Orange Goblin

At the very beginning, in 1995, the band played doom/death metal under the name Our Haunted Kingdom. The current name came from the band members’ interest in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien (hence Goblin) and a desire to claim a colour, just as Pink Floyd, Deep Purple or Black Sabbath did before them. Emerging with an exhilarating mix of stoner rock and 90s doom metal, the Londoners quickly endeared themselves to metal fans. Thanks to extensive touring around the world, the band gradually became more and more popular. Their debut album, “Frequencies from Planet Ten”, was released in October 1997. From there, things only got better, with their most respected and critically acclaimed works being the albums “Time Travelling Blues” and “The Big Black”, as well as more recent records, such as the 2012 “A Eulogy for the Damned” and 2018 “The Wolf Bites Back”. Within their catalogue, you’ll find primitive stoner metal, rock’n’roll, as well as doom and southern rock. The band is considered to be the embodiment of the eternal spirit of heavy metal.