January 2006
Live debut of the band in Alicante with the following line-up: Pikaath:
Vocals, Baal-Thamor: Drums, Manthor: Guitar, Steel Nipple: Guitar,
Gorhom: Bass, Black Virgin: Keyboards
May 2006
The band definitely decides to change their name to GOTHMOG.
Steel Nipple leaves the band and the search for a new guitarist begins.
The band opens for the legendary death metal band Dismember in Murcia
with the help of the band’s great friend Eugenio Izquierdo on the guitar
as a session musician.
In that gig they meet Draug (Roberto García) who decides to join the
band as lead guitarist.
Summer 2006
Black Virgin is fired, but the band decides to go on with their live
activities without keyboards.
Draug debuts live with Gothmog in Torrevieja.
November 2006
Gothmog
opens for Agathodaimon in Murcia.
2007
A
really shitty year for Gothmog:
Manthor is fired.
Pikaath and Draug leave the band.
Baal-Thamor begins the search for new members. Still with Gorhom, Echak
(Carlos Echalecu), great friend of Baal-Thamor, enters the band as
guitarist, Lord Kathorn (Sergio Córdoba) enters as guitarist too and
Decapitated (Juan Miguel Serra) as vocalist.
They begin to rehearse with the new line-up but, after a few months,
Echak and Baal-Thamor decide to spare the rest of the members’ services
and temporarily abandon the band’s activity until they find the most
suitable people.
January
2008
After numerous conversations, Pikaath and Draug return to the band.
Gothmog strongly begins again its activities and the search for a new
bassist and keyboardist also begins.
March/April 2008
Gothmog enters Fernando Asensi’s studio to record their first album “A
Step in the Dark…”. Draug will record the bass lines and the keyboard
samplers.
September 2008
Darhen
joins the band as bassist.
December 2008
The
band signs their first record contract to the Spanish label Xtreem Music.
January 2009
“A Step in the Dark…” is released and the band begins to get very good
critics and reviews of their debut album not only from the national
media, but also from the international media.
February 2009
Echak and Darhen debut live with Gothmog in Benidorm and in Alicante.
March 2009
Darhen
leaves the band due to personal matters.
Nammtar joins Gothmog.
April 2009
Gothmog tours with Ancient in their four-gig Spanish leg: Barcelona,
Arrasate, Madrid and Alicante. In this tour, the Norwegians count with
Nicholas Barker on the drums and Baal-Thamor shares the stage with one
of his idols and main influences.
May 2009
“A Step in the Dark…” tour continues through different cities of Spain.
Summer 2009
Pikaath leaves the band and, few days later,
Aspherion joins in as the new keyboardist. The search for a new screamer
has begun...
March 2010
The search for a new singer finally ends: Elías
Redón Cardona, "MODGUD", joins the band, completing the line up. New
tour dates are added to introduce the newcomers and, thus, continue with
the "A Step in the Dark Tour" at last.