Our brothers at MTV Norway have shot a documentary clip on the making of the new Gorgoroth video for the song "Carving a Giant." The footage features interviews with director, Tommy Naess, and the band members from inside a cave near Bergen, Norway. The video itself is a recreation of the band's 2004 concert in Poland, which was filmed for national television, but was subsequently banned by the government, which still has the recorded tapes. The show, which subjected Gorgoroth to criminal investigation, featured naked, crucified male and female models, dozens of sheep's heads on stakes and gallons of fake blood. Kinda sounds like our Thanksgiving celebration.

Headbangers Ball Norway aired the "Making of" video last weekend and were kind enough to pass the tapes to us (Horns up to producer Ann Chrstin Rihm). Check out their revealing documentary, then watch the video for the song.

Gorgoroth-Carving A Giant

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