Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam 2006

Recording line-up:

Gaahl - Vocals
Infernus - Guitars
King - Bass
Frost - Drums (session)

All music composed by King.

The album was produced by Gorgoroth and mixed by Gorgoroth and Herbrand Larsen in Bergen and mastered by Infernus and Thomas Eberger in Cutting Room, Stockholm in April 2006. The drums were recorded in Lydriket Studio in Bergen in January 2005 (Engineer: Geir Luedy). The guitars and bass were recorded in Steel Production's studio in Spydberg in May 2005 (Engineer: Svein Solberg). The vocals recorded in Earshot Studio in Bergen in March 2006 (Engineer: Herbrand Larsen).

Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam has been released in a limited edition digipack on Regain Records. This edition features slightly modified cover art and a bonus DVD which includes the uncensored version of the "Carving a Giant" video not previously seen on MTV or YouTube as well as "The Making of Carving a Giant" documentary. More information on the release is available via Regain Records' website.

The title is Latin for "For the Greater Glory of Satan". It is a parody of Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam ("For the Greater Glory of God"), the motto of the Society of Jesus, conceived by Infernus after having read an article on the counter-reformation and the Jesuits. This is so far the only Gorgoroth album not to have any titles and lyrics in Norwegian.

The artwork used is from the painting Dante and Virgil in Hell by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.