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MORGOTH Germany

MORGOTH - Body Count Live

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Fathers of the German death metal scene, the mighty MORGOTH originally split in 1998 after only three albums - the coffin-lid hammering of 1991's "Cursed", 1993's forward-thinking "Odium" and their most divisive albums ever, 1995's post-punk "Feel Sorry For The Fanatic".


Reforming for the 20th anniversary of "Cursed", MORGOTH returned to their old school skull-rattling sound with a new intensity, captured on the "Cursed To Live" live album.


Of course no classic death metal reunion is truly complete until the band play OBSCENE EXTREME...

Bio

Morgoth is a German death metal band that was formed in 1985 by Rüdiger Hennecke and Carsten Otterbach in Meschede. Originally the name Cadaverous Smell was used and the band played grindcore / noise style. When Harry Busse joined the band they renamed themselves to "Minas Morgul". In 1985 the band settled on Morgoth when singer and bass-player Marc Grewe joined the band. The name was derived from the epithet of the original dark lord Melkor in J.R.R Tolkien's Middle-earth Legendarium. They recorded the Pits of Utumno demo on four tracks in 1988, which eventually led to the band being signed with Century Media, which had just started.


In 1989, Morgoth recorded their second demo Resurrection Absurd in a twenty-four-track studio, which was released by Century Media in the same year as an EP. The band then toured Germany in support of Pestilence and Autopsy. The Eternal Fall was recorded shortly after the tour finished, which was quickly followed by a second tour with Demolition Hammer and Obituary. Grewe stopped playing bass and Sebastian Swart joined as the bass player.


In February 1991, the first actual full-length album was recorded in the Woodhouse studios, titled Cursed. To promote the album the band supported Kreator and Biohazard on a US tour and another European tourwith Immolation and Massacre. Most of the band then relocated to Dortmund. Morgoth took a break then and only to return in 1993 with the album Odium. More touring followed, with Tankard, Unleashed and Tiamat. Nevertheless most of the band members started to lose interest in an active music career and ventured in other directions.


Eventually a third album was recorded, Feel Sorry for the Fanatic, on which they incorporated more and more industrial influences. A tour followed the release of the album, with Die Krupps and Richthofen. The band broke up in 1998. In 2010 reformed to participate in the Death Feast Open Air and confirmed that a 2011 "Cursed" reunion tour will be played. They later performed at the 2011 Wacken Open Air.


MORGOTH Line-Up 2013:

Marc Grewe – Vocals

Harry Busse – Lead & Rhythm Guitars

Sebastian Swart – Rhythm Guitars

Sotirios Kelekidis – Bass

Marc Reign – Drums


Discography

Release date Release name Media
2012 Cursed To Live CD, DVD
2005 Best of CD
1996 Feel Sorry For The Fanatic CD, LP
1993 Odium CD, LP
1991 Cursed CD, LP
1990 Eternal Fall EP
1989 Resurrection Absurd EP

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