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- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Goatwhore
Album: Carving Out The Eyes Of God
Label: Metalblade
Playtime: 40:41 min
Genre: Metal
URL: http://www.myspace.com/goatwhore
Rip date: 2009-06-19
Street date: 2009-06-23
Size: 78.28 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 255 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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1997 by guitarist Sammy Duet (Acid Bath, Crowbar, Ritual Killer etc.). Their
history is a winding one marked by lineup shifts, temporary paralysis,
haunted studios, and the survival of one of the five most destructive
hurricanes in US history. Influenced by the raw savagery of bands like Venom
and Celtic Frost, their unrefined, fuck-all approach to black metal first
revealed on the Serenades To The Tides Of Blood demo and expanded upon on the
now legendary Eclipse Of Ages Into Black debut nearly a decade ago earned the
band instant underground credibility. Then comprised of Duet, vocalist Ben
Falgoust and guitarist Ben Stout (both of Soilent Green), bassist Patrick
Bruders and drummer Zak Nolan, Goatwhore toured relentlessly and by 2003 had
garnered a loyal cult following of metal fans old and new. Second full-length
Funeral Dirge for the Rotting Sun was a slower, more introverted affair that
transcended well beyond the confines of traditional black metal. Impossibly
tradeoffs fusing its menacing atmosphere, the 12-tracks within were met with
equal approval and the band quickly returned to the road.
Falgoust temporarily confined to a wheelchair and the very future of the band
Falgoust, and new-recruits drummer Zack Simmons (Nachtmystium) and bassist
Rutan at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, FL to unleash their most maniacal
offering yet. More furious than its gloomier predecessor, A Haunting Curse
fused the tenets of traditional black metal with gritty, thrash-based
snarl. The disc was embraced by fans and media globally, earning an
Haunting Curse "an assault so vicious that listeners may need assistance to
the band sharing stages with a host of metal luminaries including Venom,
like plague.
Sure to lure further attention from metal fans of all walks with its
and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music. With its suitably stark
black and white cover art, the ten-track offering sports a near perfect
sequence of punk-flavored road-ragers, blast-laden black metal rituals and
Goatwhore release and a deafening collective tightness that comes in part
hook-laden metal classics in the making.
want to come off with the typical speech about how this record is our best
yet. Every member put a great deal of effort into their part of the project.
Erik Rutan busted his ass even more this time to make us feel that we didn't
take any steps backwards in the recording and production of this release. The
whatever that may mean for each individual that enjoys, or hates, what we
here. The songs on Carving out the Eyes of God are more traditional and not
so much just random riffing or seeing how many parts we can put into one
Skeptics fearing a lighter, more refined Goatwhore have little to fear. The
band still has plenty to be angry about.
Fresh off a successful US tour as direct support to pagan-loving label-mates
Amon Amarth, Goatwhore will team up with Abigail Williams this summer for the
Conquer & Curse Tour 2009, which will cover over 60 dates throughout North
America. Joining the tour will be Daath, Abysmal Dawn and Success Will Write
Apocalypse Across The Sky. From there, the band will embark on another US
jaunt with Obituary through the fall.
In an oversaturated metal landscape where sub-genres spawn sub-sub-genres and
sacred are the bands who stay true to their roots. Goatwhore spew the sort of
sinister, fist-clenching, speaker-searing sound that made metal so
upon us! Carving out the Eyes of God is available worldwide June 23rd.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Apocalyptic Havoc ( 3:16)
02. The All-Destroying ( 3:14)
03. Carving Out The Eyes Of God ( 4:20)
04. Shadow Of A Rising Knife ( 4:39)
05. Provoking The Ritual Of Death ( 3:43)
06. In Legions, I Am Wars Of Wrath ( 4:34)
07. Reckoning Of The Soul Made Godless ( 3:51)
08. This Passing Into The Power Of Demons ( 4:27)
09. Razor Flesh Devoured ( 4:18)
10. To Mourn And Forever Wander Through Forgotten Doorways ( 4:19)
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