A Goatwhore primer
5January 26, 2012 by hhbrady
I don't think they realize that drinking Christ's blood is really, really Christian.
What with Blood for the Master coming out on Valentine’s Day 2012 (because that makes sense), here’s your primer– i.e., what you need to know, about New Orleans’ blackened death metal act Goatwhore.
Up-to-this-point highlights:
“Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult,” from 2006′s A Haunting Curse, “Apocalyptic Havoc” (video here*), “Carving Out the Eyes of God,” and “Provoking the Ritual of Death,” from 2009′s Carving Out the Eyes of God.
No bullshit/ short version: they’re all modernized Celtic Frost tunes.
Is that not enough?
What is it you demand? Complete originality?
I can’t help you, nor can Goatwhore– but otherwise we can rock the shit out of you.
So, from said upcoming Blood for the Master, here’s “When Steel and Bone Meet,” and “Collapse in Eternal Worth” to tide you over until Valentine’s Day.
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Yeah, they’re definitely not songwriters.
They’re too metal for that.
I quite like their sound, especially on the new songs, but the songwriting not so much. The songs don’t quite go anywhere.
The Apocalyptic Havoc video is funny, shades of Amon Amarth with that windmilling hair.