Bridging the love for Tolkien with doom metal with influences like Saint Vitus, Candlemass, Cathedral, Trouble and Black Sabbath.
It was recorded with engineer Sebastian Marino (Overkill) at Audio Images and hired drummer Rob Mount (Ramrod, Lou Graham Band).
In 2004, they released a split 12" on Chris Barnes' Hellride Music Label and put out an EP on PsycheDOOMelic called Claw Tower and other Tales of Terror and went on a European tour with Penance in spring of that year.
In 2019 Kevin Latchaw (Argus) lended his drumming for the Hammer of Doom XIV festival in Würzburg, Germany, and a few local shows in Rochester, New York.
Members of Orodruin are closely associated with other contemporary doom acts such as The Gates of Slumber, Revelation, Iron Man, Blood Ceremony, and Argus.