On releases (13 numbers or more)
- King of the Dead (Mon 02 Jul 1984) Album
- Heavy Metal Thunder (1986) Various artists
- Servants of Chaos (Sat 05 May 2001) Compilation appearances, DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD, and Live
- Better Off Dead! (Fri 13 Mar 2009) Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, CD, and Compilation appearances
- Return of the Dead Kings (2009) Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, CD, and Live
- Battle With Shelob (2010) 12", Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, and Live
- Obsidian Warriors (2010) Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, CD, and Live
- 1983 LIVE Arlington Theatre in California (2011) 12", Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, and Live
- Live October 14th 1983 (2011) 10", Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, and Live
- Elric Has Left The Building (Sun 20 Aug 2017) Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️ and Online/streaming
- Live at the Rock Hard Festival 19-05-2018 – Gelsenkirchen – Germany (Sat 19 May 2018) Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD, and Online/streaming
- I’m Alive (Mon 25 Nov 2019) Bonus, Box set, CD, DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD, Live, and Vinyl
- Dark Live (2025) CD, DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD, and Video
Gigs/concerts (31 numbers or more)
- Arlington Theatre, California Sat 01 Jan 1983
- Metal Massacre night @ Roxy Club, Los Angeles Wed 19 Jan 1983
- Chuck Landis’ Country Club, Reseda Fri 14 Oct 1983
- Heavy Metal @ Wolf & Rissmiller’s Country Club, Reseda Fri 09 Nov 1984
- Opening for Loudness @ Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara Fri 05 Apr 1985
- The Kings Of The Dead Have Risen @ Frost and Fire Fest II Sat 08 Oct 2016
- First ever European show @ Keep It True XX, Germany 2017 Sat 29 Apr 2017
- Up the Hammers XII Sat 27 May 2017
- Defenders of the Old Festival IV Sat 17 Jun 2017
- Chaos Descends Festival Fri 21 Jul 2017
- Psycho Las Vegas 2017 Sun 20 Aug 2017
- Frost and Fire Fest III Sat 07 Oct 2017
- Days of Darkness Festival Sat 28 Oct 2017
- Hammer of Doom XII Sat 18 Nov 2017
- ODIN’s Battlefield Sat 24 Feb 2018
- Hell’s Heroes Festival Sat 21 Apr 2018
- NYDM Milwaukee Spring Bash Sun 22 Apr 2018
- Frost and Fire London Sat 12 May 2018
- Cirith Ungol | Night Demon – Kultur Palast Hamburg Wed 16 May 2018
- Rock Hard Festival 2018 Sat 19 May 2018
- Muskelrock på Tyrolen 2018 Thu 31 May 2018
- Frost and Fire Fest IV Thu 04 Oct 2018
- Legions Of Metal Festival Fri 17 May 2019
- Northwest Terror Fest 2019 Thu 30 May 2019
- Bang Your Head Festival 2019 Thu 11 Jul 2019
- Setembro Negro Festival Sun 08 Sep 2019
- Mass Destruction Metal Fest IV @ 2021 Sun 07 Nov 2021
- Courts Of Chaos Festival 2022 Fri 06 May 2022
- Frost and Fireland Sat 18 Jun 2022
- Wacken Open Air @ Germany 2022 Thu 04 Aug 2022
- Keep It True XXIII Fri 21 Apr 2023
Lyrics
Pray you never kneel
To the Master of the Pit
Violently stirring their brew of corruption
Lords of the dark summon certain destructionPray you never kneel
To the one who calls you slave
With the hearts and tongues of the Gods
in the hands
The Legions of Hell below forth their commandsBow down and kneel
To the Master of the Pit
Through the powers of Chaos are those you abide
You raise your sword to cast him apageYou know there’s no escape masters
When you see your world in flames
As the hellrains pound the darkening land
Man and sword begin their last standYou know you’ll never kneel
To the Master of the Pit
Feverish prayers of life everafter
As your doom driven blade
drinks the soul of the Master
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Track 3 may be the band’s fines musical moment ever in the form of “Master Of The Pit”, where Cirith Ungol becomes almost in a trance while delivering some of the absolute most intense “jamming” ever recorded! The guitar playing in this song alone should bring shivers to anyone who lives for and follows the charm of ark heavy metal. A 100% masterpiece!
King Fowley, liner notes
Book Three in the famous Warrior of Mars trilogy
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- Masters of the Pit (NEL, Jul 1971)
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- Masters of the Pit (Lancer, Aug 1971)
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- Masters of the Pit or Barbarians of Mars (DAW, Mar 1979)
One of Cirith Ungol’s biggest lyrical inspirations was Michael Moorcock. Moorcock’s book Masters of the Pit (1965/71) is available at both Amazon.com and eBay.
This was from my favorite album of all time ‘King of the Dead’. Once again Jerry’s guitar is simply amazing. There is also my trademark gong and Flint’s heavy flanged bass and Tim’s unequaled screeching! We used to hop around a lot on stage and at one point Jerry’s guitar came out. This was also before wireless connections!!!
Robert Garven, liner notes, live at Arlington Theate in Santa Barbara California 1985
Master Of The Pit (Album version 1984)
From re-released King of the Dead (1984).
Master Of The Pit (live)
Live at Opening for Loudness @ Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, Fri 05 Apr 1985.
From released Servant of Chaos (2001).
Live at The Kings Of The Dead Have Risen @ Frost and Fire Fest II, Sat 08 Oct 2016
Live at Live at Up the Hammers Festival, Sat 27 May 2017
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