One of the world’s most iconic music venues—the Sunset Strip’s Roxy Theatre—hosted a legendary 2024 gig by one of the world’s most iconic metal bands—Cirith Ungol. The one-night-only performance was an album release show for the band’s 2023 Dark Parade LP.

It captured the lineup at the height of its considerable powers, performing Dark Parade in its entirely, along with a set of classic songs including “Join the Legion,” “Frost and Fire,” “Black Machine” and “Atom Smasher.”

The end result is a stellar live album and DVD, band co-founder and drummer Rob Garven saying, “I think we are playing better now than we did back in the day, circa King of the Dead. Onstage I wear in-ear monitors and have felt tears in my eyes when the music sounds so accurate to what we recorded so many years ago!”

Cirith Ungol played the Roxy previously, on another landmark occasion: “On January 19, 1983, with Bitch, Malice and Pandemonium,” recalls Garven. “Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel may have had something to do with the show, as it was four bands from Metal Massacre 1, which was released the previous year.” 

2CD+DVD
CD1
01 Velocity (S.E.P.) (live)
02 Relentless (live)
03 Sailor on The Seas Of Fate (live)
04 Sacrifice (live)
05 Looking Glass (live)
06 Dark Parade (live)
07 Distant Shadows (live)
08 Down Below (live)

CD2
01 Atom Smasher (live)
02 I'm Alive (live)
03 Frost and Fire (live)
04 Black Machine (live)
05 Blood and Iron (live)
06 Chaos Descends (live)
07 The Frost Monstreme (live)
08 Fire (live)
09 Death of the Sun (live)
10 Master of the Pit (live)
11 King of the Dead (live)
12 Join the Legion (live)

DVD
01 Velocity (S.E.P.) (live)
02 Relentless (live)
03 Sailor on The Seas Of Fate (live)
04 Sacrifice (live)
05 Looking Glass (live)
06 Dark Parade (live)
07 Distant Shadows (live)
08 Down Below (live)
09 Atom Smasher (live)
10 I'm Alive (live)
11 Frost and Fire (live)
12 Black Machine (live)
13 Blood and Iron (live)
14 Chaos Descends (live)
15 The Frost Monstreme (live)
16 Fire (live)
17 Death of the Sun (live)
18 Master of the Pit (live)
19 King of the Dead (live)
20 Join the Legion (live)