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Morgoth
- Country of origin:
- Germany
- Location:
- Meschede, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Status:
- Split-up
- Formed in:
- 1987
- Genre:
- Death Metal (early/later); Industrial Rock (mid)
- Themes:
- Death, Society, Personal issues
- Last label:
- Century Media Records
- Years active:
- ? (as Cadaverous Smell), 1985 (as Exterminator), 1985-1987 (as Minas Morgul), 1987-1998, 2010-2020
| Last known | |
| Harald Busse | Guitars (1987-1998, 2010-2020) |
| Sebastian Swart | Bass (1990-1998), Guitars (2010-2020) |
| See also: ex-Action Jackson, ex-Dark Millennium, ex-Mortal Freight | |
| Sotirios Kelekidis | Bass (2011-2020) |
| See also: Skinned Alive, Disbelief (live), ex-Force Trankill, ex-Mind-Ashes, ex-Tharn, ex-Blind Vision | |
| Marc Reign | Drums (2011-2020) |
| See also: Caelestia, ex-Gunjah, Agonized (Deu), Bonsai Kitten, Monzen, Sandy Leather, ex-Destruction, ex-Mystic Circle, ex-Satan Worship, ex-Sodomizer, ex-Leather (live), ex-Pharao (live), ex-Volcano, ex-Graaf, ex-Orth, ex-Lord Brummell | |
| Karsten Jäger | Vocals (2014-2020) |
| See also: Disbelief | |
| Past | |
| Marc Grewe | Bass (1987-1990), Vocals (1987-1998, 2010-2014) |
| See also: Asinhell, Deimos' Dawn, Despair, Discreation, Insidious Disease, Leper Colony, ex-Action Jackson, ex-Power of Expression, ex-Suicide by Cop | |
| Rüdiger Hennecke | Drums (1987-1998) |
| Carsten Otterbach (R.I.P. 2018) | Guitars (1987-1998, 2010) |
| Thilo "T-Low" Mellies | Bass (2010-2011) |
| See also: Bellgrave, ex-Action Jackson, ex-Secretum, ex-Volcano, ex-Barreleye, ex-Suicide by Cop | |
| Harald Busse | Guitars (1987-1998, 2010-2020) |
| Sebastian Swart | Bass (1990-1998), Guitars (2010-2020) |
| See also: ex-Action Jackson, ex-Dark Millennium, ex-Mortal Freight | |
| Sotirios Kelekidis | Bass (2011-2020) |
| See also: Skinned Alive, Disbelief (live), ex-Force Trankill, ex-Mind-Ashes, ex-Tharn, ex-Blind Vision | |
| Marc Reign | Drums (2011-2020) |
| See also: Caelestia, ex-Gunjah, Agonized (Deu), Bonsai Kitten, Monzen, Sandy Leather, ex-Destruction, ex-Mystic Circle, ex-Satan Worship, ex-Sodomizer, ex-Leather (live), ex-Pharao (live), ex-Volcano, ex-Graaf, ex-Orth, ex-Lord Brummell | |
| Karsten Jäger | Vocals (2014-2020) |
| See also: Disbelief | |
| Marc Grewe | Bass (1987-1990), Vocals (1987-1998, 2010-2014) |
| See also: Asinhell, Deimos' Dawn, Despair, Discreation, Insidious Disease, Leper Colony, ex-Action Jackson, ex-Power of Expression, ex-Suicide by Cop | |
| Rüdiger Hennecke | Drums (1987-1998) |
| Carsten Otterbach (R.I.P. 2018) | Guitars (1987-1998, 2010) |
| Thilo "T-Low" Mellies | Bass (2010-2011) |
| See also: Bellgrave, ex-Action Jackson, ex-Secretum, ex-Volcano, ex-Barreleye, ex-Suicide by Cop | |
| Added by: Blasphemer | Modified by: gothic_metal |
| Added on: 2002-07-23 07:15:55 | Last modified on: 2024-08-24 10:39:38 |
Their original band name during the very early days was Cadaverous Smell, then Minas Morgul. However, since they were all lovers of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings", they chose the name Morgoth (after the nickname of Melkor, the renegade, and evil Ainu, "the great enemy") for their band in 1987. The band split up in 1998 but reunited in 2010.
In May 2018, ...