2022’s Timewave Zero served a synth-oriented ambient (zero death metal) work that felt more like a proof of concept than an album fully formed. Simple and not particularly deep synth textures could not feed what deathheads craved, and for synth enthusiasts, Timewave Zero had nothing to offer that could not be found much better elsewhere. In hindsight, that album appears to have been a necessary stepping stone. It’s not out of nowhere that Blood Incantation has called forth Absolute Elsewhere — OPEN THE FUCKING GATE.
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Spooktober Pairing! The Berzerker vs Shinya Tsukamoto
We here at The Goat Review embrace both the spooky in sound and in picture. Today, our own Scuttlegoat steps forward to recommend you an album from the wild, industrial side, The Berzerker (by The Berzerker), and a film from the honorable terror, Tetsuo: The Iron Man (by Shinya Tsukamoto). Partake in one or both or neither, just make sure it doesn’t drive you berserk…
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Spooktober Pairing! Regurgitate vs Peter Jackson
We here at The Goat Review embrace both the spooky in sound and in picture. Today, our own Scuttlegoat steps forward to recommend you an album from the gore-kissed side, Carnivorous Erection, and a film from the spewing side, Braindead. Partake in one or both or neither, just make sure it doesn’t last more than four hours…
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Kanonenfieber – Die Urkatastrophe Review
Kanonenfieber barely qualify for the blackened death metal moniker. Their interpretation of war is one of pathos, bittersweet glory, and they express it in a matter both melodic and anthemic. And they sound surprisingly similar to Amon Amarth. Nothing like a good Viking raid in the trenches.
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Emasculator – The Disfigured and the Divine Review
Too often does an “all girl band” make that statement their main marketing gimmick. Labels too then are quick to jump on the train and defeat the emancipatory value that the tag can hold. But Emasculator? They’ve got a grip on this whole death metal thing. Rock out with your… um… head off?
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Grendel’s Sÿster – Katabasis into the Abaton / Abstieg in die Traumkammer Review
Goat hates the concept of giving the “benefit of the doubt” when it comes to music reviews. Too often, reviewers claim an album needs several listens to be rated properly. Whatever happened to trusting instincts? In our Goat’s view, this search for redeeming qualities often leads to softening critiques. But with Grendel’s Sÿster’s Katabasis into the Abaton / Abstieg in die Traumkammer, he knew immediately—no doubt about it.
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Nebülith – Feel Good Music for the End of the World Vol. 1 Review
Stoner as a genre often gets a bad rep. Sure, it’s not like the stereotypical act with a horrendously nasal vocalist, singing arhythmically over repetitive overlong songs does not exist, but similarly, many unique acts exists that are more fluid in tempo and that are willing to take other influences in. Feel good music or feel bad music?
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Feind – Ambulante Hirnamputation Review
Ever met an Icelandic black metal fan? You know the kind that insists that the origin of a band, despite the advancements in communication technology, fully informs their sound — transforming music into something akin to a champagne than an artistic discipline that can be studied, imitated, and paid homage to. No, of course you haven’t. That’s why you’re hear, ready to read a deathgrind review. Good taste comes to those who grind.
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Savatage – A Retrospective
Are you ready to enter the hall of the mountain king with the fearless Scuttlegoat? Our brave Caprine Captain has decided that the world needs to know everything and then some about Savatage. Aaaaaah!!
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Crypts of the Unknown: Animosity – Animal
