Performance · Production
Cirith Ungol
Ventura, United States • b. 1971-01-01
Cirith Ungol is credited on 55 releases across 19 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
55
Pressings credited
19
Albums
5
Decades active
39
In collections
Biography
Cirith Ungol is an American heavy metal band formed in late 1971 in Ventura, California. An early doom and power metal group, Cirith Ungol is known for lyrics based on fantasy (particularly sword and sorcery). The band took their name from the mountain pass Cirith Ungol in J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings. Throughout the 1970s, the band generally played a style of heavy metal heavily rooted in hard and psychedelic rock. Its first studio album, Frost and Fire (1981), featured a heavier sound, generally regarded as an early example of American power metal. By its second studio album, King of the Dead (1984), it had solidified its power metal style while gravitating toward a much "darker" sound, with many considering the album among the first doom metal releases.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
55 releases · 19 albums · active 1981–2025
- Performance · 64
- Production · 31
- Other credits · 19
- Engineering · 6
- Mastering · 3
Studios: Goldmine Recording Studios · Rosenquarz Tonstudio · Mad Dog Studios · Liquid Flame Studios, Ventura CA
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- DoomSword
- The Lamp Of Thoth
- Battle Ram
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