In order to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the release of their classic Cursed album, Germany’s seminal death metal act MORGOTH had announced a leg of special live shows for 2011 and have by now successfully returned to stages for the first time since 1997: Morgoth performed two special and extremely intense warm-up club-shows in Germany this past weekend, appearing at Wermelskirchen’s AJZ Bahndamm and Bremen’s Tower club.

Yesterday, May 25th, marked the exact date of the original release of the Cursed album back in 1991, so the band is happy to use this opportunity to share a raw and powerful live version of the song 'Sold Baptism' from the recent sold-out show in Wermelskirchen on May 20th, 2011 with all of you. Check it out below:

The band checked in after the first shows to comment as follows: “Wow, what a cool weekend! It felt great to be on stage again and we thank all the death metal maniacs that came out to Wermelskirchen and Bremen to be part of these first warm-up shows for the Cursed Anniversary! And now we are truly looking forward to the upcoming festivals... See you soon!"

The band’s setlist on the first two reunion shows was as follows:

'Body Count'

'Exit To Temptation'

'Unreal Imagination'

'Isolated'

'Sold Baptism'

'Suffer Life'

'Selected Killing'

'Burnt Identity'

'Pits Of Utumno'

'Lies Of Distrust'

'The Travel'

'White Gallery'

'Under The Surface'

'Resistance'

Another new photo of 2011 live line-up can be seen below, showcasing from left to right:

Sotirios "Soti" Kelekidis – Bass

Marc Grewe – Vocals

Sebastian Swart – Guitar

Marc Reign – Drums

Harry Busse – Guitar

Here is a complete overview of all upcoming Morgoth dates:

Festivals:

June

11 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany – Rock Hard Festival
19 - Clisson, France - Hellfest
25 - Hünxe, Germany – Deathfeast

August

5 - Wacken, Germany – Wacken Open Air
13 - Schlotheim, Germany – Party.San Open Air

October

7 - Lichtenfels, Germany – Way Of Darkness Festival

To further wet your appetite, enjoy a promotional online trailer with current rehearsal footage below, as well as an old official Century Media clip for the song 'Isolated' from the Cursed album: