Goatlord (album)

Goatlord
Demo album by Darkthrone
Released	24 October 1996 (1996-10-24)
Recorded	Norway 1991 (instruments) 1994 (vocals)
Genre	Death metal, black metal
Length	37:50
Label	Moonfog
Producer	Darkthrone
Darkthrone chronology
Total Death (1996) Goatlord (1996) Ravishing Grimness (1999)

Goatlord is a demo album by Norwegian band Darkthrone, released in 1996.^[1] 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.

Background

Goatlord was written in 1990 as the follow-up to Darkthrone's death metal debut album, Soulside Journey,^[1] and was recorded in late 1990 and early 1991 as an instrumental rehearsal tape.^[2] The album was scrapped when the band changed style from death metal to black metal in favor of A Blaze in the Northern Sky.^[1] Most of the lyrics for Goatlord were written in the autumn of 1990, with some additions in 1994 for the last two songs.^[3] The vocals were recorded in 1994 by Fenriz.^[1] The female-sounding vocals were also recorded by him, partly using pitch shifting.^[1] Satyr of the band Satyricon is credited for the opening screams in "Rex" and "Sadomasochistic Rites".

Track listing

1. "Rex" – 3:48
2. "Pure Demoniac Blessing" – 2:35
3. "(The) Grimness of Which Shepherds Mourn" – 4:23
4. "Sadomasochistic Rites" – 4:04
5. "As Desertshadows" – 4:42
6. "In His Lovely Kingdom" – 3:24
7. "Black Daimon" – 3:50
8. "Toward(s) the Thornfields" – 3:37
9. "(Birth of Evil) Virgin Sin" – 3:25
10. "Green Cave Float" – 4:02

Personnel

• Fenriz – drums, vocals
• Nocturno Culto – guitars
• Dag Nilsen – bass guitar
• Zephyrous – guitars
• Satyr – backing vocals

References