularly hard to believe.

"My son is a vegetarian and very fussy about food. He eats absolutely no innards. That is why I do not believe this at all," Gaahl's mother told the court.

The court believed the victim's claim that Gaahl threatened to drink his blood but didn't believe Gaahl actually meant to do it.

"The court believes that the accused said that he would drink the blood of the victim," the court wrote in today's sentence. "The court has no reason to believe that the defendant had intended to go through with it. The statement was rather made to incite fear in the victim by its brutality."

After he was hit in the back of the head, the 41-year-old man made two attempts to get away. The first time, he thought the living room was empty. But when he tried to get up from his chair, he was pulled back down by someone behind him. The second time he managed to exit the house and find his way into his car and drive away. The alleged victim believes that there were two more persons were in the house in addition to the defendant.

Taking the stand in his own defense, Gaahl explained that it was the 41-year-old who started the trouble which led to the physical confrontation.

"He jumped on me and threw me down in a chair. I also remember getting my head banged against the wall," Gaahl testified in court. "He kept hitting at me without stopping. The last thing I remember is that I fell down on the couch and that I lifted my arms to protect myself. After that I must have lost consciousness. The next thing I remember is standing on the floor and [the 41-year-old] sitting in a chair. At that time he was bleeding pretty heavily," the 29-year-old black metal singer explained.

When asked to explain the severe physical injuries suffered by the 41-year-old, Gaahl said, "Anything I would say would be just pure speculation on my part. I don't know what happened."

The defendant's version of what transpired on the night in question directly contradicted the alleged victim's claim that he suffered a brutal assault at the hands of the defendant, causing him to continue to experience medical problems more than two years after the alleged incident took place.

During his testimony, Gaahl explained that he met the 41-year-old for the first time earlier that night at a restaurant. According to Gaahl, the alleged victim made the initial contact.

The defendant, who appeared in court wearing a black GORGOROTH t-shirt, a leather jacket and an upside-down cross necklace, claimed that he took a cab home after closing time and that the 41-year-old was not invited to the after-hours party, but that he invited himself and turned up a bit later. Gaahl explained that the 41-year-old had been drinking at the restaurant but still ended up driving his own car for 30 minutes from the restaurant to the house.

"Everything was calm until we were supposed to leave the house to go to my brother's place nearby," Gaahl said. "It was my brother that was originally going to have the party, but we went to my place first as my brother hadn't arrived yet. When I made the suggestion that we leave, he attacked me," the 29-year-old said.

The court was also shown a cup that is normally used for games of throwing dice. When the defendant saw that the alleged victim was bleeding heavily, he gave him the cup. Asked if he had told the 41-year-old to collect his blood in the cup, Gaahl explained, "I gave him the cup so that he would not to make such a mess in my house with all the blood."

During the questioning, the defendant claimed he did not remember anything that happened after he lost consciousness until he found himself standing on the floor with the 41-year-old sitting in a chair badly injured in front of him.

In 2001, Gaahl was sentenced to one year in prison without the possibility of parole after an episode of violence where he assaulted his victim for hours. In addition, he was ordered to pay 158,000 kronor (approximately $25,300) in punitive damages.

In the 2001 sentence, the court wrote that Gaahl's use of violence was "extremely raw and brutal," adding that there was no "clear motive" for the assault.

Under normal circumstances, Gaahl's previous conviction would have carried a sentence of 90 days in prison, but due to the severity of the crime, the singer was sentenced to 12 months behind bars in addition to being forced to pay the monetary damages. During his court appearance, Gaahl was reportedly dressed in black and wore a plethora of Satanic symbols.

Formed in 1992, GORGOROTH took their name from J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Lord Of The Rings". Gaahl, who joined the band in 1998, is believed to be involved with at least three other projects (GAAHLSKAGG, SIGFADER, TRELLDOM), all of which feature a musical direction described as "raw, unsophisticated black metal."

GORGOROTH drew international attention in February 2004 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.

ORIGINAL: comforteagle

in reading all of these posts from the beginning, i must say..

Norway's got some pretty lenient sentences for shit like this! daoomn..here we are in america getting locked away for years for having some weed and this motherfucker is looking at such shit jail time for brutal crimes

Yeah, but go to the C.I.A. factbook or such and look into the numbers of violent crimes in Scandinavia, or the rest of Europe for that matter, compared to here (per capita of course, it might take a bit of math to do the comparison with the population disparities). Also, the number of repeat offenders (after those "ridiculous" sentences) shows an even greater difference.. I mean, in many countries ANY murder is news. Here, only the most brutal or sick ones make the cut for the 6:00 News.

Gaahl's whole story still cracks me up. It's like a little kid telling his parents "not me!".

Court: Mr. Gaahl, what happened that night?
Gaahl: Don't remember.
Court: Please relate the events of that evening.
Gaahl: Couldn't tell ya.
Court: You have no recollection of these events?
Gaahl: Not a clue.

Sentence reduced. Have a black day!

Gaahl is so my hero

ORIGINAL: drumline0671

Taking the stand in her son's defense, Gaahl's mother testified that she found the accusation of blood drinking particularly hard to believe.

"My son is a vegetarian and very fussy about food. He eats absolutely no innards. That is why I do not believe this at all," Gaahl's mother told the court.

I find this kind of humorous on 2 points. First, Gaahl's mom is defending him, it makes that comic above more realistic. Second, Gaahl is a vegetarian. His fan base must be disappointed that he actually doesn't drink blood.

GORGOROTH Head To Norwegian Court Over Controversial Polish Gig - Feb. 27, 2005

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH will head to Norwegian court (Bergen Tingrett) on March 2 in connection with a February 2004 incident when 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.

A spokesperson for the public prosecutor in Krakow, southern Poland, said last year that they might ask for Norwegian help in questioning members of GORGOROTH in order to determine whether Article 196 of the Polish penal code (concerning offense to religious feelings) has been breached or not during the band's concert in Krakow on Feb. 1, 2004. The maximum penalty for breaching the article is five years in prison.

The group, who are accused of having offended religious feelings by displaying naked women, covered in blood and being crucified, also displayed sheep heads, severed and impaled, with the stage splashed with their blood.

"We are also looking into whether the law on protection of animals has been breached," the spokesperson, Miroslawa Kalinowska-Zajdak, said last February.

Kalinowska-Zajdak said the prosecutor was following up a complaint from the head of a local television station who rented a TV studio to GORGOROTH for the concert, recorded for a DVD.

The local television in Krakow, which complained about the performance, had acquired broadcasting rights for the show, Kalinowska-Zajdak said.

The saga continues. These guys are a the Spinal Tap of black metal.

LOL, what an image.

"There's such a fine line between 'tr00' and 'n3kr0'."

"These ones go to 666."

"The question is, how much more gr1m can it be? And the answer is none...none more gr1m."

"It's part of a musical trilogy I'm working on, kind of a combination of Mayhem and Bathory, a Mathory piece, if you like...It's in Bm, the kvltest of all keys...what's it called? 'Frost-encrusted Northern Love Pump of the Bastard Child of God.'"

This thread will never die. And if it does, it will come back from the dead to kill us all in our sleep.

ORIGINAL: hefdaddy42

This thread will never die. And if it does, it will come back from the dead to kill us all in our sleep.

And then it will drain the blood from our bodies so it can be mixed into the water supply, causing the tr00 factor to increase across the world.

ORIGINAL: NeiloMac

LOL, what an image.

"There's such a fine line between 'tr00' and 'n3kr0'."

"These ones go to 666."

"The question is, how much more gr1m can it be? And the answer is none...none more gr1m."

"It's part of a musical trilogy I'm working on, kind of a combination of Mayhem and Bathory, a Mathory piece, if you like...It's in Bm, the kvltest of all keys...what's it called? 'Frost-encrusted Northern Love Pump of the Bastard Child of God.'"

LOL.. You, my friend, are Prognostications material...

ORIGINAL: Smirnoff

ORIGINAL: NeiloMac

LOL, what an image.

"There's such a fine line between 'tr00' and 'n3kr0'."

"These ones go to 666."

"The question is, how much more gr1m can it be? And the answer is none...none more gr1m."

"It's part of a musical trilogy I'm working on, kind of a combination of Mayhem and Bathory, a Mathory piece, if you like...It's in Bm, the kvltest of all keys...what's it called? 'Frost-encrusted Northern Love Pump of the Bastard Child of God.'"

LOL.. You, my friend, are Prognostications material...

LMFAO!! You're not kidding, Smirnoff! This shit's pure GOLD!!!

"This Is Spinal Gaahl"!!!

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=33681

According to a posting on GORGOROTH's official web site, the Norwegian black metallers were questioned in Norwegian court (Bergen Tingrett) on Wednesday (March 2) in connection with a February 2004 incident when 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. "Now it's up to the Polish authorities to clarify this matter and eventually return the master tapes so that the 'Black Mass in Krakow' DVD can be released," reads a posting on the group's web site.

As previously reported, a spokesperson for the public prosecutor in Krakow, southern Poland, said last year that they might ask for Norwegian help in questioning members of GORGOROTH in order to determine whether Article 196 of the Polish penal code (concerning offense to religious feelings) has been breached or not during the band's concert in Krakow on Feb. 1, 2004. The maximum penalty for breaching the article is five years in prison.

The group, who are accused of having offended religious feelings by displaying naked women, covered in blood and being crucified, also displayed sheep heads, severed and impaled, with the stage splashed with their blood. [Check out photos from the gig at this location]

"We are also looking into whether the law on protection of animals has been breached," the spokesperson, Miroslawa Kalinowska-Zajdak, said last February.

Kalinowska-Zajdak said the prosecutor was following up a complaint from the head of a local television station who rented a TV studio to GORGOROTH for the concert, recorded for a DVD.

The local television in Krakow, which complained about the performance, had acquired broadcasting rights for the show, Kalinowska-Zajdak said.

OMFG!!!!

Gorgoroth quer lançar DVD de show polêmico na Polônia • 04/03/2005
Há exatamente um ano, o Gorgoroth foi centro de uma polêmica na Polônia, quando fez um show que foi considerado "ofensivo" pelas autoridades locais, por ter mulheres nuas, cabeças de animais empalhadas e discursos contra a Igreja. O show aconteceu na Cracóvia (veja na foto um momento do show, com as mulheres nuas crucificadas no palco) e a polêmica foi parar na Noruega, país natal do conjunto. Agora, o Gorgoroth quer lançar um DVD com o famoso e polêmico show, que deve se chamar Black Mass In Krakow ("Missa Negra na Cracóvia"). O problema é que as autoridades polonesas pediram ajuda para o governo da Noruega para que não permita esse lançamento, uma vez que ainda corre na Polônia um processo contra o grupo, que pode acabar com uam sentença de 5 anos de prisão para os músicos. A banda está tendo cuidado de lançar o DVD apenas quando as coisas esfriarem com o seu governo norueguês, para evitar um processo local

I'm just too excited to look for the news in english!!! Gorgorth is going to release the polish show on DVD!!!!

tr00!!!!

ORIGINAL: Demon of the Fall

OMFG!!!!

Gorgoroth quer lançar DVD de show polêmico na Polônia • 04/03/2005
Há exatamente um ano, o Gorgoroth foi centro de uma polêmica na Polônia, quando fez um show que foi considerado "ofensivo" pelas autoridades locais, por ter mulheres nuas, cabeças de animais empalhadas e discursos contra a Igreja. O show aconteceu na Cracóvia (veja na foto um momento do show, com as mulheres nuas crucificadas no palco) e a polêmica foi parar na Noruega, país natal do conjunto. Agora, o Gorgoroth quer lançar um DVD com o famoso e polêmico show, que deve se chamar Black Mass In Krakow ("Missa Negra na Cracóvia"). O problema é que as autoridades polonesas pediram ajuda para o governo da Noruega para que não permita esse lançamento, uma vez que ainda corre na Polônia um processo contra o grupo, que pode acabar com uam sentença de 5 anos de prisão para os músicos. A banda está tendo cuidado de lançar o DVD apenas quando as coisas esfriarem com o seu governo norueguês, para evitar um processo local

I'm just too excited to look for the news in english!!! Gorgorth is going to release the polish show on DVD!!!!

tr00!!!!

Ill help ya out bro, right here.

A prosecutor in Poland has launched an investigation into whether a concert by the black metal band GORGOROTH has breached the country's law protecting religion. The Norwegian band are suspected of having sent a hateful and offensive message with their performance Sunday (Feb. 1) at the Krakow studios of Polish Television.
The show, which was to be filmed for an upcoming DVD, featured two naked women (with hoods over their heads) and one naked man, all of them "crucified" and covered in sheep blood, a number of sheep heads on spikes and sheep entrails thrown all over the stage, as well as approximately 80 liters of fresh sheep blood. During the performance, which was attended by an audience of 300, one of the models reportedly fainted from the lack of oxygen. The TV show's producers, who were not briefed in advance about the nature of the concert, were said to "shocked" by the activities on stage. The manager of the studio, Andrzej Jeziorek, notified the police and the recorded footage was confiscated by the authorities as evidence of a possible crime.
The TV crew, who had filmed various metal performances before (including those by CANNIBAL CORPSE, CHILDREN OF BODOM and ANATHEMA, among others), claimed in the Polish media that they had never seen anything quite as "horrific" as GORGOROTH's live show. "We were not repulsed, we were terrified!" the camera operators were quoted as saying by the Polish newspapers.
The concert promoters reportedly defended themselves by saying that all the people who came to watch the show were satisfied and none of them complained about having had their religious beliefs offended in any way.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34618

GORGOROTH founder/guitarist Infernus recently spoke to the Swedish webzine MetalHeart.se about a number of topics, including the controversial concert in Poland that resulted in the group being investigated for offending religious feelings, singer Gaahl's conviction for beating a 41-year-old man and threatening to drink his blood, and the group's upcoming studio album. Several excerpts from the interview follow:

MetalHeart.se: [GORGOROTH singer] Gaahl stands accused of assulting a 41-year-old man, and has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. What has been your, and the rest of the group's reactions to the accusations and sentence so far?

Infernus: "This was not in any way surprising us, that he, a self-proclaimed Satanist with a record of dealing properly with people attacking him, would himself turn out to be victimized in front of a Norwegian court. Normally, taken into consideration that as far as I understand, he was the one being attacked by some moron with a weapon in his own home, one could expect some three months or so imprisonment here due to the damages inflicted on the attacker. But we knew long time ahead that this court case could, of course, not be held in any fair way towards him. Anyone knowing the structures of how the court system here works, letting the co-judges decide the outcome of the question of guilt and proper punishment based more upon how they most sentimentally might feel on contrary to applying strict reason, should agree to that."

MetalHeart.se: What really happended on that night when the crime that Gaahl is accused of is said to have been comitted?

Infernus: "He was attacked in front of almost [ten] witnesses, [all of whom] immediately, as I understood it, left the room. Upon their return some time later both the fellows were bleeding, but just one of them still on his feet. Not more hocus pocus than that."

MetalHeart.se: What will happen to GORGOROTH as a functioning musical act if Gaahl ends up going to prison?

Infernus: "Same old, same old. Hehe. I guess we will write more material and enter studio again awaiting his release. Just like last time. It's not the end of the world anyway, is it?"

MetalHeart.se: In February 2004 GORGOROTH was accused, after a concert in Poland, of having "offended religious feelings" in the country, and also to have broken the Polish law on protection of animals. What was it that did upset the Polish authorities that much?

Infernus: "You really have to adress that question somewhere else. My number one guess is that this is first and foremost a matter of greed and another way those Polish people find to economically exploit the world around them. First they become a member of the EU, now this – hehe..."

MetalHeart.se: Where do you think this court case will lead? Will all of GORGOROTH go to prison?

Infernus: "No, I do not think so. As I said, it is probably just economically motivated. Those mongos most of all want our money. Not to see our asses in a Polish prison. Easy as that."

MetalHeart.se: Is it a coincidence that these accusations came from Poland, or has it maybe its background in the strong position that the Catholic church holds in that country?

Infernus: "Of course, as all people know, even under Jaruzelski the catholic church in poland was very popular. As we know they even have a very strong following there as we speak. Such a massive impact of such a conservative Christian institution of course stretches out into other sociological spheras undermining their law system et cetera, so after the media took on to it — of course it had a great deal to say that we were located in dark medieval Poland when recording the DVD."

MetalHeart.se: During the past few years, you, apart from GORGOROTH, have been involved in a project called ORCUSTUS. Is this group a solo project or a band, and are you still active?

Infernus: "It is not a solo project, it is a band, and I am still active, yes. We were in studio a few weeks ago recording some three teasers to be used on some different occasions before we will release our first full-length, 'Transdimensional Holocaust', on Southern Lord Records."

Infernus' entire interview with MetalHeart.se (in Swedish) can be found at this location.

(Thanks: David Noaksson / MetalHeart.se)

Why in the Nine Hells isn't this kinda shit on VH1's Behind the Music? I'd probably watch that show if they had this stuff.

ORIGINAL: Liquid-Acid-Base

Why in the Nine Hells isn't this kinda shit on VH1's Behind the Music? I'd probably watch that show if they had this stuff.

Totally. I would BUY digital cable JUST to see this shit on television. Good call.

I would make a movie about it.
Troo ROCKsTAr

I am so buying this DVD

?!

GORGOROTH founder/guitarist Infernus

Isn't that one of the hot cars in GTA3?

Show a little respect, Gaahl is a legend. And don't forget that black metal is a tradition in norwegian countries.

How many Norways are there?

ORIGINAL: Matika

How many Norways are there?

I think he probably meant 'scandinavian'.

ORIGINAL: Iain

ORIGINAL: Matika

How many Norways are there?

I think he probably meant 'scandinavian'.

Really......no way.....you sure

ORIGINAL: Matika

ORIGINAL: Iain

ORIGINAL: Matika

How many Norways are there?

I think he probably meant 'scandinavian'.

Really......no way.....you sure

Possibly.

Actually that was a quote from member "MetalDestruction", who made us laugh when he said it...

I know Henri...I posted almost the same thing then

Good he is facing two years in prison. I would throw him in jail for wearing those retarded clothes. C'mon... Black Metal? So cheesy... "666" oh your bad ass now. PLay in 19/16 then your bad ass. Gorgoroth has cookie monster growling and retarded blast beats. Same thing goes for any other Black Metal band. To me they all sound the same... No versatility at all. Opeth on the other hand for a Prog/Death Metal band..,whatever you call them are great. I don't care too much for the cookie monster growling but their musicianship speaks volumes. And Opeths lighter stuff to me is better. Damnation is an amazing album. Eventhough I do own Deleverance. Martin Lopez is an awesome drummer. But Gorgoroth is in my mind shit. I hate Black Metal with a passion.

SBHS#1DTfan = not tr00.

ORIGINAL: SBHS#1DTfan
But Gorgoroth is in my mind shit. I hate Black Metal with a passion.

Shhhhhhh!!!! Gaahl will eat you. Oh wait, his mother said he's a vegetarian.

ORIGINAL: NeiloMac

SBHS#1DTfan = not tr00.

How can I be fake?

Please... its all an act. Black Metal bands just want attention. These guys were either A, picked on as kids and are now pissed off at the world Or B, they were bullies in school and are just trying to intimidate people with their anger and violent imagry. Either way Black Metal= cheesy outfits and corpsepaint.

ORIGINAL: SBHS#1DTfan

Please... its all an act. Black Metal bands just want attention. These guys were either A, picked on as kids and are now pissed off at the world Or B, they were bullies in school and are just trying to intimidate people with their anger and violent imagry. Either way Black Metal= cheesy outfits and corpsepaint.

Maybe that's the kind of music they are into, and they enjoy playing it?

ORIGINAL: SBHS#1DTfan

retarded blast beats

It may not be your thing, but blast beats are far from "retarted." It takes immense dedication, practice, and heart to play like that.

Listen to some Enslaved... or Vintersorg... hell or just go through Hellhammer's discography, then come to me and talk to me about talentless black metal.

You know, before you speak of something, you should know of that something.

ORIGINAL: SBHS#1DTfan

Black Metal bands just want attention. These guys were either A, picked on as kids and are now pissed off at the world Or B, they were bullies in school and are just trying to intimidate people with their anger and violent imagry. Either way Black Metal= cheesy outfits and corpsepaint.

Oh, perhaps you should write a book about Black Metal since you seem to know so much about the genre. It's like saying Prog bands just want attention. Those guys couldn't get laid so all they did was practice time signatures and scales over and over again, and now they just use those retarded time sigs as much as possible and play those scales as fast as possible to get attention.