Length 37:50 Artist Darkthrone Label Peaceville Records | Producer Darkthrone Release date 24 October 1996 Genres Black metal, Death metal | |
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Released 24 October 1996 (1996-10-24) Recorded Norway
1991 (instruments)
1994 (vocals) Goatlord
(1996) Ravishing Grimness
(1999) Similar Darkthrone albums, Black metal albums | ||
Goatlord is a demo album by Norwegian band Darkthrone, released in 1996. The album was re-released by Peaceville Records in 2011, with new artwork approved by the band and a second disc containing commentary from Fenriz and Nocturno Culto.
Contents
Background
Goatlord was written in 1990 as the follow-up to Darkthrone's death metal debut album, Soulside Journey, and was recorded in late 1990 and early 1991 as an instrumental rehearsal tape. The album was scrapped when the band changed style from death metal to black metal in favor of A Blaze in the Northern Sky. Most of the lyrics for Goatlord were written in the autumn of 1990, with some additions in 1994 for the last two songs. The vocals were recorded in 1994 by Fenriz. The female-sounding vocals were also recorded by him, partly using pitch shifting. Satyr of the band Satyricon is credited for the opening screams in "Rex" and "Sadomasochistic Rites".
Track listing
- "Rex" – 3:48
- "Pure Demoniac Blessing" – 2:35
- "(The) Grimness of Which Shepherds Mourn" – 4:23
- "Sadomasochistic Rites" – 4:04
- "As Desertshadows" – 4:42
- "In His Lovely Kingdom" – 3:24
- "Black Daimon" – 3:50
- "Toward(s) the Thornfields" – 3:37
- "(Birth of Evil) Virgin Sin" – 3:25
- "Green Cave Float" – 4:02
Personnel
Songs
1Rex 3:49
2Pure Demoniac Blessing 2:36
3Grimness of Which Shepherds Mourn 4:23