Cirith Ungol Genre(s) Heavy/Doom Metal Lyrical theme(s) Fantasy, Human Issues, Science Fiction Origin Formed in Last label Status United States of America (Ventura, California) 1972 Metal Blade Records Split-up Last known line-up Tim Baker - Vocals Jim Barraza - Guitars Vernon Green - Bass Robert Garven - Drums Former/past member(s) Vocals: Neal Beattie Guitars: Jerry Fogle (R.I.P. 20th August 1998) Greg Lindstrom (Falcon (US)) Bass: Michael "Flint" Vujejia Additional notes Cirith Ungol is from The Lord of the Rings and means "Pass of the Spider". It was a high pass in the land of Mordor where the monster known as Shelob lurked. The cover art of all the albums is taken from the covers of the DAW Books editions of Michael Moorcock's "Elric of Melnibone" saga; the art is by Michael Whelan. The correct way of pronouncing the name Cirith Ungol is kee'reeth oo'ngol but the band pronounced it with a soft c. Buy their stuff Buy from The End Records Buy from Sonic Age Records Buy from Metal Fighters Buy from BlackScaped Search on Amazon.com    more... >> Amazon Canada Amazon France Amazon Germany Amazon UK Search on eBay   more... >> Search on Half.com eBay Canada eBay France eBay UK eBay Spain eBay Belgium eBay Netherlands eBay Italy eBay Australia Search on Gemm.com Submitted by On Skyklad July 21st, 2002 Last modified by On Najakelia October 13th, 2009 Member options Update band data Add new data Report a mistake or additional information for this page

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Discography

1979 Demo	Demo, 1979		[2 reviews, average 78%]
Frost and Fire	Full-length, 1980		[2 reviews, average 88%]
King of the Dead	Full-length, 1984		[8 reviews, average 90%]
One Foot in Hell	Full-length, 1986		[5 reviews, average 77%]
Paradise Lost	Full-length, 1991		[5 reviews, average 69%]
Live	Single, 1996
Servants of Chaos	Best of/Compilation, 2001		[1 review, 70%]

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Links

Official
Official Website

Official merchandise
Shadow Kingdom Records

Fan site
Cirith Ungol @ Myspace
RealAudio files for ''One Foot In Hell'' at vibrationsofdoom.com
Cirith Ungol interview at The Corroseum
Cirith Ungol@No Life Til Metal
Cirith Ungol @ Sleazegrinder
Cirith Ungol @ Metalseek
RealAudio files for ''King Of The Dead'' at vibrationsofdoom.com

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