Twilight of the Idols

About Twilight of the Idols

Twilight of the Idols (In Conspiracy with Satan) is the sixth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. It was released on 12 August 2003 by Nuclear Blast and reissued in 2006 by Back on Black Records. It is the band's only album to feature drummer Kvitrafn.

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The album is the first to not feature Infernus as the main songwriter. The majority of the music was instead composed by bassist King ov Hell and Kvitrafn. The track "Of Ice and Movement..." is dedicated to Frost, long time Satyricon and former Gorgoroth drummer.

Personnel

Gorgoroth

Gaahl – vocals, vocal arrangements

Infernus – guitar

King ov Hell – bass

Kvitrafn – drums

Additional personnel

Herbrand – engineer

Brynjulf – engineer

May Husby – cover design

Peter Beste – photography

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Notable quotes

“Die Weisheit zieht auch der Erkenntniss Grenzen.”
— Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
“The early church, as everyone knows, certainly did wage war against the intelligent.”
— “Morality as Anti-Nature” § 5.1 (Ludovici trans.)
“The other thing I do not like to hear is the notorious “and” …”
— “Skirmishes of an untimely man” § 9.16
“Wie? ist der Mensch nur ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott nur ein Fehlgriff des Menschen?”
— What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?
“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.”
— What the Germans lack, 2; also in The Antichrist, Sec. 60, and Gay Science, Sec. 147
“We have already gone beyond whatever we have words for. In all talk there is a grain of contempt.”
— Expeditions of an Untimely Man §26

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