Vulvodynia has built a solid following and reputation, proving that slam could be a gateway for bands from second-world nations, and that brutish, hardcore-inspired violence could be a tool for self-actualization. But sometimes knowing yourself isn’t good enough when all you want to do is punch a drummer.
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Diskord / Atvm – Bipolarities Review
Atvm and Diskord seem to approach the medium of the split with an awareness of its usual pitfalls. Bipolarities is album length and the title hints at the fact that indeed, this is an album of two distinct halves. One band says they play nice together, and the other claims that the first is lying. What’s a Goat to believe?
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Restrictor Plate – SLAMTONA 500 Review
Slam is as simplistic as it gets —barbaric, primitive, and not entirely unproblematic. And we here at Goat Review proudly celebrate these arts with our annual Slamuary tradition. But, we also ask the difficult questions, like should we also be celebrating in July?
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Hemorrhoid – Raw Materials of Decay Review
With an album cover consisting of somewhat medically accurate gore and a band pic taken on a venue toilet, we know that Hemorrhoid have no aspirations to do anything high brow or distinguished: Hemorrhoid play goregrind. Goregrind can be tough to review, as often, the genre is not made with the intent to deliver quality. Our Goat knows his brutal, underground scenes, so what sort of extreme pain have Hemorrhoid inflicted?
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Malignancy – Discontinued Review
Mid comes in different shades and within mid, different permutations of a basic 5/10 can be found. Some albums have great ideas, but squander their potential elsewhere. Others are extremely by the numbers, containing no surprises and only catering to hardcore fans of their chosen style. Nevertheless, the world can’t discontinue the mid. In mid we trust!
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Inconcessus Lux Lucis – Temples Colliding In Fire Review
Inconcessus Lux Lucis play a concoction of new wave of British heavy metal tropes with black metal and maybe the thinnest possible goth sheen. The combination of a boomer musical style with more current metal reminded me of my mixed feelings on Chapel of Disease. Luckily, Temples in Colliding in Fire doesn’t hit me in such a complicated way. Carry on reading and witness the blazing glory.
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Beaten To Death – Sunrise Over Rigor Mortis Review
Welcome to the Goat Review where I, the site’s owner and namesake, repeatedly write reviews that sound negative only to begrudgingly hand out a positive score. Beaten To Death shall join in this trend. As much as I like Sunrise Over Rigor Mortis, I don’t like it as much as I think I should, which is why i spiralled into an investigation about what I actually like about the band. Don’t beat yourself up if you too love it.
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Nocturnus AD – Unicursal Review
Time marches ever forward and can not be escaped even if you are a time travelling satanic robot or a gigabrained astral space being. Nocturnus are an act that have shaped early extreme metal and progressive metal alike, being forerunners in larger scale writing in extreme metal. Read on as our Goat explores whether Nocturnus have managed to keep the beat.
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Crypts of the Unknown: Incubator – McGillroy the Housefly
Join us as Scuttlegoat reminisces on Incubator’s 1992 release McGillroy the Housefly. Oh, never heard of it? Well here in the Crypts we specialize in the unknown, the uncelebrated, and the uncovered, no matter how recent or distant. We can’t keep all our dirty little secrets… How’d you miss the buzz on ol’ McGillroy?
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Crypts of the Unknown: Capilla Ardiente – The Siege
