Cirith Ungol
- Type
- Band
- Styles
- doom metal, heavy metal, power metal
- Fans
- 4.3k
Cirith Ungol is an American heavy, doom and power metal band formed in 1972 and signed to Metal Blade Records, releasing their debut album Frost and Fire in 1980.
Next date in Glasgow: 11 May 2027 at Slay.
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- Latest album
- All the Shadows (2026)New
- Formed
- 1972
- Active since
- 1971
- Label
- Metal Blade Records
About — The artist
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 is named after the mountain pass Cirith Ungol in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Throughout the 1970s, the band played heavy metal rooted in hard and psychedelic rock. Its first studio album, Frost and Fire (1981), featured a heavier sound, regarded as an early example of American power metal. Its second studio album, King of the Dead (1984), solidified its power metal style while gravitating toward a "darker" sound. Many consider the album among the first doom metal releases.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cirith Ungol (band)” (en), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Discography
- Frost and Fire 1980
- King of the Dead 1984
- One Foot in Hell 1986
- Paradise Lost 1991
- I’m Alive 2019
- Forever Black 2020
- Dark Parade 2023
- Live at the Roxy 2025
- All the Shadows 2026