FMSky at 22:24, 5 March 2025

Founding guitarist Jerry Fogle died from liver failure on August 20, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Jerry_Fogle/10836 |website=Metal-archives.com|title=Jerry Fogle}}</ref>

Founding guitarist Jerry Fogle died from liver failure on August 20, 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Jerry_Fogle/10836 |website=Metal-archives.com|title=Jerry Fogle}}</ref>

=== Reunion and retirement ===

=== Reunion ===

[[File:NBP 3487 copy.jpg|thumb|Cirith Ungol in Germany, 2019]]

[[File:NBP 3487 copy.jpg|thumb|Cirith Ungol in Germany, 2019]]

The band was reformed by members Tim Baker, Robert Garven, Jim Barraza, and Greg Lindstrom on October 8, 2016, at the second annual Frost and Fire Festival in Ventura, California.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nightdemon.net/frost-and-fire |title=Night Demon – Frost and Fire |access-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101145418/http://nightdemon.net/frost-and-fire |archive-date=November 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Throughout 2017, the band had set out to headline and co-headline several European and US festivals, including Keep It True (Germany), Up the Hammers (Greece), Defenders of the Old (US), Chaos Descends (Germany), Psycho Las Vegas (US), Days of Darkness (US) and Hammer of Doom (Germany).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/cirithungolofficial/|title=Cirith Ungol|website=Facebook.com|access-date=September 28, 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, Cirith Ungol performed at the Hell’s Heroes Festival in Houston, Texas and at the NYDM Spring Bash in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The band was reformed by members Tim Baker, Robert Garven, Jim Barraza, and Greg Lindstrom on October 8, 2016, at the second annual Frost and Fire Festival in Ventura, California.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nightdemon.net/frost-and-fire |title=Night Demon – Frost and Fire |access-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101145418/http://nightdemon.net/frost-and-fire |archive-date=November 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Throughout 2017, the band had set out to headline and co-headline several European and US festivals, including Keep It True (Germany), Up the Hammers (Greece), Defenders of the Old (US), Chaos Descends (Germany), Psycho Las Vegas (US), Days of Darkness (US) and Hammer of Doom (Germany).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/cirithungolofficial/|title=Cirith Ungol|website=Facebook.com|access-date=September 28, 2018}}</ref> In April 2018, Cirith Ungol performed at the Hell’s Heroes Festival in Houston, Texas and at the NYDM Spring Bash in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.