GORGOROTH Pulls Out Of Slovenia's METAL MANIA OPEN AIR Festival

May 22, 2008

The Gaahl-fronted version of the Norweigian black metal band GORGOROTH has issued the following update:

"GORGOROTH are very sorry to inform that they have cancelled their appearance at the Metal Mania Open Air festival in Slovenia on August 14th due to a lot of studio work, and new recordings for the next album in this period."

Video footage of GORGOROTH's infamous February 1, 2004 concert in Krakow, Poland will finally will see the light of day. Metal Mind Productions will release the first-ever GORGOROTH DVD, entitled "Black Mass Krakow 2004", featuring the legendary Polish concert, on June 9 in Europe and June 10 in the U.S.

GORGOROTH drew the attention of the international media in early 2004 after their show in Krakow. They were accused of "offending religious feelings" during the gig, as well as suspected of breaching Polish law concerning the protection of animal rights by using severed and impaled heads of sheep as part of their stage design. The controversial concert in Poland resulted in the group being investigated for the possible breach of Article 196 of Polish penal code concerning offense of religious feelings (the maximum penalty for breaching this article is five years in prison).

The "Black Mass Krakow 2004" DVD will contain the Krakow show as the main feature. Additionally, it will include bonus video material performance footage recorded live at the With Full Force festival in Leipzig, Germany in 2000, biography, discography, photo gallery, desktop images, weblinks, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and more. The DVD will be available in two versions: as a standard DVD and as a very unique star metalpack DVD edition limited to 5,000 copies.

Check out photos from the gig at this location.

GORGOROTH guitarist Infernus recently announced plans to "commence legal proceedings" against GORGOROTH singer Gaahl and bassist King ov Hell over the rights to the group's name. "If everything goes as planned, the case could go before the courts in June this year," according to a posting on the guitarist's web site. "Infernus is considering not only taking the band name conflict before the courts, but also the matter of certain allegations and untruths propagated about him."

"Procreating Satan" from GORGOROTH's DVD "Black Mass Krakw 2004":

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