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Gorgoroth Black Metal 2011

Crushing The Scepter

"Crushing The Scepter" is a track by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth, featured on their debut studio album Pentagram, originally released in September 1994 by Embassy Productions. The album established Gorgoroth's raw, abrasive approach to black metal, making it a foundational record in the genre. For electric guitarists, the song offers a study in cold, aggressive riffing and the stripped-down production style characteristic of early Norwegian black metal.

  • Pentagram was Gorgoroth's debut album, recorded with a deliberately raw production that defines classic Norwegian black metal guitar tone.
  • The album featured a unique lineup, with Samoth on bass and Goat Pervertor on drums — never replicated on any other Gorgoroth release.
  • Gorgoroth's early material, including this track, is known for fast tremolo-picked guitar riffs and minimalist, dark chord structures.
Gibson Les Paul Standard
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Gibson Les Paul Standard

Infernus's signature choice for classic Gorgoroth records, the Les Paul Standard delivers the thick, warm humbuckers and sustain needed for tremolo-picked black metal riffs. Its weight and solid construction anchor the swarming midrange tone that defines their raw, buzzing guitar assault.

Gibson Les Paul Custom
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Gibson Les Paul Custom

The Les Paul Custom's slightly different pickup voicing and construction provide Infernus with tonal flexibility while maintaining the humbucker saturation essential to Gorgoroth's distorted, noise-rejection sound across recording eras.

Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive
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Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive

A subtle boost pedal used sparingly in Gorgoroth's chain to tighten low-end clarity before the amp's preamp, adding definition to sustained tremolo picking without introducing color or modulation effects.

ISP Decimator Noise Gate
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ISP Decimator Noise Gate

Essential for taming feedback during rests between riffs at extreme gain levels, the Decimator noise gate lets Infernus maintain the high-saturation tone necessary for Gorgoroth's raw black metal assault while keeping the signal clean during silences.

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