(US) 💿 Recorded (unknown date and month) 1983On releases (13 numbers or more)
- King of the Dead (Mon 02 Jul 1984) Album
- Heavy Metal Thunder ((unknown date and month) 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 ((unknown date and month) 2009) Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, CD, and Live
- Battle With Shelob ((unknown date and month) 2010) 12", Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, and Live
- Obsidian Warriors ((unknown date and month) 2010) Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, CD, and Live
- 1983 LIVE Arlington Theatre in California ((unknown date and month) 2011) 12", Bootleg, counterfeit or unofficial⚠️, and Live
- Live October 14th 1983 ((unknown date and month) 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 (Fri 25 Oct 2019) Bonus, Box set, CD, DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD, Live, and Vinyl
- Live at the Roxy (Fri 25 Apr 2025) CD, DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD, Live, and Video
Gigs/concerts (31 numbers or more)
- Arlington Theatre, California
- Metal Massacre night @ Roxy Club, Los Angeles
- Chuck Landis’ Country Club, Reseda
- Heavy Metal @ Wolf & Rissmiller’s Country Club, Reseda
- Opening for Loudness @ Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara
- The Kings Of The Dead Have Risen @ Frost and Fire Fest II
- First ever European show @ Keep It True XX, Germany 2017
- Up the Hammers XII
- Defenders of the Old Festival IV
- Chaos Descends Festival
- Psycho Las Vegas 2017
- Frost and Fire Fest III
- Days of Darkness Festival
- Hammer of Doom XII
- ODIN’s Battlefield
- Hell’s Heroes Festival
- NYDM Milwaukee Spring Bash
- Frost and Fire London
- Cirith Ungol | Night Demon – Kultur Palast Hamburg
- Rock Hard Festival 2018
- Muskelrock på Tyrolen 2018
- Frost and Fire Fest IV
- Legions Of Metal Festival
- Northwest Terror Fest 2019
- Bang Your Head Festival 2019
- Setembro Negro Festival
- Mass Destruction Metal Fest IV @ 2021
- Courts Of Chaos Festival 2022
- Frost and Fireland
- Wacken Open Air @ Germany 2022
- Keep It True XXIII
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
These books are inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series and are written in a similar style, focusing on an Earth hero (Michael Kane) who is transported to an alien planet with exotic races, conflicts, and adventures.
- City of the Beast (or Warriors of Mars)
- Lord of the Spiders (or Blades of Mars)
- Masters of the Pit (or Barbarians of Mars)
Book Three of the famous Warrior of Mars trilogy or The Kane of Old 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. But not sure if they have the song inspired by the book. The book is named “The Masters of the Pit” with “s”, while this song is named “The Master of the Pit”, without “s”.
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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