A new Cirith Ungol-album, their first in nearly 30 years simply can’t go unnoticed here at Metal Squadron. I called drummer and original member Robert Garven to get all the details on the long awaited comeback from what must be considered as one of the founding acts of epic heavy metal. Robert, when Cirith Ungol disolved you said that you would never touch the drumsticks again. What made you ...
Pat was heavily influenced by The Beatles and he loved them so much, we ended up playing mostly Beatles songs such as ‘Get Back’ et cetera. This was not what Jerry, Greg and I were really into at the time, and we yearned to play heavier music. Greg Lindstrom: We formed Titanic in the summer between 8th and 9th grades.
Why Not Rob ? just get back Tim , deep down he wants to perform again … can’t be any other way Tim’s legacy is still alive , the legions are there waiting and you know what ? CU’s material now is getting its precious value regognision …
Back when I was getting into metal, I wanted my metal records to sound like the black album (Metallica) at 11-12 years old. Cirith Ungol was too weird, the production sucked, the vocals were very crazy. I wasn’t into King Diamond when I was younger either because I couldn’t get past the vocals. Nowadays that’s all different.
Getting back to Brian, he worked at Oz Records, and somehow we got hooked up talking about bands we liked and how he wanted to start his own record label. He actually hooked us up with Greenworld Distribution, which was the forerunner of Enigma and Restless.